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Banff Advocate and Rocky Mountain Recorder

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File consists of Banff Advocate and Rcoky Mountain Park District Recorder Newspapers.

Date Range: 1919 - 1924

Reference Code: M8 / 2017.8654 / 2 - 3

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: M8 / 2017.8654

Sous-Fonds: M8

Accession Number: 2017.8654

Reference Code: M8 / 2017.8654 / 2 - 3

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1919 - 1924

Physical Description: 4 cm Textual Records

Scope & Content: File consists of Banff Advocate and Rcoky Mountain Park District Recorder Newspapers.

Geographic Access: Banff; Alberta

Language: English

Category: Tourism; Arts; Commerce and industry; Exploration and travel; Family and personal life

Processing Status: Processed

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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 Springs Hotel Menus

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File consists of 1cm of textual records, contents include menus from a Canadaian Pacific Railway dinner and a hand painted watercolour painting of Eagle Pass.

Date Range: 1916 - 1919

Reference Code: M8 / 2017.8654 / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: M8 / 2017.8654

Sous-Fonds: M8

Accession Number: 2017.8654

Reference Code: M8 / 2017.8654 / 1

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1916 - 1919

Physical Description: 1 cm Textual Records

Scope & Content: File consists of 1cm of textual records, contents include menus from a Canadaian Pacific Railway dinner and a hand painted watercolour painting of Eagle Pass.