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Skiing and Climbing Trips

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Part Of: Hans Gmoser fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to various skiing and climbing trips throughout the Rocky Mountains and Selkirks.

Date Range: [ca. 1950-1960]

Reference Code: V68 / V / PA 13 - 493 to 561

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph

9 images

Part Of: Hans Gmoser fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V224 / S49 / V68

Series: V. Photograph Prints

Sous-Fonds: V68

Accession Number: 7361

Reference Code: V68 / V / PA 13 - 493 to 561

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1950-1960]

Physical Description: 68 photographs: prints, b&w; col.

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to various skiing and climbing trips throughout the Rocky Mountains and Selkirks.

Notes: From unmarked folder. IMAGES : 493. “Hans Albeit Snowfield May 1956”, [Hans in shorts climbing up into snow patch from river], 16 x 11 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 494. “1951 Austria Hans Gmoser”, [Professional portrait], 8.5 x 14 cm, black and white, caption written on back, textured edges, on heavy paper with postcard lines. 495. “May 1954, Plain of 6 Glaciers”, [Man standing in front of scree pile], 7.5 x 7.5 cm, black and white. 496. “1951 Austria Hans Gmoser”, [Professional portrait], 8.5 x 14 cm, black and white, caption written on back, textured edges, on heavy paper with postcard lines. 497. “1951 Austria Hans Gmoser”, [Professional portrait], 8.5 x 14 cm, black and white, caption written on back, textured edges, on heavy paper with postcard lines. 498. “1951 Austria Hans Gmoser”, [Professional portrait], 8.5 x 14 cm, black and white, caption written on back, textured edges, on heavy paper with postcard lines. 499. “1951 Austria Hans Gmoser”, [Professional portrait], 8 x 12.75 cm, black and white, caption written on back, textured edges, on heavy paper with postcard lines. 500. “Linz, Austria 1951 Hans Gmoser”, [Professional portrait with hat], 12 x 15.5 cm, black and white, caption written on back, textured edges, matt finish. 501. “Mt. Schaffer 12 July 66, Hans is up”, [Hans gripping rocks, holding rope], 13 x 9 cm, colour, caption written on back. 502. “Performing in the ‘Wildlife Room’ at the Otsego Ski Club in Gaylord, Michigan 1956/57”, [Hans holding guitar, next to man with microphone], 9.5 x 9.5 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 503. “Albert Icefield Trip May 1956”, [Hans with beard, sitting on grass], 11 x 16 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 504. “Selkirks may 1956 Uto-Eagle Col”, [Hans smiling and holding side, with mountains in back], 11 x 16 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 505. “Crossing stream on way to Albert Snowfield May 1956 (Hans)”, 16 x 11 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 506. “Muriel Gratz”, [Holding rock, sitting on mountain], 13 x 9 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 507. “Mt. Alberta 3rd Ascent 1958 Sarka Spinkova, Weil Bvoion, Heinz Kohl (seated front) Hans Gmoser”, [Group of people sitting, surrounded by ropes and rocks, with mountains in back, Hans on far right], 12.5 x 18 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 508. “Hitch Hiking near Banff 1953 Leo Grillmair, ?, H.G.], [Junction Norquay Road sign for chairlift in back], 8 x 5.75 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 509. “Rundle Rock @ 1953 Hans Gmoser”, [Gmoser hanging from rope], 10.25 x 16.25 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 510. “Mt. Louis 1954 Hans Gmoser”, [Gmoser’s back from below, climbing], 8.5 x 13.5 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 511. “1953? Hans Gmoser Irene Reader, Lake Louise Tea Room”, [Hans standing, Irene sitting under Tea Room sign], 13 x 8.5 cm, black and white, caption written on post it note. 512. “Yamnuska Hans Gmoser 1956”, [Hans organizing rope at edge of peak], 5.5 x 8 cm, colour, rounded edges, caption written on back. 513. “Winter 1959”, [Woman and man facing one another, image blown out], 15 x 10 cm, colour, caption written on back. 514. “Hans Gmoser 1956 Yamnuska”, [Hans to right, holding rope, with trees in background on left],5.5 x 8 cm. colour, caption written on back, “V68 accn 7361” written on back, rounded edges. 