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Calgary Heritage Authority Annual Report 2010
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24966
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2010
- Author
- Calgary Heritage Authority
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alberta : Calgary Heritage Authority
- Call Number
- 08.2 C11c PAM
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- Author
- Calgary Heritage Authority
- Responsibility
- Lesley Beale
- Joni Carroll
- Sarah Meilleur
- Clea Sturgess
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alberta : Calgary Heritage Authority
- Published Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 38 p.
- Abstract
- Pertains to built heritage resources in the city of Calgary as of 2010 - includes photographs, timelines, maps, recommendations
- Contents
- Executive Summary
- Identify Protect Manage
- Looking Back
- Who We Are
- Implementing
- Saving Places
- Reaching Out
- Raising Awareness
- Acknowledging
- Funding
- Identifying Places
- Notes
- Table of Contents page has information about James Langlands Thomson who also sculpted the faces on the Banff stone bridge.
- Accession Number
- 2019.98
- Call Number
- 08.2 C11c PAM
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Final 2012 version of report available online via the Calgary Heritage Authority
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Park and recreation structures ...
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue5218
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1938
- Author
- Good, Albert H
- Publisher
- Washington (D.C.) : United States Government Printing Office
- Call Number
- 13.212 G59
- Author
- Good, Albert H
- Publisher
- Washington (D.C.) : United States Government Printing Office
- Published Date
- 1938
- Physical Description
- v, 212p. : ill., plans
- Subjects
- Buildings
- Notes
- copy 2 contains signature of Peter Whyte
- Accession Number
- 400
- tbd deaccessioned
- Call Number
- 13.212 G59
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Exploring the history of Banff : a guide to museums, historic sites, and heritage properties
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14019
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Hempstead, Andrew
- Publisher
- Banff : Summerthought
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Call Number
- 08.3 H39e
- Author
- Hempstead, Andrew
- Responsibility
- Andrew Hempstead
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Publisher
- Banff : Summerthought
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 144p. : ill., ports
- Subjects
- Banff townsite
- Buildings
- Guidebooks
- Photography
- ISBN
- 9780981149165
- Accession Number
- 70000 12-07-16
- 8199
- Call Number
- 08.3 H39e
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- 1955 – 2016
- Material
- wood;
- Catalogue Number
- 101.02.0011 a,b
- Description
- Two pieces of the wooden rain gutter that had been on the outside of Nick and Willie Morant’s home on Kootenay Ave in Banff. Making up a larger whole, the two pieces are painted with a design of red, yellow, and green flowers with green and yellow vines and leaves in between them [possibly painted …
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- Title
- Rain Gutter
- Date
- 1955 – 2016
- Material
- wood;
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 8.3 x 53.0 cm
- Description
- Two pieces of the wooden rain gutter that had been on the outside of Nick and Willie Morant’s home on Kootenay Ave in Banff. Making up a larger whole, the two pieces are painted with a design of red, yellow, and green flowers with green and yellow vines and leaves in between them [possibly painted by Willie] - on the side opposite the painting is “Nicholas Morant Banff Spring” written in black cursive.
- Subject
- Nicholas Morant
- home
- houses
- buildings
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 101.02.0011 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1003 a,b
- Description
- Cast iron steer and cowboy trade signs from Burns Meat Market. (a) a molded cast iron steer (34.0 x 24.0) black paint over gold, running, 2 slotted metal pieces at either end of the bottom are for hanging the sign. (b)a molded cast iron cowboy (patterned in the image of Buffalo Bill) on a horse (32…
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- Title
- Trade Sign
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 34.0 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- Cast iron steer and cowboy trade signs from Burns Meat Market. (a) a molded cast iron steer (34.0 x 24.0) black paint over gold, running, 2 slotted metal pieces at either end of the bottom are for hanging the sign. (b)a molded cast iron cowboy (patterned in the image of Buffalo Bill) on a horse (32.0 x 30.0) in chipping black paint over gold paint. Both pieces are done in a realistic manner.
- Subject
- towns
- buildings
- P. Burns Meat Market
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1003 a,b
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Miniature House Collection
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0155%20a-c
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0155 a-c
- Description
- A collection of three miniature Swiss chalets in varying degrees of details. (a) very detailed and delicate three storied chalet with green shuttered windows paned with mirrors across front. Ornately carved balcony across at second storey, and balcony at first storey with staircase at either side l…
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- Title
- Miniature House Collection
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; glass
- Dimensions
- 8.4 x 10.0 x 12.0 cm
- Description
- A collection of three miniature Swiss chalets in varying degrees of details. (a) very detailed and delicate three storied chalet with green shuttered windows paned with mirrors across front. Ornately carved balcony across at second storey, and balcony at first storey with staircase at either side leading to platform base, two lengths of picket fence stand in front, one missing, slanted roof covered with small U-shaped wooden blocks. Roof lifts on hinges to reveal small open box inside lined with purple paper, containing silver ice axe pin and carved wood purple gentian pin. (b) 6.4hx8.6wx6.8d, simply carved dark brown wooden log structure chalet with suggestion of shallow shed on right side, slanted roof covered with four small wooden blocks. Slot carved through roof parallel to ridgepole allows chalet to be used as bank, coins are released from under shed at side. (c) 2.4h, very tiny simple chalet of two storeys with lower smaller then upper, balcony across front and window with green shutters. Window panes represented by a piece of netting backed with a mirror, simple representation of staircase on right side, three small round black circles on roof.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0155 a-c
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- Date
- prior to 1975
- Catalogue Number
- 112.02.1003
- Description
- A length of oakum, coiled and in a bag.
