topic:"Films" found 3 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Physical Description: ca. 17,580 photographs: negatives, prints, and transparencies. -- 1 photograph album (ca. 150 prints). -- ca. 12.5 cm textual records. -- 42 reels of film

Subject Access: Activities; Advertising; Aerial photography; Airplanes; Animals; Architecture; Art; Automobiles; Avalanches; Banff Centre; Banff Indian Days; Banff School of Fine Arts; Banff Winter Carnival; Bow Valley; Buildings and facilities; Businesses; Chairlifts and gondolas; Community events; Environment and Nature; Filmaking; Films and film making; Fire; First Nations; Helicopter skiing; Helicopters; Indigenous Peoples; Lake Louise Ski Area; Landscapes; Mount Assiniboine; Mount Norquay Ski Area; Mountains; Movie Stars; Parks Canada Warden; Photography; Public events; Scenery; Search and rescue; Ski areas; Sports and recreation; Sunshine Ski Area; Trans-Canada Highway; Wardens

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

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Scope & Content: Fonds consists of personal and professional correspondence, 1954-1971; personal papers, 1919-1972; professional papers, 1930-1971; newsclippings and ephemera, n.d. 1952-1972; photographs and motion pictures, ca.1930-ca.1975. Photographs were created and collected by Walter Ashdown and pertain to As…

Physical Description: 26 cm of textual records. -- 54 photographs : prints. -- 2 photograph albums (309 prints). -- 13 motion pictures

History / Biographical: Walter Ashdown, 1890-1975, was a chauffeur at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Ashdown emigrated to Canada in 1904 and farmed for several years before becoming a private chauffeur, ca.1913, to prominent Calgarians prior to the First World War. He served as a dispatch rider and driver in France, returning to Canada in 1919. The following year he commenced employment with Brewster Transport Co., retiring ca.1970. During his long career, Ashdown was Brewster's chauffeur to celebrities, including royalty, politicians and actors. His 1930 drive of 81 miles in 82 minutes to deliver life-saving equipment to the Monarch Mine near Field, B.C. was widely publicized. In 1970, Ashdown received an award for one million accident-free miles.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of personal and professional correspondence, 1954-1971; personal papers, 1919-1972; professional papers, 1930-1971; newsclippings and ephemera, n.d. 1952-1972; photographs and motion pictures, ca.1930-ca.1975. Photographs were created and collected by Walter Ashdown and pertain to Ashdown, family, friends and associates; travels and activities; Brewster Transport Company; buses and touring cars; Banff people, places and events. Motion pictures, ca.1959-ca.1970, n.d., are home movies with several subjects on each reel, including Walter Ashdown, family and friends, activities, mountain views and wildlife.

Subject Access: Commerce and industry; Family and personal life; Films and film making; Transportation

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

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: basic description; motion picture summaries; microfilm copies of albums

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