515. [Ski poles stuck into snow, with trees and mountains behind], n.d., 20 x 25.5 cm, black and white, matt finish. Whyte Museum copy negative: [Ski poles stuck into snow, with trees and mountains behind], n.d., 10 x 12 cm, black and white. V68/NA-61. PA-524 516. “The giant seabern [?] of the Marmot Derby- Hans Gmoser March 1956”, [Gmoser jumping off ski jump, blurred], 12.5 x 18 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 517. “The bouquet after the derby Receiving Prize from Harry Dempster (Sup. Jasper Natl. Park) March 1956 Marmot Derby”, [Handshake, Gmoser on right], 12.5 x 18 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 518. “1950s”, [Gmoser sitting in front of house], 5.25 x 5.25 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 519. “Philippe Delesalle (R) Leo Grillmair (next) Mt. Edith 1953?”, [Four men sitting on rock], 9 x 9 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 520. “1955 Bow Summit Fire Warden”, [Hans looking down, with beard], 5.5 x 5.5 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 521. “Lizzies Camp Sunburst Lake Hans Gmoser”, [Hans standing outside tent in shorts], 13 x 9 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 522. “On Mt. Blackburn, Wrangel Icefield Alaska 1958”, [One person walking through snow], black and white, caption written on back, bottom edge ripped. Superior Album Prints “Assiniboine E. Strom, Don Gardner Al Johnson” 523. “Don Gardner”, [Seated on rock], 9 x 13 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 524. “1954 Erling Strom, Carter Meyer Hans Gmoser going up Allen by Pars”, [on horseback with mountains on left] 9 x 13 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 525. “Assiniboine Lodge Aug 1960”, [Horse with man and rocks], 9 x 13 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 526. “Top of Mt. Hector 1955”, [Gmoser sitting on left with hands clasped, with mountains behind], 15 x 13 cm, black and white, caption written on back, matt finish. 527. “Top of Mt. Hector 1955”, [Gmoser sitting on left with hands clasped, with mountains behind], 15 x 13 cm, black and white, caption written on back, matt finish. 528. [Gmoser looking into camera, up rock Filming on McArthur Little Yoho 1957], 12 x 17 cm, black and white. 529. [Gmoser holding camera, with rope Filming on McArthur Little Yoho 1957], 12 x 17 cm, black and white. 530. “Filming on McArthur Little Yoho 1957”, [Gmoser looking into camera, up rock], 12 x 17 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 531. [Gmoser holding camera, with rope Filming on McArthur Little Yoho 1957], 12 x 17 cm, black and white. 532. “Filming on McArthur Little Yoho 1957”, [Gmoser from back, scaling rock], 12 x 17 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 533. “Franz Dopf Hans Gmoser Grossglockner Austria 1949”, [Two boys sitting under cross], 8.25 x 8.25 cm, black and white, caption written on back, “97%” taped to back. 534. “Franz Dopf Hans Gmoser (riding) Grossg Cockner Austria 1949”, [Gmoser on bike], 8.25 x 8.25 cm, black and white, caption written on back, “150%” taped to back. 535. “Mt. Blackburn 1958 Don Sheldon and Super Cub”, [Landed small plane], 25.5 x 20 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 536. “Hans May 1958 by Elsa Wyatt”, [Hans looking to left, with trees behind, rope in lap], 20 x 25.5 cm, black and white, matt finish, glued to heavy card, caption written on back. 537. “1957 Banff”, [Gmoser looking up, holding pick, rope beside, other hand on hip], 12 x 18 cm, black and white, “Return to BV. Foster Western Canadian Ski News 64% p4 #1 Pik #5” written on back, caption written on back, “crop head” written on front in red. 538. “Hans May 1958 by Elsa Wyatt”, [Hans looking to left, with trees behind, rope in lap], 12.7 x 17.8 cm, black and white, matt finish, glued to heavy card, caption written on back. 539. “58?”, [Gmoser seated, holding pick, rope over shoulder], Photograph by Elza Wyatt, 12.7 x 17.8 cm, black and white, caption written on post it note, matt finish. 