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Date
1970
Material
wood; metal
Catalogue Number
103.09.1074
Description
Light wooden plaque with simulated rolled paper top and bottom has a rectangular copper coloured metal plaque centered. Inscribed "Banff Lake Louise Chamber of Commerce wishes to honor Mrs. Ann Boon for many years of outstanding dedication and service to the Chamber of Commerce, the community of …
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Title
Achievement Plaque
Date
1970
Material
wood; metal
Dimensions
28.8 x 22.5 cm
Description
Light wooden plaque with simulated rolled paper top and bottom has a rectangular copper coloured metal plaque centered. Inscribed "Banff Lake Louise Chamber of Commerce wishes to honor Mrs. Ann Boon for many years of outstanding dedication and service to the Chamber of Commerce, the community of Banff, and the tourist industry.
Subject
towns
Banff
Lake Louise
Chamber of Commerce
Ann Boon
tourism
Credit
Gift of Ann Boon, 1975
Catalogue Number
103.09.1074
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Date
1980
Material
glass
Catalogue Number
104.20.1124 a,b
Description
Two clear glass mugs, one large (14.0 cm high, 11.5 cm in diameter) and one small (7.0 cm high, 7.0 cm in diameter). “Banff Winter Festival” and logo in white on back and front of each mug.
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Title
Mug
Date
1980
Material
glass
Dimensions
14.0 cm
Description
Two clear glass mugs, one large (14.0 cm high, 11.5 cm in diameter) and one small (7.0 cm high, 7.0 cm in diameter). “Banff Winter Festival” and logo in white on back and front of each mug.
Subject
sports
Banff Winter Festival
souvenirs
Banff-Lake Louise Chamber of Commerce
Credit
Gift of Banff-Lake Louise Chamber of Commerce, Banff, 1992
Catalogue Number
104.20.1124 a,b
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
metal; paper
Catalogue Number
104.48.1001 a,b
Description
Candy scale with removeable oval shaped brass tray. Cast iron base is a fish shape and painted red. Paper scale is inserted on long flat arm on which is a moveable arm. Paper stamp on side of base reads "Department of Trade and Commerce weights and measures inspection 1945-46 G R Canada"
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Title
Candy Scale
Date
prior to 1970
Material
metal; paper
Description
Candy scale with removeable oval shaped brass tray. Cast iron base is a fish shape and painted red. Paper scale is inserted on long flat arm on which is a moveable arm. Paper stamp on side of base reads "Department of Trade and Commerce weights and measures inspection 1945-46 G R Canada"
Subject
commerce
Credit
Gift of Harold McBride Mortimer, Banff, 1970
Catalogue Number
104.48.1001 a,b
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.48.1002
Description
Plate metal scale on a metal base. Weight wheel is 14.0 dia with numbers up to 15. Intriguing movement of arms and levers.
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Title
Weight Scale
Date
prior to 1970
Material
metal
Dimensions
22.0 x 11.0 x 16.0 cm
Description
Plate metal scale on a metal base. Weight wheel is 14.0 dia with numbers up to 15. Intriguing movement of arms and levers.
Subject
commerce
J. D. Hansen
Credit
Gift of Eldon Walls, 1973
Catalogue Number
104.48.1002
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.48.1006
Description
Hanging spring balance with with sharp hook. Stamped: "Not for legal use in trade pocket balance". Scale up to 50 pounds.
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Title
Spring Scale
Date
prior to 1970
Material
metal
Description
Hanging spring balance with with sharp hook. Stamped: "Not for legal use in trade pocket balance". Scale up to 50 pounds.
Subject
trade
commerce
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.48.1006
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Date
n.d.
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.48.1012 a-v
Description
1 set of a brass scale and measuring implements. Writing on green box “Miner’s improved gold scale manufactured expressly for California.”a- Metal green box with gold writing b- Stand- brassc- scale cup d- scale cupe- 40 weight …
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Title
Scale
Date
n.d.
