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Alberta to British Columbia Trip Scrapbook

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Part Of: Norman Bethune Sanson fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook that contains postcards and photographs of scenic views from Banff west to Vancouver Island, as well as scenic views of Lethbridge, Alberta, and southern Ontario. Includes scenes from Banff, Lake Louise, Golden, Salmon Arm, Cranbrook, Comox, Lethbridge, Toronto, Muskoka…

Date Range: 1909-1931, [n.d.]

Reference Code: M3 / 26

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Norman Bethune Sanson fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M3 / V246

Sous-Fonds: M3

Sub-Series: 2. Postcards, n.d.

Accession Number: 1036

Reference Code: M3 / 26

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1909-1931, [n.d.]

Physical Description: 3.5 cm of textual records (88 pages ; 25 x 31 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook that contains postcards and photographs of scenic views from Banff west to Vancouver Island, as well as scenic views of Lethbridge, Alberta, and southern Ontario. Includes scenes from Banff, Lake Louise, Golden, Salmon Arm, Cranbrook, Comox, Lethbridge, Toronto, Muskoka Lakes, and the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. Also features photographs from the Banff menagerie.

Subject Access: Postcards; Family and personal life; Travel; Animals; Banff Zoo

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Laggan; Vancouver Island; Lethbridge; Toronto; Niagara Falls; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Kootenay National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Ontario; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Band and Travel Photographs [3/3]

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Part Of: Oscar Roe McComb fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to photographs relating to band members and their travels, tours throughout the Waterton Lakes, Banff National Park areas and include views of the foothills nearing Banff, town of Banff, golf course, Banff Springs Hotel, Bow River and boat house, Mt. Rundle, Cascade Mountain, Main Str…

Date Range: [ca.1930-1940]

Reference Code: V187 / PA - 59 to 119

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph

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Part Of: Oscar Roe McComb fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V187

Sous-Fonds: V187

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V187 / PA - 59 to 119

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1930-1940]

Physical Description: 61 photographs: prints; b&w, col.

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to photographs relating to band members and their travels, tours throughout the Waterton Lakes, Banff National Park areas and include views of the foothills nearing Banff, town of Banff, golf course, Banff Springs Hotel, Bow River and boat house, Mt. Rundle, Cascade Mountain, Main Street of Banff, Cave and Basin, Upper Hot Springs, Bow Falls, Sulphur Mountain Observatory, Hoodoos, Banff Campsites, Banff Zoo, views from Sulphur Mountain, Johnston Canyon and Falls, Sinclair Canyon, Marble Canyon, Lake Louise, Valley of the Ten Peaks, Chateau Lake Louise, Takkakaw Falls in Yoho, the Great Divide monument, Emerald Lake, Kicking Horse River, wildlife, Ozzie and Mae McComb and band members. Images are identified or captioned.

Name Access: McComb, Oscar Roe; McComb, Mae

Subject Access: Activities; Band; Banff Springs Hotel; Banff Zoo; Boats; Camping; Camps; Canoeing; Cave and Basin; Chateau Lake Louise; Golfing; Hiking; Hoodoos; Leisure; Mountains; Music; Musicians; Professional and Personal Life; Public entertainment; Scenery; Travel; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Banff; Bow Falls; Rundle Mountain; Cascade Mountain; Sulphur Mountain; Lake Louise; Johnston Canyon; Moraine Lake; Banff National Park; Emerald Lake; Takkakaw Falls; Yoho National Park; Great Divide; Marble Canyon; Kootenay National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Dunsmore Family Photograph Album

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Part Of: Fulton Dunsmore fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to Dunsmore family and friends; family life; Banff community life; Banff locations, such as streets, zoo, Cave and Basin; events, including Banff Indian Days, Banff Winter Carnival, royal visit, 1919; activities, including fishing, camping, picnicing, dogsledding, snowshoeing, skiing,…

Date Range: [ca. 1915-1920]

Reference Code: V184 / I / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph

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Part Of: Fulton Dunsmore fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V184

Series: I. Photograph albums

Sous-Fonds: V184

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V184 / I / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1915-1920]

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (433 prints)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to Dunsmore family and friends; family life; Banff community life; Banff locations, such as streets, zoo, Cave and Basin; events, including Banff Indian Days, Banff Winter Carnival, royal visit, 1919; activities, including fishing, camping, picnicing, dogsledding, snowshoeing, skiing, ski jumping, canoeing. People include: members of the Paris, Woodworth, White (Whyte), Irwin and Latam families; also Dick Patrick, MacAulay twins, Edwin Young, John Thomson and others. Includes scenic views of Banff, Lake Louise and other Rocky Mountain areas. Most photographs are identified.

