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Buildings and businesses, Banff area

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 34 photographs pertaining to businesses and other properties in and around Banff. Photographs depict individuals swimming at the Cave and Basin; a boathouse near the Bow River; several hotels, including Banff Springs Hotel, Chateau Lake Louise and the Mount Royal Hotel; Fairholme R…

Date Range: 1901; [1910-1950]

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / PA - 1 to 34

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / D : Other material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / PA - 1 to 34

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1901; [1910-1950]

Physical Description: 34 photographs : b&w prints ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 34 photographs pertaining to businesses and other properties in and around Banff. Photographs depict individuals swimming at the Cave and Basin; a boathouse near the Bow River; several hotels, including Banff Springs Hotel, Chateau Lake Louise and the Mount Royal Hotel; Fairholme Ranch; and other related views.

Notes: Some photographs are annotated

Subject Access: Businesses; Hotels; Animals; Banff National Park; Banff Upper Hot Springs; Bow River Boat House; Boats; Buildings; Cave and Basin; Chateau Lake Louise; Fairholme Ranch; Mount Royal Hotel; Postcards; Ranches; Teahouses; Tourism; Travel; Upper Hot Springs

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Banff National Park; Lake Louise

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Some items stored in mylar

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Calgary Stampede postcards

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 45 postcard prints pertaining to Calgary Stampede events held in 1912 and 1923. Images depict rodeo participants, unidentified Indigenous people in regalia, and various Stampede participants on horseback.

Date Range: 1912; 1923

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3c / PG - 7 to 51

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Personal and Professional

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D3 : Organizations

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3c / PG - 7 to 51

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: 1912; 1923

Physical Description: 45 prints : b&w postcards ; 9 x 14 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 45 postcard prints pertaining to Calgary Stampede events held in 1912 and 1923. Images depict rodeo participants, unidentified Indigenous people in regalia, and various Stampede participants on horseback.

Subject Access: Calgary Stampede; Indigenous Peoples; Rodeo; Postcards; Public events; Community events; Sports; Recreation

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary

Language: English

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure; Indigenous Peoples

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

First Train into Calgary - August, 1883

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of group standing on platform next to steam locomotive with "147" on front - building at left

Date Range: [ca. 1883-1900]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 243

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 3 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Various Views of Banff and Area

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 243

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1883-1900]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of group standing on platform next to steam locomotive with "147" on front - building at left

Subject Access: Postcards; Trains

Geographic Access: Banff

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Post Card Album

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Part Of: Morris Flewwelling fonds

Scope & Content: Item pertains to a post card photo album containing photographic portraits of various unidentified people [possibly members of the Flewwelling family] - most are posed in studio settings - as well as scenic photographs from around Banff National Park, post cards [some in English, some in Swedish], …

Date Range: [ca. 1905-1914]

Reference Code: V773 / PD - 1

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Album; Photograph; Postcard

Part Of: Morris Flewwelling fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M464 / V773

Sous-Fonds: V773

Accession Number: 2021.27

Reference Code: V773 / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: [ca. 1905-1914]

Physical Description: 1 album (194 photographs : b&w and col. ; 22.5 x 28.6 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: Item pertains to a post card photo album containing photographic portraits of various unidentified people [possibly members of the Flewwelling family] - most are posed in studio settings - as well as scenic photographs from around Banff National Park, post cards [some in English, some in Swedish], and a CPR and Department of Natural Resources map of Alberta and Saskatchewan tucked into the back cover. The album has a soft black leather cover with "Post Card Album" embossed in gold in the bottom right corner on the front and green pages with slots cut out to slip items in - each page can hold three items.

Subject Access: Activities; Architecture; Banff Springs Hotel; Banff Upper Hot Springs; Buildings; Camps; Chateau Lake Louise; Family and personal life; Hiking; Hotels; Lake Agnes Teahouse; Landscapes; Mountains; Photography; Postcards; Scenery; Tourism; Travel

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada; Sweden

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

Language: English; Swedish

Conservation: Scuffing throughout cover, damage to the spine focussed around the base, some paper tabs throughout album torn

Category: Arts

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Southern Alberta research project

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of textual and visual materials pertaining to the history of Southern Alberta. Includes personal accounts, day books and diaries, genealogical research, records of livestock and other trade, and portrait and group photographs depicting early settlers of Southern Alberta. Materia…

Date Range: [ca.1845-1920]

Reference Code: LUX / II / C6

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Cabinet card; Diary; Organization record; Photograph; Postcard; Print; Private record; Published record; Scrapbook; Textual record; Tintype

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C6

GMD: Cabinet card; Diary; Organization record; Photograph; Postcard; Print; Private record; Published record; Scrapbook; Textual record; Tintype

Date Range: [ca.1845-1920]

Physical Description: 29 cm of textual records -- 29 photographs (28 b&w prints, 1 tintype) ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of textual and visual materials pertaining to the history of Southern Alberta. Includes personal accounts, day books and diaries, genealogical research, records of livestock and other trade, and portrait and group photographs depicting early settlers of Southern Alberta. Materials in sub-series believed to have been collected by Eleanor Luxton, possibly on behalf of the Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association or as part of Eleanor's personal research.