Material
metal
Dimensions
3 x 7 x 14 cm
Description
1 set of a brass scale and measuring implements. Writing on green box “Miner’s improved gold scale manufactured expressly for California.”a- Metal green box with gold writing b- Stand- brassc- scale cup d- scale cupe- 40 weight f- 2 ounce weightg- 1 ounce weight h- 1/2 ounce weighti- 10 penny brass coin j- 5 DWT brass coink- 2 brass coin l- 2 brass coinm- plain brass coin n- plain brass coino- 1 sided 5 DWT brass coin p- plain brass coinq- plain brass coin r- plain brass coins- plain brass coin t- plain brass coinu- 2 brass coin v- 1 brass coin
Subject
commerce
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 2014
Catalogue Number
104.48.1012 a-v
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Date
1850 – 1870
Material
metal, steel; wood
Catalogue Number
104.49.0001
Description
A hatchet with a hand-hewn wooden handle attached by metal wedges through a hand worked steel head with a curved blade which flares and flattens from its neck. The letters “PS” are stamped on the blade.
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Title
Hatchet Ax
Date
1850 – 1870
Material
metal, steel; wood
Dimensions
4.0 x 15.0 x 38.0 cm
Description
A hatchet with a hand-hewn wooden handle attached by metal wedges through a hand worked steel head with a curved blade which flares and flattens from its neck. The letters “PS” are stamped on the blade.
Subject
households
trade
commerce
Hudson’s Bay Company
Indigenous
crafts
carving
metalwork
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.49.0001
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Date
n.d.
Material
plastic
Catalogue Number
109.03.0010 a,b
Description
Two green, shamrock-shaped plastic tokens that read “GOOD FOR 1 QUART JERSEY MILK” on one side and “UNION MILK CO. LTD. CALGARY MADE IN USA” on the reverse.
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Title
Ration Token
Date
n.d.
Material
plastic
Dimensions
3.0 x 3.0 cm
Description
Two green, shamrock-shaped plastic tokens that read “GOOD FOR 1 QUART JERSEY MILK” on one side and “UNION MILK CO. LTD. CALGARY MADE IN USA” on the reverse.
Subject
Whyte home
food
commerce
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
109.03.0010 a,b
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Date
n.d.
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
109.03.0011 a-c
Description
3 identical ration tokens, thin wood in the shape of a small disk with centre hole. Blue exterior stamped with “CANADA RATION MEAT VIANDE” on both sides.
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Title
Ration Token
Date
n.d.
Material
wood
Dimensions
2.2 x 2.2 cm
Description
3 identical ration tokens, thin wood in the shape of a small disk with centre hole. Blue exterior stamped with “CANADA RATION MEAT VIANDE” on both sides.
Subject
Whyte home
commerce
food
war
world war two;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
109.03.0011 a-c
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Luxton family fonds

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of textual, visual and sound materials pertaining to Norman Luxton, Eleanor Luxton and their family members and friends (including Georgina Luxton, Norman's parents and siblings, and members of the Ross, Graham and McDougall families). Includes correspondence, personal and profession…
Date Range
[ca.1860]-1995
Reference Code
LUX
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Print
Cabinet card
Framed print
Negative
Sound recording
Cassette
Textual record
Corporate record
Private record
Published record
Scrapbook
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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
LUX
Sous-Fonds
LUX
Accession Number
Lux1 - EL estate, 1996
Lux2 - Whyte Museum, 2000
Lux3 - Glenbow Archives, 2001
Reference Code
LUX
GMD
Photograph
Print
Cabinet card
Framed print
Negative
Sound recording
Cassette
Textual record
Corporate record
Private record
Published record
Scrapbook
Other Title Info
Also known as the Eleanor Luxton archives
Date Range
[ca.1860]-1995
Physical Description
ca.32.1 m of textual records (29.3 m textual records, 47 scrapbooks) -- ca.7290 photographs (ca.5300 b&w and col. prints, ca.1915 negatives, 75 transparencies, 2 tintypes) -- 17 albums -- ca.74 cm sound recordings (29 CDs, 45 audio cassettes, 17 R120 DAT tapes, 1 VHS, 8 voicewriter discs)
History / Biographical
The Norman Luxton family was a prominent family in Banff, Alberta, Canada from 1904 until 1962. Daughter Eleanor Luxton maintained the family's position in the town until her death in 1995.
Publisher and businessman Norman K. Luxton, 1876-1962, was the son of Winnipeg Free Press co-founder William Luxton. After working for the Winnipeg Free Press, Norman Luxton travelled, then joined the Calgary Herald for eight years. In 1901, he journeyed 10,000 miles on the Pacific in the dug-out canoe Tilikum. After becoming ill, Luxton abandoned the trip in Fiji and came to Banff to recuperate. The around-the-world trip was subsequently completed by his sailing partner, Capt. John Voss.
