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Banff and area businesses, townsite, scenic views

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55024
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
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Holiday greeting poster

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55726
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of one large poster-style Christmas greeting card created by Eleanor Luxton. Poster has 11 cropped photographs attached to front, depicting teepees, members of the Stoney Nakoda community (including Chief Peter Wesley), landscapes, wildlife, and related scenes.
Date Range
[ca.1940-1960]
Reference Code
LUX / II / F1 / 72
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Photograph
Poster
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
LUX / II / F : Collected material
Sous-Fonds
LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
Sub-Series
LUX / II / F1 : Textual
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / II / F1 / 72
GMD
Textual record
Photograph
Poster
Date Range
[ca.1940-1960]
Physical Description
1 poster : b&w ; 36.5 x 43 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of one large poster-style Christmas greeting card created by Eleanor Luxton. Poster has 11 cropped photographs attached to front, depicting teepees, members of the Stoney Nakoda community (including Chief Peter Wesley), landscapes, wildlife, and related scenes.
Notes
Text on bottom of poster/card: "Pictures always bring to mind, Old days, old times, old friends So these memories of bygone years go to you, For a Happy Christmas and A Joyous New Year, too. ELEANOR G. LUXTON Banff Park Canadian Rockies"
Name Access
Luxton, Eleanor
Wesley, Peter
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Holidays
Christmas
Correspondence
Wildlife
Buffalo
Horses
Teepees
Landscapes
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Language
English
Conservation
Item stored in mylar
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Indigenous events, teepee construction, Calgary Stampede parade

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55003
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 66 photographs pertaining to Indigenous events in Calgary; a Calgary Stampede parade in Cardston; Norman Luxton’s pet dogs outside of the Indian Trading Post in Banff; an event marking the 50th anniversary of the signing of Treaty 7 held at Crowfoot Crossing in 1927; the constructi…
Date Range
[ca.1910-1920]
1927
[ca.1950-1960]
1959
Reference Code
LUX / I / E6 / PA - 249 to 314
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph 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 / E6 : Photographs : Stoney
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / I / E6 / PA - 249 to 314
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Date Range
[ca.1910-1920]
1927
[ca.1950-1960]
1959
Physical Description
66 photographs : b&w prints ; 9 x 14.5 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 66 photographs pertaining to Indigenous events in Calgary; a Calgary Stampede parade in Cardston; Norman Luxton’s pet dogs outside of the Indian Trading Post in Banff; an event marking the 50th anniversary of the signing of Treaty 7 held at Crowfoot Crossing in 1927; the construction of teepees in Morley; and 7 scanned copies of photographs, depicting unnamed Indigenous people on horseback and groups gathered near a log building [possibly McDougall Church in Morley?].
Notes
Most items in file are not dated or otherwise annotated; date ranges provided are estimates by Processing Archivist based on context and format of images.
Name Access
Luxton, Norman
Subject Access
Community events
Community life
Indigenous Peoples
Family and personal life
Events
Parade
Calgary Stampede
Animals
Horses
Dogs
Teepees
Cultural pluralism
History
Government
Businesses
Anniversary
Churches
Land use
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Calgary
Banff
Cardston
Morley
Crowfoot Crossing
Language
English
Category
Cultural pluralism
Indigenous Peoples
Government
Land, settlement and immigration
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Stoney Nakoda portraits, tools, art, displays

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55009
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs depicting Stoney Nakoda individuals [some not identified], a display of Indigenous tools, the construction of a teepee[?], several pieces of Indigenous art, and a metal statue bust of C. H. Martin[?] signed by Charlie Beil. File also includes a scanned copy of a photogr…
Date Range
[ca.1900-1906]
[ca.1910-1915]
1935
1939
[ca.1940-1950]
1950-1951
1960
Reference Code
LUX / I / E6 / PA - 524 to 558
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph 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 / E6 : Photographs : Stoney
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / I / E6 / PA - 524 to 558
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Responsibility
Photographs produced by Norman Luxton; Harry Pollard; Ernest Kehr; F. Gully; William [Bill] Round
Date Range
[ca.1900-1906]
[ca.1910-1915]
1935
1939
[ca.1940-1950]
1950-1951
1960
Physical Description
35 photographs : b&w prints ; 30.5 x 25 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs depicting Stoney Nakoda individuals [some not identified], a display of Indigenous tools, the construction of a teepee[?], several pieces of Indigenous art, and a metal statue bust of C. H. Martin[?] signed by Charlie Beil. File also includes a scanned copy of a photograph and an accompanying letter from the National Museum of Canada pertaining to Norman Luxton’s donation of a portrait photograph of John Chiniquay to the museum in 1928 [item LUX/I/E6/PA-549].
Notes
Some titles and names misspelled in original annotations on items, including Jonas [Benjamin] and John [Chiniquay]
File contains duplicate images
Name Access
Benjamin, Jonas
Savage Hunting Eagle
Hunter, Nat
Lefthand, Jonnie
McLean, George
Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
Chiniquay, John
Round, F. W. E. (Bill), Jr.
Wesley, Peter
Subject Access
Portrait
Photography
Indigenous Peoples
Family and personal life
Teepees
Animals
Dogs
Museums
History
Art
Statue
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Calgary
Morley
Language
English
Conservation
Original storage envelope for item LUX/I/E6/PA-549 stored in mylar sheet in file
Related Material
Scanned photograph [item LUX/I/E6/PA-549] has corresponding negative photo duplicate [LUX/I/E6/NA-111]
Category
Indigenous Peoples
Family and personal life
Arts
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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Tobacco dance and Sundance, Blackfoot and Stoney Nakoda people

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55001
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs pertaining to a 1944 Tobacco Dance event at Beaver Lodge Camp near Gleichen, Alberta; a 1943 Sundance ceremony; an unidentified young Indigenous woman and Indigenous man [possibly Chief Sitting Bull?] standing by the Bow River; distant photographs of a moose in shallow …
Date Range
1943-1944
[ca.1950-1960]
Reference Code
LUX / I / E6 / PA - 107 to 192
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph 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 / E6 : Photographs : Stoney
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / I / E6 / PA - 107 to 192
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Date Range
1943-1944
[ca.1950-1960]
Physical Description
86 photographs : b&w prints ; 9 x 9 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs pertaining to a 1944 Tobacco Dance event at Beaver Lodge Camp near Gleichen, Alberta; a 1943 Sundance ceremony; an unidentified young Indigenous woman and Indigenous man [possibly Chief Sitting Bull?] standing by the Bow River; distant photographs of a moose in shallow water; teepees [context unknown]; aerial views of Morley[?] or Gleichen[?]; and various unidentified Indigenous people, standing and on horseback.
Notes
Photographs LUX/I/E6/PA-107 to 120 are annotated on back sides with additional information/context pertaining to specific images.
Name Access
Hunter, John
McLean, George
Subject Access
Indigenous Peoples
Family and personal life
Community events
Communities
Dancing
Cultural pluralism
Children
Teepees
Landscapes
Land use
Animals
Dogs
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Morley
Gleichen
Bow River
Language
English
Category
Family and personal life
Cultural pluralism
Indigenous Peoples
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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