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Alberta historical photographs
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55340
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Album consists of 14 photographs and accompanying notes pertaining to various historical events in Alberta. Photographs in album pertain to the Ranchmen's Club in Calgary; an unidentified Stoney Nakoda chief receiving royalty payments for oil extraction in 1929; a group of police officers gathered …
- Date Range
- [1955-1960]
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / PD - 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- 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 / PD - 6
- Date Range
- [1955-1960]
- Physical Description
- 1 album (14 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm)
- Scope & Content
- Album consists of 14 photographs and accompanying notes pertaining to various historical events in Alberta. Photographs in album pertain to the Ranchmen's Club in Calgary; an unidentified Stoney Nakoda chief receiving royalty payments for oil extraction in 1929; a group of police officers gathered outside of a building [possibly the North-West Mounted Police Barracks in Canmore]; a cattle ranch, possibly located on a Blackfoot reserve; and other related subjects.
- Notes
- Photographs are copies of older images which were reproduced by Eleanor Luxton, ca.1955-1960. Dates and ownership details of original images is unknown.
- Subject Access
- Research
- History
- Animals
- Club
- Community life
- Environment
- Indigenous Peoples
- First Nations
- Land, settlement and immigration
- Natural resources
- Oil
- Organizations
- Ranchers and ranching
- Ranches
- Stoney Nakoda First Nations
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Morley
- Canmore
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright status unknown
- Language
- English
- Category
- Environment
- First nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Land, settlement and immigration
- Natural resources
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of Eleanor Luxton's personal album which contains 195 black and white prints pasted in, most spreads are captioned. Content pertains to family and school photographs, events and travels between 1921 and 1925, in addition to potentional childhood photographs as well. Locations include …
- Date Range
- 1921 - 1925
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / PD / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
1 Electronic Resource
- 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 / PD / 1
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Date Range
- 1921 - 1925
- Physical Description
- Photograph Album: 1 image from album (195 b&w prints)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of Eleanor Luxton's personal album which contains 195 black and white prints pasted in, most spreads are captioned. Content pertains to family and school photographs, events and travels between 1921 and 1925, in addition to potentional childhood photographs as well. Locations include Banff, Lake Louise, Yoho, Marble Canyon, Takakkaw Falls, Lake Minnewanka, Summit Lake, Victoria, Vancouver, Yoho Valley Bungalow Camp and Radium Hot Springs. Events include the opening of the Banff-Wintermere Highway at Kootenay Crossing in 1921, a dog derby on frozen Lake Minnewanka, Banff Indian Days, Banff Winter Carnival. Subjects include unidentified and identified people including Norman Luxton, Georgina Luxton, Enos Hunter, Ben Kaquitts, Hector Crawler, John Englishman, Mrs. Wood, Edmée, Mrs Mitt and Miss Maemillan. Album cover is leather with burned annotation "Snap Shots" with paint and cloth leaf detailing. The album i sbound by a cord with leather tassels.
- Notes
- File consists of several loose photographs. Some photographs are detaching from the paper.
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Luxton, Norman
- Luxton, Georgina
- Englishman, John
- Kaquitts, Tom
- Crawler, Hector
- Hunter, Enos
- Subject Access
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Banff
- Banff Gun Club
- Banff National Park
- Bighorn Sheep
- Cave and Basin
- Community events
- Dogs
- Family and personal life
- Indigenous Peoples
- Parades
- Takakkaw Falls
- Twin Falls Chalet
- Winter Carnival
- Yoho Valley Bungalow Camp
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Victoria
- Victoria Glacier
- Vancouver
- Butchart Gardens
- Lake Louise
- Lake Minnewanka
- Radium
- Yoho National Park
- Marble Canyon
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Title Source
- Title given by Archivist based on contents of album
- Processing Status
- Processed
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[Christmas Card and Photograph Album]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions1868
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album containing some photographs of various Alpine Club of Canada, American Alpine Club, Sky-Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, and personal trips. Photographs primarily depict mountain views, buildings, lakes, and people, some of whom are identified. The bulk…
- Date Range
- 1949-1958
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 12
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph print
- Postcard
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- II.C. Activities / photography
- Sous-Fonds
- V225
- Sub-Series
- ii.b. Photographic material / photograph album
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 12
- Date Range
- 1949-1958
- Physical Description
- 1 album (173 prints : b&w and col. ; 25 x 22.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album containing some photographs of various Alpine Club of Canada, American Alpine Club, Sky-Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, and personal trips. Photographs primarily depict mountain views, buildings, lakes, and people, some of whom are identified. The bulk of the album is dedicated to Christmas cards sent to Lillian Gest by various people from 1949-1958. Inserts pertain to two photographs of a group of people sitting on the front porch of a cabin in Lake O'Hara. Ernest Feuz is seated far right.