540. “Banff 1958”, [Gmoser seated, holding pick, rope over shoulder], Photograph by Elza Wyatt, 12.7 x 17.8 cm, black and white, caption written on back, matt finish. 541. “Little Yoho Christmas 1953 below isolated peak”, [Man with poles, looking back over shoulder], 13 x 9 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 542. “On Sunburst Peak Assiniboine area NE Face 1956”, [Gmoser scaling cliff face], photograph by Clair Brown, 12.7 x 17.8 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 543. “1 The Eastern Glaciers of the Albert Snowfield, the peak on the right is a 10, 000 foot unamed [sic] tower”, [Mountain in distance], photograph by Philippe Delesalle, n.d., 10 x 15 cm, black and white, caption typed on piece of paper which enclosed pictures. 544. “2 The approach to the Albert Snowfield led through 17 miles of steep, narrow canyons and thick bush. It took 5 days to cover the distance”, [Distance shot of water, cliffs and bushes],photograph by Philippe Delesalle, n.d., 10 x 15 cm, black and white, caption typed on piece of paper which enclosed pictures. 545. “3 Sometime we were for days completely engulfed by the Slide Alders”, [Leaning over, obscured by greenery], photograph by Philippe Delesalle, n.d., 10 x 15 cm, black and white, caption typed on piece of paper which enclosed pictures. 546. “5 It was difficult to hold your balance on the slippery rocks and logs in the rushing current”, [Gmoser holding ski, standing in river beside waterfall, about to climb onto snowdrift], photograph by Philippe Delesalle, n.d., 10 x 15 cm, black and white, caption typed on piece of paper which enclosed pictures, Pictures 4, 6, 7, missing. 547. “Climbing Caster Pu above Asulkan Pass May 1956”, [Mountain peak, very small figure visible climbing near top], 10 x 15 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 548. “South buttress of Cascade Mtn. 1955 (Hans G. Leading)”, [Gmoser from below, back visible, rope extending down through image], 11 x 8 cm, black and white, matt finish. 549. “South side of Albert Group 1956”, [Mountain], 16 x 11.5 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 550. “Camp along flat creek, Albert Icefield Trip 1956”, [Gmoser cooking in pot on snow, laundry hanging in background, poles to left], 16 x 11.5 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 551. “Head of Bain Broom, Albert Icefield 1956”, [Mountain], 16 x 11.5 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 552. “Mummery Trip Mt. Freshfield”, [Mountain], 12.7 x 17.8 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 553. “Kurt Lukas Fording Sunwapta River May 1954”, [Walking through river, with skis on back], 11 x 8 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 554. “Kurt Lukas Fording Sunwapta River May 1954”, [Walking through river, with skis on back], 11 x 8 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 555. “On the Wrangel Icefield 1958”, [Man at distance, with mountains in back], 12.75 x 9 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 556. “At the Wheeler Hut May 1960 L to R Petty Telfer, Kit Skezzy, Kurt Seiffert, Anne Muirhead, Kirt and Ruta Lukas, Hans Gmoser, Stan Seiffert”, [Group of people bside hut, with skis and snow in background], 10.5 x 7.75 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 557. “Anne Muirhead, V. Wintonica, Peggy Teler, Waiting for the train to Glacier (Rogers Pass) May 1960”, [Two women standing with skis, one woman sitting with guitar, sign “Golden” on train station], 10.5 x 7.75 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 558. “Bin Moran, Anne Muirhead, and Petty Telfer”, [Man with small guitar, two people packing, sign “Golden” on train station], 10.5 x 7.75 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 559. “Wheeler Hut, May 1960”, [Three people organizing wood in front of hut], 10.5 x 7.75 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 560. “Looking West from Summit of Mt. Hector Aug 1955”, [Mountain], 10.5 x 7.75 cm, black and white, caption written on back, matt finish. 561. [Snapshot of older woman, laughing, wearing floral blouse with brooch at neck, inside, looking towards mountains out window], 20 x 25.5 cm, colour.

