topic:"Commerce" found 97 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Alberta "active best"

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Part Of: Douglas Leighton fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs compiled by Douglas Leighton for publication. Includes photographs of landscapes, cityscapes, lakes, mountains, hotel, tourists, plants, flowers, waterfalls and glaciers.

Date Range: 1987 - 1989; 1991 - 1993; 1995; 1996; 1998; 2000 - 2002; 2006

Reference Code: V222 / VI / C / 3 / NS - 1 to 146

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Part Of: Douglas Leighton fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M133; V222

Series: V222 / VI : Publication

Sous-Fonds: V222

Sub-Series: V222 / VI / C: Compiled for publication

Accession Number: 2020.24

Reference Code: V222 / VI / C / 3 / NS - 1 to 146

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Date Range: 1987 - 1989; 1991 - 1993; 1995; 1996; 1998; 2000 - 2002; 2006

Physical Description: 146 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs compiled by Douglas Leighton for publication. Includes photographs of landscapes, cityscapes, lakes, mountains, hotel, tourists, plants, flowers, waterfalls and glaciers.

Name Access: Leighton, Douglas

Subject Access: British Columbia

Geographic Access: Alberta; Lake Louise, AB; Banff National Park; Banff; Exshaw, AB; Calgary, AB; Jasper, AB; Edmonton, AB; Canmore, AB

Language: English

Creator: Douglas Leighton

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure; Natural resources; Environment; Commerce and industry

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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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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Banff "active best"

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Part Of: Douglas Leighton fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs compiled by Douglas Leighton for publication. Includes photographs of landscapes, lakes, mountains, hotel, tourists, waterfalls and glaciers.

Date Range: 1978; 1979; 1984; 1986 - 1993; 1995; 1996

Reference Code: V222 / VI / C / 2 / NS - 1 to 155

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Part Of: Douglas Leighton fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M133; V222

Series: V222 / VI : Publication

Sous-Fonds: V222

Sub-Series: V222 / VI / C: Compiled for publication

Accession Number: 2020.24

Reference Code: V222 / VI / C / 2 / NS - 1 to 155

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Date Range: 1978; 1979; 1984; 1986 - 1993; 1995; 1996

Physical Description: 155 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs compiled by Douglas Leighton for publication. Includes photographs of landscapes, lakes, mountains, hotel, tourists, waterfalls and glaciers.

Name Access: Leighton, Douglas

Subject Access: British Columbia

Geographic Access: Alberta; Lake Louise, AB; Banff National Park; Banff; Exshaw; Canmore

Language: English

Creator: Douglas Leighton

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure; Natural resources; Environment; Commerce and industry

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff buildings

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Part Of: George Noble fonds

Scope & Content: [Imperial Bank of Canada]

Date Range: [ca.1920-ca.1940]

Reference Code: V469 / 1751

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: George Noble fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: I. Scenic and documentary views

Reference Code: V469 / 1751

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [ca.1920-ca.1940]

Physical Description: 1 negative: 12 x 17 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: [Imperial Bank of Canada]

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Commerce

Geographic Access: Alberta

Images

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Banff buildings

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Part Of: George Noble fonds

Scope & Content: Interior of Imperial Bank

Date Range: [ca.1920-ca.1940]

Reference Code: V469 / 1752

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: George Noble fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: I. Scenic and documentary views

Reference Code: V469 / 1752

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [ca.1920-ca.1940]

Physical Description: 1 negative: 12 x 17 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Interior of Imperial Bank

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Commerce

Geographic Access: Alberta

Images

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Banff buildings

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Part Of: George Noble fonds

Scope & Content: Indian Trading Post

Date Range: [ca.1920-ca.1940]

Reference Code: V469 / 1758

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: George Noble fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: I. Scenic and documentary views

Reference Code: V469 / 1758

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [ca.1920-ca.1940]

Physical Description: 1 negative: 12 x 17 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Indian Trading Post

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Commerce

Geographic Access: Alberta

Images

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Banff Cafe staff

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File consists of 8 photographs of Banff Cafe staff and building

