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Byron Harmon fonds
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of the photographic records and sample materials of Byron Harmon Photos, the photographic business of Byron Harmon and his successors; as well as the personal photographs of Byron Harmon. I. Scenic / commercial, 1907-1975, ca.7600 items. Primary component of series is film and glass…
- Date Range
- [ca.1890-ca.1975]
- Reference Code
- V263
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 263
- Sous-Fonds
- V 263
- Accession Number
- 235, 980, 1549, 1622, 2588, 2656, 2770, 2792, 2895, 3005, 3394, 3423, 3657, 3807, 3824, 3859, 3988, 4028, 4076, 5052, 5181, 5205, 5254, 5381, 6070, 6127, 6587, 6602
- Reference Code
- V263
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Published record
- Other Title Info
- Also known as the Byron Harmon Photos fonds.
- Date Range
- [ca.1890-ca.1975]
- Physical Description
- ca.10,500 photographs (and ca.35 cm) : prints, postcards, negatives, transparencies, motion pictures, sample products
- History / Biographical
- Byron Hill Harmon, 1876-1942, was a professional photographer and businessman at Banff, Alberta, Canada. He was born near Tacoma, Washington, USA and operated a portrait studio there for a time. In 1903, while travelling around the United States and Canada as an itinerant photographer, he decided to settle in Banff and by 1907 had produced enough mountain views to begin selling a line of postcards. Between 1906 and 1913, Harmon was official photographer for the Alpine Club of Canada and made trips in numerous mountain areas, such as the Bugaboos (1910) and Mount Robson (1911, 1913). Harmon personally financed trips into other areas, such as Tonquin Valley (1918) and Lake of the Hanging Glaciers (1920, 1922), producing both still photographs and motion pictures for commercial sale. After his last major expedition in 1924 across Saskatchewan Glacier, through to Maligne Lake and back to Banff by packtrain, Harmon devoted most of his time to photographing scenes along the railway, skiing in the Assiniboine and Skoki regions, and the annual rides and hikes of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. At the same time he managed several businesses, including a drug store, fountain lunch, theatre and book store. In his later years, Harmon spent much time travelling and photographing in other parts of the world. The business, Byron Harmon Photos, was managed successively by his son, Don Harmon, then his grand-daughter, Carole Harmon.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of the photographic records and sample materials of Byron Harmon Photos, the photographic business of Byron Harmon and his successors; as well as the personal photographs of Byron Harmon.
- I. Scenic / commercial, 1907-1975, ca.7600 items. Primary component of series 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, Indians, 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.
- II. Personal, 189- to 194-, ca.370 items. Includes: 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.
- Notes
- For more information on the Byron Harmon photographs, see "Great Days in the Rockies: The Photographs of Byron Harmon, 1906-1934" (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1978) or "Byron Harmon, Mountain Photographer" by Carole Harmon and Bart Robinson (Banff: Altitude Publishing, 1992)
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: series description
- selected modern reference prints
- digital images in Images database and in Alberta InSight database
- Related Material
- Byron Harmon postcards can also be found in the Postcard general file (V466)
- Creator
- Harmon, Byron
- Category
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Scenic and Commercial Photographs
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions25289
- 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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Original Prints, Reprints, Enlargements, and Framed Prints
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions24923
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 39 b&w prints. The photographs pertain to a view of the Village of Banff from Tunnel Mountain; Canadian Pacific Railway tracks and buildings below Rundle Mountain; snowshoers riding in sleigh on Banff Avenue; Rundle Mountain and Bow River; Cascade Mountain, Banff Avenue, and Cascad…
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1940]
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / A / PA - 153 to 191
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Series
- V263 / II / A : Original Prints, Reprints, Enlargements, and Framed Prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Accession Number
- 2895
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / A / PA - 153 to 191
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1940]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 39 prints, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 39 b&w prints. The photographs pertain to a view of the Village of Banff from Tunnel Mountain; Canadian Pacific Railway tracks and buildings below Rundle Mountain; snowshoers riding in sleigh on Banff Avenue; Rundle Mountain and Bow River; Cascade Mountain, Banff Avenue, and Cascade Gardens; Banff Springs Hotel, Banff Springs Golf Course, and Fairholme Range; Banff Springs Hotel and Sulphur Mountain; Chateau Lake Louise; Stoney Nakoda performing on Banff Avenue during Banff Winter Festival; Maggie Hunter with child riding travois; Stoney Nakoda seated next to tipis during Banff Indian Days; Car on Moraine Lake road; Stoney Nakoda riding in wagon; Mount Columbia; Mount Assiniboine; Valley of the Ten Peaks; Castle Mountain; Cathedral Peak; Snow Peak Avenue; Victoria Glacier; the Three Sisters; Sinclair Canyon; Mount Sir Donald; Mount Burgess.
