topic:" glacier" found 19 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Brick

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Date: 1886 – 1914

Material: ceramic

Catalogue Number: 101.02.1004 a

Description: Partial brick from Glacier House (a) whole bricks - dark red-brown with corners chipped off one end, impurities in clay (small rocks) cause cracks fracturing all surfaces anddistorting shape of brick somewhat extrusion grooves along length bits of sandy mortar on top, small patches of green moss o…

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Title: Brick

Date: 1886 – 1914

Material: ceramic

Dimensions: 6.8 x 10.7 x 12.5 cm

Description: Partial brick from Glacier House (a) whole bricks - dark red-brown with corners chipped off one end, impurities in clay (small rocks) cause cracks fracturing all surfaces anddistorting shape of brick somewhat extrusion grooves along length bits of sandy mortar on top, small patches of green moss on all other surfaces.

Subject: camps & lodges; Glacier House

Credit: Gift of Ted J. Hart, Banff, 1983

Catalogue Number: 101.02.1004 a

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Brick

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Date: 1885 – 1914

Material: ceramic

Catalogue Number: 101.02.1004 b

Description: Partial brick from Glacier House (b) half brick - dull ochre-yellow with deep letters stamped in top "__AIR(?)", letters eroded, edges worn, iron-spotting on surface, more porous than (a), small bit of red mortar on top corner, patches of green mosscover sides and bottom, white papery substance co…

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Title: Brick

Date: 1885 – 1914

Material: ceramic

Dimensions: 6.3 x 9.1 x 19.5 cm

Description: Partial brick from Glacier House (b) half brick - dull ochre-yellow with deep letters stamped in top "__AIR(?)", letters eroded, edges worn, iron-spotting on surface, more porous than (a), small bit of red mortar on top corner, patches of green mosscover sides and bottom, white papery substance covers first part of word, and broken surface of brick.

Subject: camps & lodges; Glacier House

Credit: Gift of Ted J. Hart, Banff, 1983

Catalogue Number: 101.02.1004 b

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The Canadian Pacific Railway

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1888

Publisher: The Illustrated London News

Call Number: 02.6 Il6t PAM O.S.

Responsibility: Sketches by Melton Prior

Publisher: The Illustrated London News

Published Date: 1888

Physical Description: 125 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Travel; Tourism; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels; Banff; Glacier House

Abstract: Pertains to the activities of the Canadian Pacific Railway as per Melton Prior who travelled from Montreal to Vancouver on the train and provided a review of the journey which includes sketches of Sir Donald, Great Glacier, Glacier Hotel, Hermit Range, Mount Carroll, Stony Creek Bridge and the interior of a colonial sleeping car.

Notes: In The Illustrated London News, Vol. XCIII, No. 2591, Saturday December 15, 1888, pp. 720 - 722

Accession Number: 7864

Call Number: 02.6 Il6t PAM O.S.

Collection: Archives Library

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Canadian Pacific Railway : Banff and British Columbia

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1888

Publisher: The Illustrated London News

Call Number: 02.6 Il6c PAM O.S.

Responsibility: Sketches by Melton Prior

Publisher: The Illustrated London News

Published Date: 1888

Physical Description: 125 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Travel; Tourism; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels; Hot springs; Hotels; Sanitarium Hotel; Banff; Glacier House

Abstract: Pertains to the activities of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Banff and Mount Stephen including railway access and hotels, hotsprings, sanitarium with associated sketches.

Notes: In The Illustrated London News, Vol. XCIII, No. 2588, Saturday, November 24, 1888, pp. 613 - 614

Accession Number: 7864

Call Number: 02.6 Il6c PAM O.S.

Collection: Archives Library

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Contact Prints

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to print copies made from original negatives of Vaux family travels in the Canadian Rockies in the late 1800s. Includes views of mountains, scree slopes, glaciers, train scenes (including tracks and the interior of a dining car), Glacier House, and portrais of the family members.