Notes: Fulton Dunsmore made most of the photographs and assembled the album. Also includes photographs by Tom Dunsmore and other

Name Access: Dunsmore, Fulton; Dunsmore, Margaret

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Banff Indian Days; Banff Winter Carnival; Banff Zoo; Boats; Cave and Basin; Camping; Children; Dogsledding; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Mountains; Skiing; Ski areas; Ski jumping; Snowshoes and snowshoeing; Winter

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Access Restrictions: No photocopying

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Family photographs [1/2]

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Part Of: Bob Smith fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to black and white photographs of Bob Smith, his parents and his friends in and around Banff, Seebe, and Bankhead, also around Lake Minnewanka. Includes portraits, scenic views, hiking, skating, wildlife, boating, and the Minnewanka Dam. Some photographs have handwritten notes on the …

Date Range: [ca. 1920-1947]

Reference Code: V809 / I / PA - 01 to PA - 54

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph

Part Of: Bob Smith fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M589 / V809

Sous-Fonds: V809

Accession Number: 2021.36

Reference Code: V809 / I / PA - 01 to PA - 54

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1920-1947]

Physical Description: 54 photographs : b&w ; 9.8 x 15.8 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to black and white photographs of Bob Smith, his parents and his friends in and around Banff, Seebe, and Bankhead, also around Lake Minnewanka. Includes portraits, scenic views, hiking, skating, wildlife, boating, and the Minnewanka Dam. Some photographs have handwritten notes on the backs.

Name Access: Smith, Enoch; Smith, Laurene; Smith, Robert Neville (Bob)

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Automobiles; Banff Park Museum; Banff townsite; Banff Zoo; Bankhead; Beach; Bears; Boats; Children; Christmas; Deer; Family; Family and personal life; Hiking; Lake Minnewanka; Lake Minnewanka Power Development; Landscapes; Mountains; Recreation; Shorelines; Winter

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Seebe; Alberta

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Maude Woodworth postcard album, Banff Zoo, Lethbridge

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one album containing 35 black and white postcards and 1 colour postcard. Contents pertain to wildlife in the Rocky Mountains, including moose, bears, big horn sheep, buffalo, cougars, deer and elk, at least some of which were held in the Banff Zoo. File also contains images of Leth…

Date Range: [1909 - ca. 1920]

Reference Code: V324 / IV / A / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Postcard

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records

Sous-Fonds: V324

Sub-Series: V324 / IV / A : 1886 - 1920

Accession Number: 2016.8581

Reference Code: V324 / IV / A / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Postcard

Responsibility: Many items produced by Byron Harmon

Date Range: [1909 - ca. 1920]

Physical Description: 1 album (36 photographs : b&w and col. ; 14 x 8.5 cm)

History / Biographical: The Banff Zoo operated as a tourist attraction from about 1905 until 1937, when it was shut down due to concerns about animal cruelty. While it was open, the Banff Zoo held monkeys, cougars, a polar bear named "Buddy" [acquired in 1907], two bear cubs from 1915 onwards, and various other wildlife.

Scope & Content: File consists of one album containing 35 black and white postcards and 1 colour postcard. Contents pertain to wildlife in the Rocky Mountains, including moose, bears, big horn sheep, buffalo, cougars, deer and elk, at least some of which were held in the Banff Zoo. File also contains images of Lethbridge [ca. 1909], Col. Cyril Childe [ca. 1920], Mt. Rundle, Niagara Canyon and other untitled views of the Canadian Rockies. One image depicting Lethbridge is dated 1909, stamped and annotated.

Notes: Most dates given are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist based on format and content of items; Numerous items appear to be missing; Inside cover of album reads: "Maud Woodworth from W.R. Lewis [?] ... 1909"

Name Access: Childe, Cyril; Harmon, Byron; Woodworth, Maude

Subject Access: Wildlife; Animals; Bear; Moose; Sheep; Buffalo; Cougar; Deer; Elk; Landscapes; Zoo; Banff Zoo; Tourism

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park; Banff; Lethbridge; British Columbia; Niagara Canyon

Access Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Item must be kept in separate storage from other albums due to its cloth/leather cover material

Category: Family and personal life; Environment

Biographical Source Notes: http://banff.ca/index.aspx?NID=480

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Warden Scrapbook #1

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Part Of: Ulysses LaCasse fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook of photographs of warden activities, including wolf management; group warden portraits; Castle Mountain area; Joe Smith of Silver City; burled trees; LaCasse family members, including grandchildren; and Ulysses LaCasse, ca.1937-1960. Also includes memos sent between Ul…

Date Range: 1946-1947

Reference Code: M90 / 8 / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Ulysses LaCasse fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M90 / V340

Sous-Fonds: M90

Sub-Series: II / A Personal / professional series : Scrapbooks

Accession Number: 617

Reference Code: M90 / 8 / 1

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1946-1947

Physical Description: 1 textual record (1 v.)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook of photographs of warden activities, including wolf management; group warden portraits; Castle Mountain area; Joe Smith of Silver City; burled trees; LaCasse family members, including grandchildren; and Ulysses LaCasse, ca.1937-1960. Also includes memos sent between Ulysses LaCasse and K.B. Mitchell, Chief Park Warden and photographs taken by Nicholas Morant.