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Professional photographers collection
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions447
- Scope & Content
- Collection contains credited and uncredited professional photographs, mainly along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in western Canada. Includes unidentified photographs and individual photographs which cannot be placed in other fonds or collections. Eighteen albumen prints are uncred…
- Date Range
- [ca.1885-ca.1925]
- Reference Code
- V650
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 650
- Sous-Fonds
- V 650
- Accession Number
- 1883, 1924, 1987, 2581, 3119, 3855, 5386, 5430, 6221, 6586, 6603
- Reference Code
- V650
- Responsibility
- Collection was assembled by the Archives & Library, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- Date Range
- [ca.1885-ca.1925]
- Physical Description
- ca.60 photographs : prints. -- 1 photograph album (67 prints)
- Scope & Content
- Collection contains credited and uncredited professional photographs, mainly along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in western Canada. Includes unidentified photographs and individual photographs which cannot be placed in other fonds or collections.
- Eighteen albumen prints are uncredited views along the Canadian Pacific Railway between Glacier, B.C. and Canmore, Alberta, ca.1895. Also includes views by Bailey Bros., H. O. Dodge, Alexander Henderson, T. J. Hileman, B. W. Kilburn, Neelands Bros., W. J. Oliver, Henry Greenwood Peabody, Prest Photo Company (William Archie Prest), and others.
- Nineteen prints, received as contents of 5 album pages, are travel views between Banff, the Pacific Coast and Washington, U.S.A. Includes views of Lake Minnewanka, Banff Springs Hotel and Glacier, B.C. Views are by Wm. Notman & Son, Boorne & May and other unidentified professional photographers. Also includes snapshot views.
- Album is presentation album of professional views taken along the Canadian Pacific Railway between Victoria, B.C. and Banff, Alberta, September to October 1889, by an unknown photographer. Includes views of Banff and area, Field and Glacier areas, Fraser Canyon, Vancouver and Victoria. Album was possibly produced by of for the CPR. Views are similar to those produced by other professional photographers working along the railway. Images in album are accompanied by hand-written captions and exact dates.
- Name Access
- Bailey Brothers
- Boorne and May
- Dodge, H. O.
- Henderson, Alexander
- Hileman, T. J.
- Kilburn, B. W.
- Notman, William and son
- Oliver, W. J.
- Peabody, Henry Greenwood
- Prest, William Archie
- Professional photographers (collection)
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
- selected modern reference prints
- reference computer access: Images database
- on-line access: Alberta InSight database
- Related Material
- Other photographs by railway photographers may be found in fonds and collections under individual names. See: Boorne and May, Macmunn, Notman, Smyth, Thom, Thompson, Trueman, and others.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of collection
- Processing Status
- Processed
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18-85. Laughing Falls, B.C. Field
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53960
- Scope & Content
- Yoho Valley, Rocky Mountains
- Date Range
- [before 1920]
- Reference Code
- V650 / 6603 - PA - 7
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V650
- Reference Code
- V650 / 6603 - PA - 7
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [before 1920]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, 25 x 20 cm
- Scope & Content
- Yoho Valley, Rocky Mountains
- Subject Access
- Environment and Nature
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
- Creator
- Unknown
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6542. Hell Roaring Falls. Waterton Lakes Nat'l Park, Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32315
- Date Range
- [ca.1920]
- Reference Code
- V650 / 3855 - PA - 1
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V650
- Reference Code
- V650 / 3855 - PA - 1
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca.1920]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, 26 x 17 cm
- Subject Access
- Environment and Nature
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
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Rogers Pass and Hermit Range, from Glacier House, Selkirk Mts. B.C.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32316
- Date Range
- [ca.1895]
- Reference Code
- V650 / 6221 - PA - 1
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V650
- Reference Code
- V650 / 6221 - PA - 1
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca.1895]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, 18 x 23 cm
- Subject Access
- Buildings and memorials
- Environment and Nature
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
Images
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Canadian Nat. Park, Mt. Stephen, near Field, B.C.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32317
- Date Range
- [ca.1895]
- Reference Code
- V650 / 6221 - PA - 2
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V650
- Reference Code
- V650 / 6221 - PA - 2
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca.1895]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, 18 x 23 cm
- Subject Access
- Environment and Nature
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
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Canadian Nat. Park, Mt. Aberdeen and the Beehive
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32318
- Scope & Content
- Lake Louise area
- Date Range
- [ca.1895]
- Reference Code
- V650 / 6221 - PA - 3
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V650
- Reference Code
- V650 / 6221 - PA - 3
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca.1895]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, 18 x 23 cm
- Scope & Content
- Lake Louise area
- Subject Access
- Environment and Nature
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
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Canadian Nat. Park, Lake Louise and Mt. Victoria
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32319
- Scope & Content
- Lake Louise area
- Date Range
- [ca.1895]
- Reference Code
- V650 / 6221 - PA - 4
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V650
- Reference Code
- V650 / 6221 - PA - 4
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca.1895]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, 18 x 23 cm
- Scope & Content
- Lake Louise area
- Subject Access
- Environment and Nature
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
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Mt. Aberdeen and Mt. Lefroy and Victoria Glacier, Canadian Nat. Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32320
- Scope & Content
- Lake Louise area
- Date Range
- [ca.1895]
- Reference Code
- V650 / 6221 - PA - 5
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V650
- Reference Code
- V650 / 6221 - PA - 5
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca.1895]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, 18 x 23 cm
- Scope & Content
- Lake Louise area
- Subject Access
- Environment and Nature
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
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Main St., Frank, Alta. Showing Turtle Mountain rock slide
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32321
- Date Range
- [ca.1905]
- Reference Code
- V650 / 1924 - PA - 1
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V650
- Reference Code
- V650 / 1924 - PA - 1
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca.1905]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, 16 x 21, mounted
- Subject Access
- Buildings and memorials
- Environment and Nature
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Creator
- Prest Photo Co. (Cranbrook, BC)
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122. Elk River Canyon near Elko, B.C.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32322
- Date Range
- [ca.1905]
- Reference Code
- V650 / 1924 - PA - 2
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V650
- Reference Code
- V650 / 1924 - PA - 2
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca.1905]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, 16 x 21 cm, mounted
- Subject Access
- Environment and Nature
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
- Creator
- Prest Photo Co. (Cranbrook, BC)
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