Scenic and Commercial Photographs
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series contains 6383 b&w negatives. Series pertains to various Alpine Club of Canada annual camps and expeditions including the Paradise Valley camp, Yoho and Bow Valley expedition, Lake O’Hara camp, Consolation Valley camp, and the Smithsonian-ACC Mount Robson expedition; expeditions to Lake of th…
- Date Range
- [ca.1905] to [ca.1942]
- Reference Code
- V263 / I / NA - 71 - 1 to 6407
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- V263 / I : Scenic and Commercial Photographs
- Accession Number
- 2770
- Reference Code
- V263 / I / NA - 71 - 1 to 6407
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1905] to [ca.1942]
- Physical Description
- Negatives: 6383 b&w
- Scope & Content
- Series contains 6383 b&w negatives. Series pertains to various Alpine Club of Canada annual camps and expeditions including the Paradise Valley camp, Yoho and Bow Valley expedition, Lake O’Hara camp, Consolation Valley camp, and the Smithsonian-ACC Mount Robson expedition; expeditions to Lake of the Hanging Glacier area, Bow Movie trip, Ptarmigan Pass movie trip, Mount Assiniboine, Skoki, and the Columbia Icefield Expedition with Lewis Freeman; other areas featured include Glacier and Rogers Pass, the Town of Banff, Lake Louise area, Jasper, Field, areas along the Icefields Parkway, various location in Yoho, Banff, Jasper, Glacier, and Kootenay National parks. Subjects include climbing, mountaineering, skiing, ski jumping, the Banff Winter Carnival, Banff Indian Days, scenic views of mountains, glaciers, rivers, wildlife, and plants, Canadian Pacific Railway infrastructure, the Big Bend Highway construction, and Indigenous or First Nations Peoples.
- Subject Access
- Mountains
- Scenery
- First nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Title Source
- Title based on content of series
- Content Details
- Negatives have been retired to cold storage and any future reproductions will be made using the copy negatives found in series V263 / V : Copy Negatives.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Personal photographs series. -- [189-]-[194-]
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of Byron Harmon personal photographs, including: family photographs and views received from others; motion picture out-takes pertaining to world travels, 1930s; and 35 mm. transparencies, ca.1940, pertaining mainly to world travels, also mountain and prairie scenics
- Reference Code
- V263 / PA / unnumbered
- V263 / NF
- V263 / NS
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- II. Personal photographs
- Reference Code
- V263 / PA / unnumbered
- V263 / NF
- V263 / NS
- Physical Description
- ca.370 photographs : prints, transparencies, motion pictures
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of Byron Harmon personal photographs, including: family photographs and views received from others; motion picture out-takes pertaining to world travels, 1930s; and 35 mm. transparencies, ca.1940, pertaining mainly to world travels, also mountain and prairie scenics
- Finding Aid
- Selected reference prints available in Visual Reference File
- Related Material
- Constitutes Series II of the Byron Harmon fonds
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of series
- Content Details
- V263 / PA -- Series II.A. -- ca. 189- to ca. 194-. -- ca. 60 items : prints. -- Includes family portraits, early Banff scenes, photographs received from other early people, some cards. V263 / NF 1 - 1 to 12 -- Series II.B. -- ca. 193-. -- 12 items : motion picture reels, 16 mm. -- Out-takes from silent films of Harmon's world travels, including Europe, Japan and China. Summaries available. V263 / NS -- Series II.C. -- ca. 1940. -- ca. 300 items : transparencies; 35 mm., black & white and colour. -- Pertain mainly to world travels ; also some mountain and prairie scenics.