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Activities
- Buildings
- Camps
- Christmas
- Climbing
- Correspondence
- Exploration
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Glaciers
- Huts
- Horses
- Horse packing
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake O'Hara region
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- Mountain Goat
- Postcards
- Portrait
- Scenery
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Jasper National Park
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Mount Assiniboine
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Rehoused with acid-free paper and flat string - flat string tied around book to hold pages together.
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Horseback and Camping Trip in the Canadian Rockies, July and August 1924, to the Columbia Icefields
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions1827
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album depicting the 1924 trip organized by Caroline Hinman to the Canadian Rockies. Includes photographs of campsites, mountains, glaciers, rivers, people, and horses - many people photographed are marked in the album with initials, full names unknown. Also includes so…
- Date Range
- 1924
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph print
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- II.C. Activities / photography
- Sous-Fonds
- V225
- Sub-Series
- ii.b. Photographic material / photograph albums
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 3
- Date Range
- 1924
- Physical Description
- 1 album (517 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 15 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album depicting the 1924 trip organized by Caroline Hinman to the Canadian Rockies. Includes photographs of campsites, mountains, glaciers, rivers, people, and horses - many people photographed are marked in the album with initials, full names unknown. Also includes some enlarged photographs and greeting cards with trip photographs from Caroline Hinman, Eliza Campbell and Florence Bartlett. Inserts pertain to overviews/advertisements for trips dated 1922 and 1923 that would have been sent out by Caroline Hinman in advance detailing route, expectations, and prices.
- Notes
- Black pages not scanned Inserts free floating with album.
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Hinman, Caroline
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Camps
- Camping
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Climbing
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Glaciers
- Hiking
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Horse packing
- Indigenous Peoples
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- Off the Beaten Track
- Scenery
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Paradise Valley
- Saskatchewan River
- Castleguard Meadows
- Thompson Pass
- Banff National Park
- Twin Falls
- Takkakaw Falls
- Yoho National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Microfilm copy available for reference use by appointment only.
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Removed from plastic sleeve and rehoused in acid-free paper, tied with flat string.
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Horseback and Camping Trip in the Canadian Rockies, July and August 1925, Lake Louise to Jasper and Return with side trip to Mount Robson
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions1828
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album depicting the 1925 trip organized by Caroline Hinman to the Canadian Rockies. The trip, carried out on horseback, began at Robson Pass and worked north to Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park before returning to Lake Louise. Photographs from Bow Pass show 18 inches…
- Date Range
- 1925
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 4
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph print
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- II.C. Activities / photography
- Sous-Fonds
- V225
- Sub-Series
- ii.b. Photographic material / photograph albums
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 4
- Date Range
- 1925
- Physical Description
- 1 album (475 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 14.8 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album depicting the 1925 trip organized by Caroline Hinman to the Canadian Rockies. The trip, carried out on horseback, began at Robson Pass and worked north to Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park before returning to Lake Louise. Photographs from Bow Pass show 18 inches of snow on the ground, August 22, 1925. Also includes photographs from a side trip to Mount Robson, enlargements, and greeting cards with trip photographs from Florence Dibell Bartlett, Caroline Hinman, Mary Goddard Potter, and Samuel C. Edmonds. Inserts pertain to the greeting card from Samuel C. Edmonds and the overview/advertisement for the 1925 trip that would have been sent out by Caroline Hinman in advance detailing route, expectations, and prices.