Date Range: [ca. 1887 - 1900]

Reference Code: V653 / I / U / 2 / PA-7 to PA-59

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph print

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M107/V557

Series: I. Photography

Sous-Fonds: V557

Sub-Series: U. Prints

Accession Number: 7792

Reference Code: V653 / I / U / 2 / PA-7 to PA-59

GMD: Photograph print

Date Range: [ca. 1887 - 1900]

Physical Description: 52 prints : b&w ; 21.6 x 27.9 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File pertains to print copies made from original negatives of Vaux family travels in the Canadian Rockies in the late 1800s. Includes views of mountains, scree slopes, glaciers, train scenes (including tracks and the interior of a dining car), Glacier House, and portrais of the family members.

Name Access: Vaux, William; Vaux, George; Vaux, George, X; Walcott, Mary Vaux

Subject Access: Glaciers; Glacier House; Family and personal life; Mountains; Photography; Trains; Travel and Exploration

Geographic Access: British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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CPR Advertising Posters and Glacier House Blueprints

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 3 printed posters and 2 pages with blueprints/illustrations. Content pertains to colour advertisements for the Canadian Pacific Railroad (one promoting a new route to Thunder Bay via Winnipeg on the CPR, one advertising 'The Red Letter Day' in 1986 as the CPR opened up a direct lin…

Date Range: [ca. 1900 to ca. 1925]; 1926; [ca. 1940 to ca. 1970]; [ca. 1980 to ca. 1990]; 1986

Reference Code: V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 9 to 13 O.S.

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Blueprint; Poster

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: V500

Sub-Series: V500 / II / C / 6 : Promotional Items, Awards and Correspondence

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 9 to 13 O.S.

GMD: Textual record; Blueprint; Poster

Responsibility: Nichols Morant

Date Range: [ca. 1900 to ca. 1925]; 1926; [ca. 1940 to ca. 1970]; [ca. 1980 to ca. 1990]; 1986

Physical Description: 6 Prints: posters and blueprints/illustrations; colour and b&w

History / Biographical: The Glacier House was originally built in 1886 to remove the burden of heavy dining cars by acting as one of multiple attractive pit stops for CPR passengers to take their meals. The building was expanded multiple times over the following 3 decades to accommodate a growing demand for overnight accommodation and increased railway traffic. Glacier House became less marketable by the 20's as dining service improved onboard trains, and the building closed in 1925. Plans were made for new extensions in 1926, but these were never realized.

Scope & Content: File consists of 3 printed posters and 2 pages with blueprints/illustrations. Content pertains to colour advertisements for the Canadian Pacific Railroad (one promoting a new route to Thunder Bay via Winnipeg on the CPR, one advertising 'The Red Letter Day' in 1986 as the CPR opened up a direct line from the Atlantic to Pacific coasts, and one reprint of a poster, date unknown, which originally promoted the CPR in the early 20th century). Also consists of a blueprint design for a proposed extension to the original Glacier House building in the Selkirks (dated 1926) and one print copy of a painted illustration depicting another proposed building design for the Glacier House, date unknown. The blueprint and illustration are possibly more recent copies of older items, and therefore a later date range of [ca. 1940 to ca. 1970] has been added to this file description.

Storage Range: In oversize storage as V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 9 O.S. to V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 13 O.S.

Subject Access: Travel; tourism; Hotels; Canadian Pacific Railway; Glacier House

Geographic Access: Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains; British Columbia; Selkirks

Access Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Reproduction Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Language: English

Conservation: Items in this file must be stored in mylar to prevent further surface damage while in storage.

Creator: Nicholas Morant

Biographical Source Notes: https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/bc/rogers/decouvrir-discover/natcul6.aspx http://www.geog.uvic.ca/dept2/faculty/smithd/477/2010/2010_05_paper.pdf http://doug56.net/CPRMS1887/glacier-house.html