Luxton bought Banff's Crag and Canyon newspaper in 1902 and remained as publisher until 1951. Also in 1902, he established the Sign of the Goat Curio store which specialized in Stoney Indian handicrafts and taxidermy specimens. Other significant Luxton businesses were the King Edward Hotel and Livery, Luxton Bros. insurance (with brother Louis Luxton) and the Lux Block, which included a hotel, the Lux Theatre and retail stores.
In 1904, Norman Luxton married Georgina (Georgie) Elizabeth McDougall, 1870-1965, of the pioneer missionary McDougall family of Morley, Alberta. In addition to her McDougall connections, Georgie Luxton was related by marriage to Senator George Ross. Norman and Georgie Luxton had one child, Eleanor Georgina, born in Banff in 1908.
The Luxtons were important Banff "boosters" with involvement in numerous local organizations and events. Norman Luxton managed the Banff Indian Days from 1909 to 1950, was a founder of Banff Winter Carnival and was involved with native events at the Calgary Stampede for 25 years. In 1953, Norman established a museum to house his native artifacts. The Luxton Museum was built in co-operation with Eric Harvie of the Glenbow Foundation of Calgary. After Luxton's death, the museum continued to be managed by the Glenbow until 1992.
Eleanor Luxton, 1908-1995, was a writer, historian, researcher, engineer, teacher and business woman. After graduating from high school in Banff in 1926, she attended the University of Alberta from 1926 until 1939, receiving degrees in history (BA '30, MA'33), a Diploma in Education (1931) and subsequent education, biology and natural history courses during the summers.
Between 1937 and 1956, Eleanor received further degrees and certificates from studies at Garbutt Business College (Calgary), St. Stephen's College (Edmonton), Ottawa Technical High School, Havergal Ladies College (Ontario), St. George Williams College (Montreal), McGill University (Montreal) and the Banff School of Fine Arts. Subjects studied included office practices, shorthand, machine draughting, English, civil engineering (BSc '46), German, broadcast writing, management, commerce, accounting and commercial law.
Eleanor Luxton's extensive education overlapped and preceded a long and varied professional career. Her teaching career extended from high school teacher in Alberta (Banff and Sexsmith), 1933-1940, to university lecturer in Montreal in the 1950s. During the 1940s, she worked in locomotive design for the CPR in Montreal. Beginning in 1956 and continuing until 1965, when she returned to Banff to care for her mother, Eleanor worked throughout southern Alberta as a field researcher for Calgary's Glenbow Foundation. From 1965 until her death in 1995, Eleanor remained in Banff in her family home and pursued an active career in writing and research.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of textual, visual and sound materials pertaining to Norman Luxton, Eleanor Luxton and their family members and friends (including Georgina Luxton, Norman's parents and siblings, and members of the Ross, Graham and McDougall families). Includes correspondence, personal and professional records, financial documents, organization and volunteer records, business and property records, scrapbooks and albums, research materials, candid and professional portraits, various collected materials, and other related content.
Notes
Fonds consists of three sous-fonds:
I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds, [ca.1880]-1962, ca. 7.5 m. of textual records and photographs in four series: A. Correspondence, B. Business, financial and legal, C. Personal, D. Personal and professional, E. Collected materials.
II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds, [ca.1890]-1995, ca. 15 m. of textual records, sound recordings and photographs in six series: A. Correspondence, B. Professional, C. Personal, D. Business, financial and legal, E. Travel and events, F. Collected materials.
III. Luxton family sous-fonds, 1836-1972, ca.6.5 m. of textual records and photographs in four series: A. Norman Luxton family series, [ca.1900-ca.1970]; B. Georgina Luxton series, [ca.1890]-1967; C. Related family series, [ca.1890]-1972; D. Other material series, 1836-1970; E. Luxton family home records [1996].
Name Access
Luxton, Eleanor
Luxton, Georgina
Luxton, Norman
Subject Access
Arts
Commerce and industry
Education
Exploration, discovery and travel
Family and personal life
First Nations
Professional and Personal Life
Sports, recreation and leisure
Research
Access Restrictions
Some restriction/s on access
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Reproduction Restrictions
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
Finding aids and reference tools: electronic finding aid for processed material
box list for unprocessed material
Creator
Luxton, Norman
Luxton, Georgina
Luxton, Eleanor
Category
Arts
Commerce and industry
Education
Exploration, discovery and travel
Family and personal life
First nations
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Processed
Electronic Resources
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