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Banff and area businesses, townsite, scenic views

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs pertaining to businesses, tourist attractions and natural views in and around Banff. Includes images of backcountry camps in Banff National Park; the Bow River Boat House; Beaver Lodge and Bampton Cottage [both located on Beaver Street in Banff]; fires at Breton Hall Ho…
Date Range
[ca.1890-1900]
[1896-1898]
1904-1905
[ca.1910-1920]
1912
1914
[ca.1930-1935]
1933
1941
[ca.1950-1960]
Reference Code
LUX / I / D6c / PA - 133 to 182
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
  1 image  
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
LUX / I / D : Professional and Personal
Sous-Fonds
LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
Sub-Series
LUX / I / D6 : Other activities and interests
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / I / D6c / PA - 133 to 182
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Responsibility
PA-182 produced by Canadian Pacific
Date Range
[ca.1890-1900]
[1896-1898]
1904-1905
[ca.1910-1920]
1912
1914
[ca.1930-1935]
1933
1941
[ca.1950-1960]
Physical Description
50 photographs ; b&w prints ; 25 x 20.5 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs pertaining to businesses, tourist attractions and natural views in and around Banff. Includes images of backcountry camps in Banff National Park; the Bow River Boat House; Beaver Lodge and Bampton Cottage [both located on Beaver Street in Banff]; fires at Breton Hall Hotel and Banff Springs Hotel; the Park Museum and Information Bureau; early views of Banff Springs Hotel [1904]; Vermillion River Bungalow Camp and the Lake Louise Chalet; Paddy J. Nolan’s home [built by Norman Luxton]; a postcard print titled “Starved Bachelors Retreat Banff Alberta"; swimming at the Cave and Basin[?] and Banff Upper Hot Springs; the Crag and Canyon office [ca.1905]; Skoki Lodge; and the office of photographers Wilson and Fear [1896-1898].
Notes
Photographs LUX/I/D6c/PA-181 and 182 [depicting Wilson and Fear storefront] are copies of the same image but annotated with different dates [ca.1896 and ca.1898]. Based on context and dating of related images in Whyte Museum archives, actual image date may be closer to [ca.1894].
Material Details
LUX/I/D6c/PA-173 has three red sun-shaped stickers attached to back left corner, red ribbon attached to back right corner
Name Access
Wilson, John
Fear, George
Fear, William (Bill)
Nolan, Paddy J.
Luxton, Norman
Smyth, S. A.
Subject Access
Bow River Boat House
Pack trips
Horses
Teepees
Boats
Property
Land use
Hotels
Fire
Banff Springs Hotel
Photography
Businesses
Tourism
Hot Springs
Leisure
Mountain
Newspaper
Organizations
Travel
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Banff National Park
Vermilion Lakes
Lake Louise
Bow River
Sulphur Mountain
Cave and Basin
Language
English
Related Material
Items LUX/I/D6c/PA-163 to 168 have duplicate negative copies processed as LUX/I/D6c/NA-41 to 46
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Family and personal life
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Images
thumbnail
Less detail
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Stuart Armour fonds

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Part Of
Stuart Armour fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of selected reminiscences of Stuart Armour, particularly regarding Kate and Hayter Reed, Gordon Reed, friends Pat Brewster and Hamilton Jukes and various pack trips; letters to Pat Brewster; and photographs of Banff's first hotel, ca.1883, and Stuart Armour and Brewster boy in camp a…
Date Range
[ca.1883]-1978, predominant 1973-1978
Reference Code
M406 / V698
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Textual record
Private record
Part Of
Stuart Armour fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M 406
V 698
Sous-Fonds
M 406
V 698
Accession Number
2975, 6452
Reference Code
M406 / V698
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Textual record
Private record
Date Range
[ca.1883]-1978, predominant 1973-1978
Physical Description
1 cm of textual material. -- 3 photographs : prints
History / Biographical
Stuart Armour, b.1893, was a frequent summer visitor to the Banff area with his aunt and uncle, Hayter and Kate Reed, and cousin, Gordon. Over the years, he made numerous pack trips with Pat Brewster. Armour worked as a journalist and economic advisor in Hamilton, Ontario.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of selected reminiscences of Stuart Armour, particularly regarding Kate and Hayter Reed, Gordon Reed, friends Pat Brewster and Hamilton Jukes and various pack trips; letters to Pat Brewster; and photographs of Banff's first hotel, ca.1883, and Stuart Armour and Brewster boy in camp and packing a horse, ca.1920.
Name Access
Armour, Stuart
Brewster, Pat
Jukes, Hamilton
Reed, Gordon
Reed, Kate
Reed, Hayter
Subject Access
Pack trips
Sports, recreation and leisure
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Creator
Armour, Stuart
Category
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on accession records
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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Ulysses LaCasse fonds