- Notes
- Please note: language used pertaining to First Nations included herein is outdated and offensive. Blank pages not scanned Inserts free floating with album
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Hinman, Caroline
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Animals
- Bighorn Sheep
- Cabins and shelters
- Camps
- Camping
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Climbing
- Coyote
- Dogs
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Glaciers
- Hiking
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Horse packing
- Indigenous Peoples
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- Mountain Goat
- Off the Beaten Track
- Scenery
- Transportation
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Paradise Valley
- Saskatchewan River
- Castleguard Meadows
- Thompson Pass
- Banff National Park
- Maligne Lake
- Medicine Lake
- Nigel Pass
- Jasper National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Microfilm copy available for reference use by appointment only.
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Removed from plastic sleeve and rehoused in acid-free paper, tied with flat string.
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Horseback and Camping Trip in the Canadian Rockies, July and August 1926, from Seebe via Mount Assiniboine to Lake Windermere and return to Lake Louise, with a side trip to the Lake of the Hanging Glacier. The Hunting Trip in Sept.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions1861
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album depicting a summer 1926 trip organized by Caroline Hinman to the Canadian Rockies and a hunting trip from Wilson's Ranch in September, 1926. The summer trip, made on horseback and by dogsled, began in Seebe, Alberta and ended at Lake Windermere, British Columbia,…
- Date Range
- 1926
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 5
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph print
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- II.C. Activities / photography
- Sous-Fonds
- V225
- Sub-Series
- ii.b. Photographic material / photograph albums
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 5
- Date Range
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 1 album (353 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 14.8 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album depicting a summer 1926 trip organized by Caroline Hinman to the Canadian Rockies and a hunting trip from Wilson's Ranch in September, 1926. The summer trip, made on horseback and by dogsled, began in Seebe, Alberta and ended at Lake Windermere, British Columbia, working through Banff National Park via Lake Louise, Abbot Pass, and the Lake O'Hara region. Includes scenic views of mountains, waterfalls, glaciers, camps, horses, dogs, and people - many of whom are reffered to by their initials or married names (in the case of some women). The hunting trip was possibly organized by Tom Wilson out of his Kananaskis Ranch. The party travelled north in the direction of the Saskatchewan River. Includes pictures of camps, horses, pack trains, snowfall, mountains, rivers, and people - does not include photographs of hunted animals. Also includes a single photograph of The Learned's House in Newbury Port, Massachusetts, enlargements from Rocky Mountain trips, and various cards from The Vincents and Florence Dibell Bartlett. Inserts pertain to overviews/advertisements for two 1927 trips that would have been sent out by Caroline Hinman in advance detailing routes, expectations, and prices.
- Notes
- Please note: some pictures depict cultural appropriation towards First Nations peoples regarding dress that are outdated and offensive. Blank pages not scanned
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Hinman, Caroline
- Subject Access
- Abbot Pass Hut
- Activities
- Animals
- Boats
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Camps
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Climbing
- Dogs
- Dogsledding
- Exploration
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Glaciers
- Hunting
- Indigenous Peoples
- Horses
- Mountains
- Off the Beaten Track
- Scenery
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Kananaskis
- Mount Assiniboine
- Mount Assiniboine Park
- Lake Windermere
- Lake O'Hara
- Saskatchewan River
- Pipestone Pass
- Yoho National Park
- Banff National Park
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Microfilm copy available for reference use by appointment only.
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Removed from plastic sleeve and rehoused in acid-free paper, tied with flat string.