Date Range: ca. 1920 - 1930

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8283

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: 2014.8283

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2014.8283

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8283

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: ca. 1920 - 1930

Physical Description: 8 photographs : b&w ; 12.5 x 8 cm

History / Biographical: Lester Gus Zarkos, b.1921 Brandon, MB. His parents and younger sister arrived Banff 1926. Lester's parents had the cafe on Banff Avenue (old location - Grizzly House) and lived upstairs. Parents separated. Lester's father Samuel Zarkos, d. 1933 (buried in old Banff Cemetary). Lester moved with his mother Alice to Chicago and lived between Chicago and St. Paul's MN until his mother died, ca. 1935. Lester joined RCAF as a rear gunner. Never saw action and returned to Banff following the war. Lester worked at Banff Cafe as waiter. Lester and his uncle Paul Zarkos of Calgary opened a deli on Banff Ave and operated it for a number of years. Lester relocated to Calgary in 1956 and worked as waiter, maitre d', and returned to Banff in 1966 where he operated Banff Delicatessen on Banff Ave. He married H.G. in 1951. H.G. was from Nanton, Alberta and she worked at the Banff Post Office. Following Mount Royal Hotel fire, the family left and returned to the space - Welch's Chocolate Shop. 3 children: Paulette Jean, b.1952; Leslie David, b.1953, d. 1974; Carolyn Anne, b. 1955.

Scope & Content: File consists of 8 photographs of Banff Cafe staff and building

Name Access: Zarkos, Lester

Geographic Access: Alberta; Banff National Park

Language: English

Category: Commerce and industry

Biographical Source Notes: Accession record

Title Source: Title based on contents

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff hockey, Kidney family home

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 5 negative photographs pertaining to members of the Banff Juveniles Hockey Team [1942-1943], the Kidney family home in Banff and a front view of Kidney Kabins.

Date Range: [ca. 1925]; [ca. 1940]; 1942 - 1943

Reference Code: V324 / IV / B / NA - 1 to 5

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

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 / B : 1921 - 1945

Accession Number: 2016.8581

Reference Code: V324 / IV / B / NA - 1 to 5

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [ca. 1925]; [ca. 1940]; 1942 - 1943

Physical Description: 5 photographs : b&w negatives; 7.5 x 12.5 cm and 5.5 x 5.5 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 5 negative photographs pertaining to members of the Banff Juveniles Hockey Team [1942-1943], the Kidney family home in Banff and a front view of Kidney Kabins.

Notes: Dates provided, excluding 1942 - 1943, are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist based on content of images.; Text naming individual hockey players in image V324 / IV / B / NA - 1 is illegible in its current physical format [too small] but may be legible when digitized.

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Property; Businesses; Children; Sports; Winter sports; Hockey

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Language: N/A

Category: Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure; Commerce and industry

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Lake Louise Chamber of Commerce fonds

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Part Of: Banff Lake Louise Chamber of Commerce fonds

Scope & Content: Consists of five series. I. Minutes, 1964-1991, ca.20 cm of textual records; II. Administrative files, 1974-1991, ca.156 cm of textual records; III. Other records, 1958-1985, 10.5 cm and 14 v.; IV. Publications, 1977-1991, 2 cm of printed material; V. Photographs and films, ca.1970-1988, 143 photo…

Date Range: 1958-1991

Reference Code: M132 / V43

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Video; Photograph; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Organization record; Published record

Part Of: Banff Lake Louise Chamber of Commerce fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 132; V 43

Sous-Fonds: M132 / V43

Accession Number: 906, 1042, 1468, 1811, 1859, 1952, 2437, 4046, 5305, 6060

Reference Code: M132 / V43

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Video; Photograph; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Organization record; Published record

Date Range: 1958-1991

Physical Description: 2 m of textual records. -- 143 photographs : transparencies, prints. -- 7 motion pictures : films, video recordings

Scope & Content: Consists of five series. I. Minutes, 1964-1991, ca.20 cm of textual records; II. Administrative files, 1974-1991, ca.156 cm of textual records; III. Other records, 1958-1985, 10.5 cm and 14 v.; IV. Publications, 1977-1991, 2 cm of printed material; V. Photographs and films, ca.1970-1988, 143 photographs and 7 motion pictures. Records pertain mainly to Chamber of Commerce operations and Banff events.

Name Access: Banff-Lake Louise Chamber of Commerce

Subject Access: Commerce and industry

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline; series and file description; electronic finding aid

Creator: Banff Lake Louise Chamber of Commerce

Category: Commerce and industry

Title Source: Title based on accession records

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff trading post

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 12 negative photographs (and 4 copy negative duplicates) depicting mounted taxidermy heads in the Banff Trading Post, a grizzly bear's hide hung on the exterior of a wooden building, and portaits. On the taxidermy negatives are number annotations in pen.

Date Range: [1920-1940]

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / NA - 171 to 182

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

12 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / E : Travel and home records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / NA - 171 to 182

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1920-1940]

Physical Description: 12 photographs : b&w negatives ; 12.5 x 18 cm or smaller -- 4 copy negatives

Scope & Content: File consists of 12 negative photographs (and 4 copy negative duplicates) depicting mounted taxidermy heads in the Banff Trading Post, a grizzly bear's hide hung on the exterior of a wooden building, and portaits. On the taxidermy negatives are number annotations in pen.