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Part Of
Ulysses LaCasse fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of two series: I. Professional series, ca.1910-1949; II. Professional / personal life series, ca.1896-ca.1967. Professional series contains volumes of textual records, photograph albums and photographs in two sub-series: A. Warden and civil service papers and photographs, and B. Gui…
Date Range
[ca.1896-ca.1967]
Reference Code
M90 / V340
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Album
Negative
Photograph print
Tintype
Textual record
Diary
Private record
Published record
Scrapbook
Part Of
Ulysses LaCasse fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M 90
V 340
Sous-Fonds
M 90
V 340
Accession Number
139, 617, 936, 1097, 1219, 2659, 5747
Reference Code
M90 / V340
GMD
Photograph
Album
Negative
Photograph print
Tintype
Textual record
Diary
Private record
Published record
Scrapbook
Date Range
[ca.1896-ca.1967]
Physical Description
ca.15 cm of textual records. -- 4 photograph albums (ca.360 prints). -- ca.70 photographs : prints, copy negatives, negatives, tintype
History / Biographical
Ulysses LaCasse (or Ulysse; or La Casse), 1888-1972, was a trail guide and national park warden at Lake Louise and Banff, Alberta, Canada. LaCasse came to Banff in 1908 and worked in various cooking jobs including trail cook for surveys and trail outfits. He guided Caroline Hinman's trail riding groups before joining the Canadian Army in Europe and Siberia. LaCasse accompanied Byron Harmon, Soapy Smith and Louis Freeman on their five hundred mile expedition through the Canadian Rockies, 1924. LaCasse was a long-time warden in the Castle Mountain and Lake Louise districts
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of two series: I. Professional series, ca.1910-1949; II. Professional / personal life series, ca.1896-ca.1967. Professional series contains volumes of textual records, photograph albums and photographs in two sub-series: A. Warden and civil service papers and photographs, and B. Guiding and outfitting papers and photographs. Professional / personal life series contains volumes of textual records, as well as photographs, in two sub-series: A. Scrapbooks, and B. Other material.
Textual records consist of warden journals, 1934-1949, and scrapbooks, 1911-1961. Journals record weather conditions, wildlife observations, enforcement, construction and maintenance duties, etc. around Castle Mountain and Lake Louise. Scrapbooks contain correspondence and memoranda, 1929-1948, from LaCasse's civil service career. Textual records also include diary of Mavis Benedict, 1917, kept during Caroline Hinman pack trips; copy of a ski trip diary; and biographical notes on LaCasse, ca.1950. Photograph albums pertain to a Caroline Hinman trip in the Mount Assiniboine area, 1917; Columbia Icefield expedition, 1924; and horse trips in the Canadian Rockies, ca.1925.
Name Access
Benedict, Mavis
Hinman, Caroline
LaCasse, Ulysses
Subject Access
Banff National Park - Wardens
Environment
Exploration, discovery and travel
Family and personal life
Government
Pack trips
Access Restrictions
No restrictions 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
LaCasse, Ulysses
Category
Environment
Exploration, discovery and travel
Family and personal life
Government
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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