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Scenic and commerical photographs series. -- 1907-1975
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of the photographic records and sample materials of Byron Harmon Photos, the photographic business of Byron Harmon and his successors. Primary component is film and glass negatives, 1907-1942, ca.6500 items. Also includes: postcard negatives and positives and production negatives t…
- Date Range
- 1907 - 1942
- Reference Code
- V263 / PA / unnumbered
- V263 / PS
- V263 / NA / 1 - 6409
- V263 / NG / 1 - 78
- V263 / NA / unnumbered
- V263 / sample products
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Series
- I. Scenic and commercial photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Reference Code
- V263 / PA / unnumbered
- V263 / PS
- V263 / NA / 1 - 6409
- V263 / NG / 1 - 78
- V263 / NA / unnumbered
- V263 / sample products
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- 1907 - 1942
- Physical Description
- ca.10,000 photographs (and ca.35 cm) : negatives, prints, postcards, transparencies, sample products
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of the photographic records and sample materials of Byron Harmon Photos, the photographic business of Byron Harmon and his successors. Primary component is film and glass negatives, 1907-1942, ca.6500 items. Also includes: postcard negatives and positives and production negatives to ca.1955; original prints; a wide range of sample products, such as postcards, enlargements and framing prints, calendars and viewbooks, mainly by Harmon business, some by other photographers; and lantern slides, ca.1913-192-, pertaining to Columbia Icefield Expedition, mountaineering, mountain landscapes, Indigenous peoples, wildlife, Canadian Pacific Railway and Asian travel. Scenic / commercial series pertains to annual camps and expeditions of the Alpine Club of Canada in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks, 1907-1913; private movie-making expeditions in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks; mountain scenic views, primarily for postcard purposes; Banff events and development; skiing; birds and animals. Includes some material by Don Harmon and Lloyd Harmon, sons of Byron Harmon
- Access Restrictions
- Commercial use restrictions and restrictions on use of individual and family portraits, wedding photographs and similar works commissioned for personal use in effect. Access to original negatives restricted.
- Finding Aid
- Selected reference prints available in Visual Reference File
- Related Material
- Constitutes Series I of the Byron Harmon fonds
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of series
- Content Details
- V263 / NA - 1 to 6362 -- Series I.A.i.a. -- 1907 - 1942. -- 6362 items : negatives; 5 x 7" and smaller. -- Pertains to : annual camps and expeditions of the Alpine Club of Canada in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks,1907-1913 ; private movie-making expeditions in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks ; mountain scenic views, particularly for postcard purposes ; Banff events and development ; skiing ; birds and animals. Contains some views by Don Harmon and Lloyd Harmon, also some by Lewis Freeman. Incomplete item-level inventory available. Selected reference prints available. V263 / NA - 6363 to 6407 -- Series I.A.i.b. -- ca. 1910. -- 45 items : negatives ; panoramas, 4 x 11". -- Scenic views of Banff, Lake Louise and other areas in the Canadian Rockies. Item-level inventory available. Reference prints available. V263 / NA - 6408, 6409 -- Series I.A.i.c. -- 192-?. -- 2 items : negatives ; circut, 20 x 96 cm., 20 x 50 cm.-- View of group on shore of Lake O'Hara ; view of Lake McArthur with man on shore. V263 / NG - 1 to 78 -- Series I.A.i.d. -- ca. 1905 - ca. 1915. -- 78 items : negatives ; glass. -- Pertains to mountain peaks and scenes ; Alpine Club of Canada camps and activities ; mountaineering ; Banff views and activities, including Banff Springs Hotel ; Stoney First Nation. V263 / NA -- Series I.A.ii. -- ca. 192-? to ca. 1955. -- ca. 1100 items : negatives and positives, originals and copies ; mainly 5 x 7", some 11 x 14". -- Postcard negatives and positives and production negatives pertaining to scenic views throughout the Canadian Rockies, some elsewhere ; groups and conventions, facilities, buildings and interiors. Some by Don Harmon, Lloyd Harmon and F. A. Jackman of Jasper. Includes negatives by Herbert