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Horseback and Camping Trip in the Canadian Rockies, July and August 1927, Lake Louise to Jasper and return. Hunting Trip in September 1927
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions1862
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album depicting the July/August 1927 trip organized by Caroline Hinman to the Canadian Rockies and a hunting trip to Pipestone Pass in September, 1927. The summer trip was undertaken on horseback through Yoho National Park. Includes camps, glacier travel, pack trains, …
- Date Range
- 1927
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph print
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- II.C. Activities / photography
- Sous-Fonds
- V225
- Sub-Series
- ii.b. Photographic material / photograph album
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 6
- Date Range
- 1927
- Physical Description
- 1 album (253 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 14.8 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album depicting the July/August 1927 trip organized by Caroline Hinman to the Canadian Rockies and a hunting trip to Pipestone Pass in September, 1927. The summer trip was undertaken on horseback through Yoho National Park. Includes camps, glacier travel, pack trains, shooting practice, scenic views, and group photographs - some people depicted are named, others are marked with initails. The hunting trip took place in the Pipestone Pass region of Banff National Park. Includes camps, lakes, scenic views, target practices, and dead animals, mostly mountain goats, deer, and a coyote. Also includes enlargements and 1927 Christmas cards from various people.
- Notes
- Please note: some pictures depict close-ups of dead animals. Blank pages not scanned
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Hinman, Caroline
- Subject Access
- Abbot Pass Hut
- Activities
- Animals
- Boats
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Camps
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Climbing
- Dogs
- Dogsledding
- Exploration
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Glaciers
- Hunting
- Indigenous Peoples
- Horses
- Mountains
- Off the Beaten Track
- Scenery
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Maligne Lake
- Saskatchewan River
- Pipestone Pass
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Microfilm copy available for reference use by appointment only.
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Removed from plastic sleeve and rehoused in acid-free paper, tied with flat string.
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Album contains 20 photographs pertaining to the Luxton Museum. Includes exterior views, interior views and various displays, and one image of Norman Luxton standing near the museum entrance.
- Date Range
- 1959
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / PD - 7
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Album
- 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 / PD - 7
- Responsibility
- Photographs attributed to "WDM" [William David McDougall?]
- Date Range
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 album (20 photographs : b&w ; 25.5 x 20 cm and 17 x 22 cm)
- Scope & Content
- Album contains 20 photographs pertaining to the Luxton Museum. Includes exterior views, interior views and various displays, and one image of Norman Luxton standing near the museum entrance.
- Material Details
- Label on front of album reads: "Luxton Museum Banff, Alberta. May 30/59. File #230 Photographer WDM"
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- Subject Access
- Museums
- Education
- History
- Taxidermy
- Luxton Museum
- Indigenous Peoples
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Indigenous Peoples
- Education
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Personal scrapbook, early Banff and Morley
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54634
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing personal photographs, small clippings, wax seals, and blank and annotated postcards. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton, relatives and friends of the Luxton family. Includes individual and group photographs of numerous unidentified individuals on horseback …
- Date Range
- 1908
- 1910
- [ca. 1910 - ca. 1920]
- 1911
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C / 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / C : Personal
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C / 2
- Date Range
- 1908
- 1910
- [ca. 1910 - ca. 1920]
- 1911
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (42 b&w prints ; 10 x 21.5 cm or smaller -- 3 postcards - 0.5 cm of textual records -- 25 wax seals)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing personal photographs, small clippings, wax seals, and blank and annotated postcards. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton, relatives and friends of the Luxton family. Includes individual and group photographs of numerous unidentified individuals on horseback and on foot, posing by family homes and ranches [likely in and around the Bow Valley]; and unidentified members of an Indigenous community [likely Stoney community members in Morley]. Scrapbook also contains various small clippings and symbols / pictures pertaining to academies, clubs and political groups based in Canada, England and the United States; invitations sent to Mr. and Mrs. McDougall to attend an Old Timers' Association event in 1908, and one in 1910 in Calgary ; four blank postcards depicting attractions in London, England; four annotated Christmas cards mailed to the Luxton family; one annotated postcard sent to Mrs. George H. Ross [May Ross] from Georgina Luxton [?]; and 25 wax seals attached to one scrapbook page.
