topic:"Buildings" found 347 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

815. "Canyon House" and the "Mountain Belle", Banff

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Part Of: Boorne and May fonds

Scope & Content: Image a structure next to a body of water - two people stand on a dock where a steam-powered boat the Mountain Belle is moored.

Date Range: 1887-1888

Reference Code: v10 / 84 / 1 / 36 / na66 - 636

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative, copy; Photograph print

1 image

Part Of: Boorne and May fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V10

Reference Code: v10 / 84 / 1 / 36 / na66 - 636

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative, copy; Photograph print

Date Range: 1887-1888

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image a structure next to a body of water - two people stand on a dock where a steam-powered boat the Mountain Belle is moored.

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Industry; Transportation

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

Title Source: photograph caption

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Along banks of Ganges River- Benares India

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Date Range: [ca. 1908 - 192-]

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 1345

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: II. Photography series

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 10. World travels

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 1345

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: [ca. 1908 - 192-]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Transportation; Family and personal life

Geographic Access: India

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Associated Screen News fonds

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Part Of: Associated Screen News fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of records pertaining to the career of George William Rance who worked with the photography division of the Associated Screen News (ASN) travelling the world aboard the Empress ships. Rance also worked in the camera shop in the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta and ASN's Head Offi…

Date Range: [1925-1938]

Reference Code: V98

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Associated Screen News fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: V 98

Sous-Fonds: V98

Accession Number: 7751 (unproc)

Reference Code: V98

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [1925-1938]

Physical Description: ca.158 photographs: prints

History / Biographical: The Associated Screen News (ASN), established in Montreal in 1920 as a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway, produced photographs, newsreels, shorts, travelogues, motion pictures, and industrial films featuring the CPR's extensive transportation services. In developing its international travel business, the CPR established a steamship company, the Empress Line. ASN photographers travelled aboard the CPR and Empress Line ships photographing the various travel and cruise destinations to which they were assigned, promoting the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Empress ships. In 1935 ASN purchased the famous Notman & Sons photographic studio in Montreal.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of records pertaining to the career of George William Rance who worked with the photography division of the Associated Screen News (ASN) travelling the world aboard the Empress ships. Rance also worked in the camera shop in the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta and ASN's Head Office in Montreal, Quebec. Fonds consists of Associated Screen News photographs of Cochrane to Banff motor road, Banff townsite and environs, Banff-Lake Louise road, Mount Assiniboine, Waterton Lakes National Park, ca.1925. Also included in the fonds are photographs of various cruise destinations of the CPR Empress Line including Grenada, Rio de Janeiro, Martinique, Barbados, and the Empress of Australia, ca.1938 and 1 William Notman & Sons photograph of the Bow River Bridge and Cascade Mountain, ca.1905.

Name Access: Associated Screen News; Rance, George William

Subject Access: Buildings and facilities; Sports, recreation and leisure; Transportation; Commerce and industry; Exploration, discovery and travel

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: No finding aid

Creator: Associated Screen News

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Transportation; Sports, recreation and leisure

Biographical Source Notes: Tom Rance (info supplied with accession record); E.J.Hart, The Selling of Canada; Jonathan Hanna, Robert C. Kennell, and Carol Lacourte, Portraits of Canada: Photographic Treasures of the CPR.

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Unprocessed

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At the Train

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: 49 Nassau Street

Date Range: [ca. 1908 - 192-]

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 878

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: II. Photography series

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 10. World travels

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 878

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: [ca. 1908 - 192-]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: 49 Nassau Street

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Transportation

Geographic Access: [Japan]

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Back of Banff Springs Hotel and tally-ho

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Date Range: [between 1903 and 1942]

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 6057

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V263

Series: I. Scenic / commercial series

Sub-Series: A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 6057

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [between 1903 and 1942]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Transportation

Geographic Access: Alberta

Conservation: Reprocessed / archival quality gold-toned, 1973

Creator: Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta)

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Banff Avenue looking north

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Part Of: George John MacKenzie fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Banff Avenue looking north towards Cascade Mountain - businesses along left side read "G & W Fear Photographers, Souvenirs", "Byron Harmon Photographer", "Harmony", "Alpine Hotel" , "Restaurant"; businesses along the right side read "Ice Cream" "Bow Livery" and Cascade and Mount Royal Hot…

Date Range: ca. 1910

Reference Code: v384 / lc / na66 - 203

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

1 image

Part Of: George John MacKenzie fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V384

Reference Code: v384 / lc / na66 - 203

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

Date Range: ca. 1910

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of Banff Avenue looking north towards Cascade Mountain - businesses along left side read "G & W Fear Photographers, Souvenirs", "Byron Harmon Photographer", "Harmony", "Alpine Hotel" , "Restaurant"; businesses along the right side read "Ice Cream" "Bow Livery" and Cascade and Mount Royal Hotels - street lined with horse and carriages.