Name Access: Gmoser, Hans

Subject Access: Activities; Backcountry skiing; Discovery and exploration; Climbing; Environment and Nature; Exploration; Family and personal life; Mountains; Mountaineering; Sports and recreation; Skiing; Transportation; Winter

Geographic Access: Rocky Mountains; Selkirks; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Glacier House, Selkirks

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Part Of: Boorne and May fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Glacier House with fountain in foreground

Date Range: [1880-1890]

Reference Code: v10 / 1 / 99 / na66 - 699

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 / 1 / 99 / na66 - 699

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

Date Range: [1880-1890]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of Glacier House with fountain in foreground

Subject Access: Railways; Buildings and memorials; Discovery and Exploration; Transportation

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

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[Packtrain preparing to depart from Brewster Dairy (Jim Brewster at right) from Banff]

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Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Scope & Content: Image of men astride horses, and packhorses in front of log buildings

Reference Code: v90 / 474 / na66 - 1489

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

1 image

Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V90

Reference Code: v90 / 474 / na66 - 1489

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of men astride horses, and packhorses in front of log buildings

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Commerce; Discovery and Exploration; Labour; Sports and Recreation; Transportation

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

Title Source: NA66 visual reference

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[Hunting party preparing to depart from Banff Indian Grounds or Brewster Corrals, Banff]

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Part Of: Pat Brewster fonds

Scope & Content: Image of five people on horseback with five pack horses

Date Range: 1850-1910

Reference Code: v91 / 12 / a / na66 - 1716

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy; Photograph, print

1 image

Part Of: Pat Brewster fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M2 / V91 / S21

Sous-Fonds: V91

Reference Code: v91 / 12 / a / na66 - 1716

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy; Photograph, print

Date Range: 1850-1910

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of five people on horseback with five pack horses

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Sports and Recreation; Transportation

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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[Exshaw]

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Part Of: Annie Staple fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Exshaw - buildings in valley and lake in background

Date Range: ca. 1908

Reference Code: v138 / lc / accn / 3670 / na66 - 2450

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

1 image

Part Of: Annie Staple fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V138

Reference Code: v138 / lc / accn / 3670 / na66 - 2450

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

Date Range: ca. 1908

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of Exshaw - buildings in valley and lake in background

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Commerce; Discovery and Exploration; Immigration and homesteading; Industry; Labour; Transportation

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

Creator: W.G. Barclay, photographer

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[Banff packers] Soapy Smith, George Harrison, and Bill Potts

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Part Of: Rusty Gowans fonds

Scope & Content: Image of three men identied as Soapy Smith, George Harrison, and Bill Potts posing for a studio portrait

Date Range: ca. 1907

Reference Code: v237 / 85 / na66 - 1875

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

1 image

Part Of: Rusty Gowans fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V237

Reference Code: v237 / 85 / na66 - 1875

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

Date Range: ca. 1907

Physical Description: 1 photography : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of three men identied as Soapy Smith, George Harrison, and Bill Potts posing for a studio portrait

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Transportation

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

Title Source: copy negative envelope

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The Start [pack train near Seebe]

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Part Of: Syd Brewster Graves fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a group of people on horseback

Reference Code: v242 / 1 / a / na66 - 1760

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

1 image

Part Of: Syd Brewster Graves fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V242

Reference Code: v242 / 1 / a / na66 - 1760

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

Physical Description: 1 photography : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of a group of people on horseback

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Sports and Recreation; Transportation

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

Title Source: copy negative envelope

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Belmore Browne at Windy Cabin, September 16, 1926

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Part Of: Norman Sanson fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a man identified as Belmore Brown attending to a horse outside a cabin with a sign reading " RMP Windy" - three additional horses tied to trees.

Date Range: 1926

Reference Code: v246 / 7 / 40 / na66 - 290

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy; Photograph, print

1 image

Part Of: Norman Sanson fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V246

Reference Code: v246 / 7 / 40 / na66 - 290

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy; Photograph, print

Date Range: 1926

Physical Description: 1 photography : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of a man identified as Belmore Brown attending to a horse outside a cabin with a sign reading " RMP Windy" - three additional horses tied to trees.