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Luxton, Georgina
- Ross, May
- McDougall, David
- McDougall, Annie
- Southern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers Association
- Subject Access
- Community events
- Community life
- Family and personal life
- Indigenous Peoples
- Horseback riding
- Horses
- Ranches
- Travel
- Tourism
- Education
- Christmas
- Politics and government
- Club
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Bow Valley
- Morley
- England
- London
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Album has been interleaved with acid-free paper to protect photographs from adhesive stains and other risky materials on adjacent pages
- Album has been secured with unbleached cotton string to protect damaged binding
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Blank postcards, Christmas cards, and annotated postcard were previously part of contents from album processed as file LUX / III / B3 / PD - 1 pertaining to David and Anne McDougall
- Processing Status
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[Photographs and Christmas Cards Album]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions1867
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album containing photographs from various trips taken by Lillian Gest, some of which include Alpine Club of Canada Annual Trips, and Christmas cards sent to Gest by various friends and club members. Greeting cards are dated from 1938-1948. Contents include: 1938: [Alpi…
- Date Range
- 1938-1948
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 11
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph print
- Postcard
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- II.C. Activities / photography
- Sous-Fonds
- V225
- Sub-Series
- ii.b. Photographic material / photograph album
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 11
- Date Range
- 1938-1948
- Physical Description
- 1 album (306 photographs : b&w ; 23 x 18 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album containing photographs from various trips taken by Lillian Gest, some of which include Alpine Club of Canada Annual Trips, and Christmas cards sent to Gest by various friends and club members. Greeting cards are dated from 1938-1948. Contents include: 1938: [Alpine Club camp, Columbia Icefields; Maligne Lake and canyon, Caroline Hinman trip; Banff; Lake Louise; Christian Hasler]. 1939: [Ptarmigan Lake; Crosby Lake; Mount Vaux, Mount Ennis and Hanbury Peak; Ice River Valley; Goodsirs; Kate Gardiner; Phyllis Munday; Eric Brooks; Charles Hunter ranch, Pincher Creek; postcards of Washington and Oregon]. 1940: [Mount Athabasca; Lyell Glacier; Wapta River; Christian Hasler; Mount Waddington, Phyllis and Don Munday]. 1941: [Banff Indian Days; climbing Mount Odaray]. 1942: [Three Sisters; White Man's Pass area; Grassi Lakes; Bow River; Banff Indian Days; Lake Louise area; Mounts Temple, Fay and Pinnacle; Mount Quadra; Mount Neptuak from Tower of Babel]. 1943: [Lake O'Hara, Alpine Club camp; Browne home, Banff; Mount Edith]. 1946: [Bow Lake; Jimmy and Billie Simpson; St. Nicholas Peak]. 1948?: [Lake Minnewanka; Bow Lake; Mount Chephren; Peyto Glacier; Mount Rhonda; Dolomite Peak; Mummery Group; Freshfields; Mount Baker; Sherbrooke Lake; Mount Daly; Mount Balfour]. Inserts pertain to two typed text letters from Caroline Hinman to Lillian Gest and discuss various Off the Beaten Track information.
- Notes
- Blank pages not scanned. Inserts are photocopies of the originals that were included with the album.
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Activities
- Animals
- Bighorn Sheep
- Buildings
- Camps
- Christmas
- Climbing
- Correspondence
- Exploration
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Glaciers
- Huts
- Horses
- Horse packing
- Indigenous Peoples
- Moose
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- Mountain Goat
- Off the Beaten Track
- Postcards
- Portrait
- Scenery
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Jasper National Park
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Mount Assiniboine
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Microfilm copy available for reference use by appointment only.
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Removed from plastic sleeve and rehoused in acid-free paper, tied with flat string. Locate original copies of inserts and return them to PD - 11 Documents file - notes on the backs of the inserts note that the originals were moved to M67 but the documents could not be found.
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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