topic:"Roads" found 7 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Scope & Content: File consists of 19 postcard prints by company Cross & Dimmitt depicting views of the Columbia River Highway in Portland, Oregon and the surrounding region [ca.1918-1925]. File also contains original storage envelope for postcards.

Date Range: [1918-1925]

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PA - 286 to 304

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; Print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / E : Collected material

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

Sub-Series: LUX / I / E4 : Photographs

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PA - 286 to 304

GMD: Postcard; Print

Responsibility: Postcards produced by Cross & Dimmitt

Date Range: [1918-1925]

Physical Description: 19 postcards : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 19 postcard prints by company Cross & Dimmitt depicting views of the Columbia River Highway in Portland, Oregon and the surrounding region [ca.1918-1925]. File also contains original storage envelope for postcards.

Notes: Specific dates unknown; date range is estimate based on production era, content and format of postcards.

Subject Access: Aerial photography; Columbia River Highway; Landscapes; Postcards; Businesses; Transportation; Travel; Roads

Geographic Access: United States of America; Oregon; Portland

Language: English

Conservation: Items stored in mylar; original envelope stored in separate mylar sheet in same folder

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Transportation

Title Source: Original title of contents used for file

Processing Status: Processed

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Drivers beware of twilight zone

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Call Number: P

Physical Description: p.11

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Roads; Wildlife

Notes: In Mountain Guide, souvenir edition, 1987

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Luxton home views, Tunnel Mountain

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 9 photograph prints [including one postcard print] depicting views of the Luxton family home and property in Banff. Postcard print depicts Tunnel Mountain facing the Luxton home [ca.1910?] with a letter to Norman Luxton from Henry William Leacock[?] [Possibly Walter Heacock] on the…

Date Range: [ca.1905-1910]; 1908; [1930-1940]; 1954

Reference Code: LUX / I / D1a / PA - 1 to 9

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Postcard

10 images

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 / D1 : Personal and family life

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D1a / PA - 1 to 9

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Postcard

Responsibility: Some photos attributed to J. Howard. A. Chapman

Date Range: [ca.1905-1910]; 1908; [1930-1940]; 1954

Physical Description: 9 photographs : b&w prints ; 17 x 12 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 9 photograph prints [including one postcard print] depicting views of the Luxton family home and property in Banff. Postcard print depicts Tunnel Mountain facing the Luxton home [ca.1910?] with a letter to Norman Luxton from Henry William Leacock[?] [Possibly Walter Heacock] on the back dated 1954.

Notes: Item LUX/I/D1a/PA-2 possibly produced by George Luxton

Material Details: Item LUX/I/D1a/PA-3 has postage stamp affixed to back side

Name Access: Luxton, George; Luxton, Norman; Leacock, Henry William (Harry)

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Home; Townsite development; Immigration and homesteading; Land use; Settlement; Roads; Mountain; Landscapes

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Tunnel Mountain

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life; Land, settlement and immigration

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Road worthy : a second look at Banff's fire roads

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 2013

Author: Watt, Dillon

Call Number: P

1 website

Author: Watt, Dillon

Responsibility: Dillon Watt

Published Date: 2013

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Fires; Automobiles; Banff (townsite); Banff National Park; Banff National Park - Roads and Trails; History

Abstract: Pertians to fire roads in Banff National Park and their change in use since automobiles were allowed in the park in 1916

Notes: In Highline Magazine, Vol. 5, Iss. 2, Summer 2013, p. 22

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Highline website

Websites

http://highlineonline.ca/

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Roadless areas - an idea whose time has come

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Author: Horesji, Brian

Call Number: P

Author: Horesji, Brian

Responsibility: Brian Horesji and David Swarm

Physical Description: p.25 : ill

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Roads

Notes: In Wild Lands Advocate, vol.15, no.1 (February 2007)

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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A rough ride : automobiles in Banff National Park, 1905-1918

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Author: Larin, Amy

Call Number: P

Author: Larin, Amy

Physical Description: p.2-9 : ill

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway; Highways; Roads; Tourism

Notes: In Alberta History, vol. 56, no. 1 (Winter 2008). Article discusses the controversy of automobiles in the Park including newspaper editorial, petitions by car owners such as Senator Lougheed and the Calary Automobile Club and the reaction of the J.B. Harkin and the Government of Canada, Department of the Interior

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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