O. Frind of glacier trip to Columbia Icefield area, 1917. V263 / PA -- Series I.B. -- ca. 189-? to ca. 1965. -- ca. 900 items : prints, originals. -- Mainly first-generation prints of scenic and commercial views, wildlife, skiing, First Nation portraits, Banff Indian Days, Harmony Drug Store. Some prints were made at a much later date than negatives from which they came. V263 / PG -- Series I.C.i.a. -- ca. 1907 - ca. 1955. -- ca. 450 titles : postcards, black/white, hand-coloured. -- Mainly scenic and wildlife views of the Canadian Rockies. Arranged by publisher's number. Preliminiary item-level inventory available. V263 / PG -- Series I.C.i.b. -- After 1956. -- ca. 200 titles : postcards, natural colour. -- Mainly scenic and wildlife views of the Canadian Rockies. V263 / PA -- Series I.C.ii.a. -- ca. 191- to ca. 195-. -- ca. 800 items : prints, black/white. -- Mass-produced contact prints, enlargements and framing prints ; mainly scenic and wildlife views. V263 / PA -- Series I.C.ii.b. -- ca. 191- to ca. 195-. -- ca. 120 items : prints ; hand-coloured. -- Mass-produced contact prints, enlargements and framing prints ; mainly scenic and wildlife views. V263 / Series I.C.iii.a. -- Before 1942. -- ca. 10 cm. : various. -- Includes miniature views, advertising cards, postcard packages, view books, etc. of the Canadian Rockies. V263 / Series I.C.iii.b. -- After 1946. -- ca. 20 cm. : various. -- Includes 35 mm. slide packages, postcard packages, playing cards, greeting cards, calendars, viewbooks, etc. of the Canadian Rockies. V263 / Series I.C.iii.c. -- ca. 191- to ca. 196-. -- ca. 5 cm. : various. -- Sample products produced by other photographers for resale or comparison. Includes postcards, viewbooks, etc. V263 - PS -- Series I.D. -- ca. 1913 - ca. 192-. -- ca. 170 items : transparencies ; lantern slides, many hand-coloured. Lecture slides pertaining to Columbia Icefield Expedition, 1924, mountaineering, mountain landscapes, First Nations, wildlife, Canadian Pacific Railway ; also Asian travel photographs.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Copy Negatives
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series contains 3765 b&w negatives. Series consists of copy negatives created in 1975 for preservation purposes. Copy negatives were made from original negatives. Series pertains to various Alpine Club of Canada annual camps and expeditions including the Paradise Valley camp, Yoho and Bow Valley ex…
- Date Range
- [ca.1905] to [ca.1975]
- Reference Code
- V263 / V / NA - 71 - 1 to V263 / V / NG - 78
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- V263 / V : Copy Negatives
- Reference Code
- V263 / V / NA - 71 - 1 to V263 / V / NG - 78
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1905] to [ca.1975]
- Physical Description
- Negatives: 3765 b&w
- Scope & Content
- Series contains 3765 b&w negatives. Series consists of copy negatives created in 1975 for preservation purposes. Copy negatives were made from original negatives. Series pertains to various Alpine Club of Canada annual camps and expeditions including the Paradise Valley camp, Yoho and Bow Valley expedition, Lake O’Hara camp, Consolation Valley camp, and the Smithsonian-ACC Mount Robson expedition; expeditions to Lake of the Hanging Glacier area, Bow Movie trip, Ptarmigan Pass movie trip, Mount Assiniboine, Skoki, and the Columbia Icefield Expedition with Lewis Freeman; other areas featured include Glacier and Rogers Pass, the Town of Banff, Lake Louise area, Jasper, Field, areas along the Icefields Parkway, various location in Yoho, Banff, Jasper, Glacier, and Kootenay National parks. Subjects include climbing, mountaineering, skiing, ski jumping, the Banff Winter Carnival, Banff Indian Days, scenic views of mountains, glaciers, rivers, wildlife, and plants, Canadian Pacific Railway infrastructure, the Big Bend Highway construction, and Indigenous or First Nations Peoples. Extended date range accounts for the approximate date the original negative was created and up to the approximate date of the creation of the copy negatives.
- Subject Access
- Mountains
- Scenery
- First nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Title Source
- Title based on content of series
- Content Details
- Original negatives have been retired to cold storage and any future reproductions will be made using the copy negatives found in this series.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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