- Subject Access
- Scenery
- Landscapes
- Mountains
- Indigenous Peoples
- First nations
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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Original Prints, Reprints, Enlargements, and Framed Prints
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 43 b&w prints. The photographs pertain to the Banff Springs Golf Course; Pearl Harmon and two unidentified individuals standing in front of a car; Ike Mills and his dog team; the Sentinel; deer; a mountain goat; sled dogs; Aileen Harmon skiing at Assiniboine; Skoki area; various im…
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1940]
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / A / PA - 192 to 234
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Series
- V263 / II / A : Original Prints, Reprints, Enlargements, and Framed Prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Accession Number
- 2895
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / A / PA - 192 to 234
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1940]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 43 prints, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 43 b&w prints. The photographs pertain to the Banff Springs Golf Course; Pearl Harmon and two unidentified individuals standing in front of a car; Ike Mills and his dog team; the Sentinel; deer; a mountain goat; sled dogs; Aileen Harmon skiing at Assiniboine; Skoki area; various images of Stoney Nakoda and other First Nations at Banff Indian Days; Great Divide Boundary Monument.
- Subject Access
- Scenery
- Landscapes
- Mountains
- Indigenous Peoples
- First nations
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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Original Prints, Reprints, Enlargements, and Framed Prints
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions24925
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 51 b&w prints. The photographs pertain to Banff Avenue and Cascade Mountain; Deer Lodge; Cave and Basin swimming pool; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Banff Upper Hot Springs; Banff Springs Golf Course; Stoney Nakoda and tipis at Banff Indian Days; Athabasca Glacier and Lake Louise …
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1940, ca.1960]
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / A / PA - 235 to 283
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Series
- V263 / II / A : Original Prints, Reprints, Enlargements, and Framed Prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Accession Number
- 2895
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / A / PA - 235 to 283
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1940, ca.1960]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 51 prints, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 51 b&w prints. The photographs pertain to Banff Avenue and Cascade Mountain; Deer Lodge; Cave and Basin swimming pool; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Banff Upper Hot Springs; Banff Springs Golf Course; Stoney Nakoda and tipis at Banff Indian Days; Athabasca Glacier and Lake Louise - Jasper Highway; Mount Temple from the Saddleback; Field and Mount Stephen; Snow Tunnel on Yoho Road; Interior views of Chateau Lake Louise; switchbacks on Yoho Road; Chateau Lake Louise; Conrad Kain memorial plaque; deer; Trans-Canada Highway; sking near Assiniboine; Spiral Tunnel; Big Horn Sheep ewes and lambs; Mount Assiniboine; Johnson Canyon in winter; John Hunter, Stoney Nakoda; Leah Rider Hunter, Stoney Nakoda.
- Subject Access
- Scenery
- Landscapes
- Mountains
- Indigenous Peoples
- First nations
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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Original Prints, Reprints, Enlargements, and Framed Prints
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions24926
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 43 b&w prints. The photographs pertain to Stoney Nakoda during Banff Indian Days; a sled dog; skiing near Skoki; skiers on Mount Norquay; Big Horn Sheep; drawing of propsed Norquay developement in 1950; Canadian Pacific Railway tracks below Castle Mountain; Victoria Glacier; Johnso…
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1960]
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / A / PA - 284 to 326
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Series
- V263 / II / A : Original Prints, Reprints, Enlargements, and Framed Prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Accession Number
- 2895
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / A / PA - 284 to 326
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1960]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 43 prints, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 43 b&w prints. The photographs pertain to Stoney Nakoda during Banff Indian Days; a sled dog; skiing near Skoki; skiers on Mount Norquay; Big Horn Sheep; drawing of propsed Norquay developement in 1950; Canadian Pacific Railway tracks below Castle Mountain; Victoria Glacier; Johnson Canyon; snow formations near Glacier, B.C.; Banff Springs Golf Course; Marble Canyon; Mount Sir Donald; The Three Sisters; Sinclair Canyon; Mount Chephren; Bow River and Goat Mountain; Tumbling Glacier and Berg Lake; Sunwapta Canyon; Natural Bridge; Moraine Lake and the Valley of the Ten Peaks; Mount Lefroy; Snow Peak Avenue or Emerald Lake Road.