- Title
- Oakum
- Date
- prior to 1975
- Description
- A length of oakum, coiled and in a bag.
- Subject
- buildings
- architecture
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 112.02.1003
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Luxton Museum construction and displays
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55016
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 78 photographs pertaining to the Luxton Museum and its displays, including the museum’s construction and the interior views of the museum and its displays. Some photographs depict Indigenous individuals [including John Hunter and unidentified Cree and Stoney Nakoda men] posing as m…
- Date Range
- 1951-1957
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D3e / PA - 1 to 78
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
146 images
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / D : Personal and professional
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / D3 : Organizations
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D3e / PA - 1 to 78
- Responsibility
- Photographs LUX/I/D3e/PA-74 and 76 produced by Bruno Engler; LUX/I/D3e/PA -77 and 78 produced by Ernest Kehr
- Date Range
- 1951-1957
- Physical Description
- 78 photographs : b&w prints ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 78 photographs pertaining to the Luxton Museum and its displays, including the museum’s construction and the interior views of the museum and its displays. Some photographs depict Indigenous individuals [including John Hunter and unidentified Cree and Stoney Nakoda men] posing as models for display mannequins used in the Luxton Museum.
- Notes
- First three items in file signed on reverse side by “Roy”[?] [Ray?]; individual not further identified
- File contains some duplicates
- Material Details
- Items LUX/I/D3e/PA-4 to 16 labelled as “Polaroid” photographs on back. Same items have folded paper attached to left side partly covering images
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- Hunter, John
- Subject Access
- Businesses
- Buildings
- Construction
- Museums
- Education
- History
- Indigenous Peoples
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- British Columbia
- Victoria
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- Item LUX/I/D3e/PA-63 has related negative photographs processed under reference codes LUX/I/D3e/NA-1 to 9
- Category
- Education
- Indigenous Peoples
- Labour
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Trading Post photographs
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55018
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs pertaining to the Sign of the Goat Curio Shop [later renamed the Banff Indian Trading Post] which was owned by Norman Luxton. File includes images of the building’s interior and exterior, Norman feeding a pet bear outside of the Trading Post, taxidermy displays, individ…
- Date Range
- 1904
- 1906
- 1910
- [ca.1940-1945]
- 1949
- [ca.1950-1955]
- 1956-1959
- 1961
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D3e / PA - 85 to PA - 113
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
48 images
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / D : Personal and Professional
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / D3 : Organizations
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D3e / PA - 85 to PA - 113
- Responsibility
- Some items produced by Ernest Kehr [PA-96 and PA-101], A.S. Williams [PA-104], George Luxton [PA-105], and Ronald J. Cooke [PA-106].
- Date Range
- 1904
- 1906
- 1910
- [ca.1940-1945]
- 1949
- [ca.1950-1955]
- 1956-1959
- 1961
- Physical Description
- 29 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 20.5 x 25 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs pertaining to the Sign of the Goat Curio Shop [later renamed the Banff Indian Trading Post] which was owned by Norman Luxton. File includes images of the building’s interior and exterior, Norman feeding a pet bear outside of the Trading Post, taxidermy displays, individuals posing with a dog outside of the Trading Post, and the “Man Fish” of Lake Minnewanka on display.
- Notes
- Item LUX / I / D3e/PA-107 is a copy negative photograph
- Subject Access
- Businesses
- Buffalo
- Animals
- Bears
- Buildings
- Taxidermy
- Commerce and industry
- Professional and Personal Life
- Tourism
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Original title used
- Processing Status
- Processed
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[Crag and Canyon cabin]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions23803
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a b&w photograph negative of a four people, including Norman Luxton, outside of the Crag & Canyon newspaper log building in Banff
- Date Range
- [1920-1950]
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D6c / NA - 50
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / D : Personal and professional
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / D / 6 : Other activities and interests
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D6c / NA - 50
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- [1920-1950]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w negative ; 15 x 9 cm
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a b&w photograph negative of a four people, including Norman Luxton, outside of the Crag & Canyon newspaper log building in Banff
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- Subject Access
- Crag and Canyon newspaper
- Banff
- Newspaper
- Buildings
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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