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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Broad range of views used in Morant slide shows. Includes a number of Morant's signature views File consists of thirteen titled sections: * General intro: views of the Empress Hotel (Victoria BC), oil, trucking, air travel, railway, ferry, Chateau Frontenac, totem pole. 11 items * Bread winners: cl…
- Date Range
- [between 1940 and 1980]
- Reference Code
- V500 / B2 / 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Series
- I.B. Photography : transparencies : 1.b. Presentations, thematic files
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V500 / B2 / 2
- GMD
- Negative
- Date Range
- [between 1940 and 1980]
- Physical Description
- 99 photographs : transparencies; col, 35mm
- Scope & Content
- Broad range of views used in Morant slide shows. Includes a number of Morant's signature views File consists of thirteen titled sections:
- * General intro: views of the Empress Hotel (Victoria BC), oil, trucking, air travel, railway, ferry, Chateau Frontenac, totem pole. 11 items
- * Bread winners: classic Morant views: train at "Morant's curve" (Bow River in the Bow Valley); fishing scene with models and Mountie at Vermilion Lakes near Banff; Willie Morant, rider and packhorse in mountains; couple under beach umbrella at Canadian Pacific's Algonquin Hotel, New Brunswick. 4 items
- * People: artists Carl Rungius and Charlie Beil at work; Nick Morant with bird on this head and with cow; artists at work with stained glass, totem poles and pottery; people in Peru; other. 25 items
- * Ruination: downed trees, squirrel. 2 items
- * Pix uses: Nova Scotia, including Church Point. 7 items
- * Aid: wildlife, highway, hotel, flower and plant close-ups. 8 items
- * Abstracts I: 7 items
- * Abstracts II (empty)
- * Mexico, tourist: 11 items
- * Skiers: skiers and models at Sunshine ski area and Mount Assiniboine. Also: packtrain, men removing snow from roof, Mount Assiniboine in summer. 13 items
- * Skiing: empty
- * Winter, Louise: summer and winter views of Lake Louise and area. 6 items
- * Cuisine: displays of food at Chateau Frontenac, 5 items
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- New Brunswick
- Nova Scotia
- Quebec
- Mexico
- Peru
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Broad range of views used in Morant slide shows. Includes advertising photographs, photographs of Nick Morant at work and of the Canadian Pacific Railway. File consists of eleven titled sections: * Advertising: advertising photographs and items and copies of published items. Includes view of Emera…
- Date Range
- [between 1940 and 1980]
- Reference Code
- V500 / B2 / 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
1 image
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Series
- I.B. Photography : transparencies : 1.b. Presentations, thematic files
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Reference Code
- V500 / B2 / 3
- Date Range
- [between 1940 and 1980]
- Physical Description
- 79 photographs : transparencies; col, 35mm
- Scope & Content
- Broad range of views used in Morant slide shows. Includes advertising photographs, photographs of Nick Morant at work and of the Canadian Pacific Railway. File consists of eleven titled sections:
- * Advertising: advertising photographs and items and copies of published items. Includes view of Emerald Lake used on $10 bill; military manufacturing view used on 50 cent stamp; 20 cent stamp featuring harvesting view; view of lobby of Banff Springs Hotel; view of Canadian Pacific Railway train passing Three Sisters mountain. 18 items
- * Back-stage: images of Nick Morant at work; also Moraine Lake and Empress Hotel gardens. 5 items
- * Scaffolds: Nick Morant photographing at the Banff Springs Hotel golf course and along the Canadian Pacific Railway using scaffolds. 6 items
- * Special train: passenger train (locomotive 2856). Also includes one view of a freight train at the Spiral Tunnels. 3 items
- * Canadian: passenger train "The Canadian" at locations in near Ottertail and Beaver Canyon, BC, and near the Bow River, Alberta. 5 items
- * Cuisine: mainly displays of food. Also includes view of deer. 10 items
- * Signs: Ray Bagley gate sign, theatre announcement signs, focus sign, unusual telephone pool, wax museum figure. 6 items
- * [Wildlife]: includes bear, deer and moose. Most images were made in the Morant yard in Banff. 6 items
- * Peruvian railroad: train, ship and courtyard scene. 5 items
- * Livestock: Willie Morant with Peruvian and llama in mountain setting, 1 item
- * Steam: steam and diesel locomotives, trains and budd car along the Canadian Pacific Railway. Locations include the Selkirk Mountains, Spiral Tunnels, Castle and Grotto Mountain areas, and at Lethbridge. Also includes mountain-moon view and Morant outdoor Christmas tree. 14 items
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Peru
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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