- Subject Access
- Scenery
- Landscapes
- Mountains
- Indigenous Peoples
- First nations
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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Original Prints, Reprints, Enlargements, and Framed Prints
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions24931
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 34 b&w prints. The file pertains to various reprints, contact prints, and duplicates. Subjects include YWCA Banff; Skiing at Norquay; Various views of members of the Stoney Nakoda First Nations, some take during Banff Indian Days; Banff Indian Days Activities.
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1970]
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / A / PA - 456 to 489
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Series
- V263 / II / A : Original Prints, Reprints, Enlargements, and Framed Prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Accession Number
- 2895
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / A / PA - 456 to 489
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1970]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 34 prints, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 34 b&w prints. The file pertains to various reprints, contact prints, and duplicates. Subjects include YWCA Banff; Skiing at Norquay; Various views of members of the Stoney Nakoda First Nations, some take during Banff Indian Days; Banff Indian Days Activities.
- Subject Access
- Scenery
- Landscapes
- Mountains
- Indigenous Peoples
- First nations
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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Original Prints, Reprints, Enlargements, and Framed Prints
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions24932
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 40 b&w prints. The file pertains to various reprints, contact prints, and duplicates. Subjects include various views of members of the Stoney Nakoda First Nations, some take during Banff Indian Days; Banff Indian Days Activities.
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1970]
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / A / PA - 490 to 529
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Series
- V263 / II / A : Original Prints, Reprints, Enlargements, and Framed Prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Accession Number
- 2895
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / A / PA - 490 to 529
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1970]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 40 prints, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 40 b&w prints. The file pertains to various reprints, contact prints, and duplicates. Subjects include various views of members of the Stoney Nakoda First Nations, some take during Banff Indian Days; Banff Indian Days Activities.
- Subject Access
- Scenery
- Landscapes
- Mountains
- Indigenous Peoples
- First nations
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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Original Prints, Reprints, Enlargements, and Framed Prints
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions24933
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 30 b&w prints. The file pertains to various reprints, contact prints, and duplicates. Subjects include various views of members of the Stoney Nakoda First Nations, some take during Banff Indian Days; Banff Indian Days Activities.
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1970]
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / A / PA - 530 to 559
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Series
- V263 / II / A : Original Prints, Reprints, Enlargements, and Framed Prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Accession Number
- 2895
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / A / PA - 530 to 559
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1970]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 30 prints, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 30 b&w prints. The file pertains to various reprints, contact prints, and duplicates. Subjects include various views of members of the Stoney Nakoda First Nations, some take during Banff Indian Days; Banff Indian Days Activities.
- Subject Access
- Scenery
- Landscapes
- Mountains
- Indigenous Peoples
- First nations
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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Original Prints, Reprints, Enlargements, and Framed Prints
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions24934
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 39 b&w prints. The file pertains to various reprints, contact prints, and duplicates. Subjects include various views of members of the Stoney Nakoda First Nations, some take during Banff Indian Days; Banff Indian Days Activities; Seracs, Illecillewaet Glacier; view from inside of t…
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1970]
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / A / PA - 560 to 598
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Series
- V263 / II / A : Original Prints, Reprints, Enlargements, and Framed Prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Accession Number
- 2895
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / A / PA - 560 to 598
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1970]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 39 prints, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 39 b&w prints. The file pertains to various reprints, contact prints, and duplicates. Subjects include various views of members of the Stoney Nakoda First Nations, some take during Banff Indian Days; Banff Indian Days Activities; Seracs, Illecillewaet Glacier; view from inside of the Horsetheif or Starbird Glacier; Conrad Kain and unidentified climbers climbing at Mount Resplendent; Athabasca Glacier; Athabasca Falls.
- Subject Access
- Scenery
- Landscapes
- Mountains
- Indigenous Peoples
- First nations
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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