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Banff in the Canadian Rockies

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12124
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
[ca.1900]
Author
Canadian Pacific Railway
Call Number
08.5 B22i Pam
Author
Canadian Pacific Railway
Published Date
[ca.1900]
Physical Description
15 p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Guidebooks
Tourism
Travel
Accession Number
35500
Call Number
08.5 B22i Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
1905-present
Publisher
Montreal : Maclean-Hunter Publishing Company Limited
Call Number
P
Publisher
Montreal : Maclean-Hunter Publishing Company Limited
Published Date
1905-present
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Politics
Tourism
current events
Canada
Advertising
Essays
Art
Illustration
Contents
Contains highlights from Canadian politics, current events, and pop culture.
Notes
Incomplete holdings, various issues, 79 total.
Accession Number
3069A
Call Number
P
Location
Temporary storage - Rear ARC Library, dupes section
Holdings
1949-1957
Frequency
bi-weekly
Collection
Archives Library
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Canadian National Park

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
[1904]
Author
Canada. Department of the Interior
Call Number
13.113 C16 Pam
13.113 C16 Pam c.2
Author
Canada. Department of the Interior
Published Date
[1904]
Physical Description
63p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Banff National Park
Canadian Pacific Railway
Tourism
Travel
Mountains
First Nations
Rivers
Flowers
Lakes
Trees
Trails
Wildlife
Abstract
Pertains to travel to the Rocky Mountain Parks (Banff National Park) including summaries and photos and drawings of popular attractions
Notes
Cover title: Canadian National Park (Rocky Mountains) Banff, Alberta. This cover was used on page 121 of "The selling of Canada" by E. J. Hart, which indicated that this was the Canadian Government's first major tourist literature to support the efforts of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Accession Number
2308
2019.103
Call Number
13.113 C16 Pam
13.113 C16 Pam c.2
Collection
Archives Library
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Picturesque British Columbia : illustrating over 80 views the magnificent scenery of the Rockies and Selkirks

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
[between 1904 and 1908]
Publisher
[Toronto] : W.G. MacFarlane
Call Number
02.5 P58 Pam
Responsibility
from photos by S.J. Thompson, Edward Bros., Wm.Notman & Sons, Fleming Bros., the C.P.R. photographer and others
Publisher
[Toronto] : W.G. MacFarlane
Published Date
[between 1904 and 1908]
Physical Description
64p. : chiefly ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Photography
Landscapes
Tourism
British Columbia
Abstract
"Its magnificent mountain and river scenery - the peaks and passes of the Rockies and Selkirks - the weird Fraser Canon and the Kootenay and Crowsnest Country - the beautiful coast cities of Vancouver and Victoria
Accession Number
2019.08
Call Number
02.5 P58 Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Date
1900 – 1920
Material
skin; metal, brass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.08.0170
Description
A black leather bag with a metal frame at the top opening. The bag fastens with a central locking latch (key missing). The bag has a short black leather handle with two brass fixtures which possibly held a longer handle. The bag is stamped with a number on the bottom.
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Title
Satchel
Date
1900 – 1920
Material
skin; metal, brass; fibre
Dimensions
18.0 x 30.5 x 48.0 cm
Description
A black leather bag with a metal frame at the top opening. The bag fastens with a central locking latch (key missing). The bag has a short black leather handle with two brass fixtures which possibly held a longer handle. The bag is stamped with a number on the bottom.
Subject
tourism
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0170
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Date
1900 – 1920
Material
fibre; skin
Catalogue Number
103.08.0188
Description
A canvas trunk cover made to completely cover a trunk. The cover has leather bound openings for trunk handles, etc. Stencilled markings on the cover include the initials “M.K.M.” and “M.B.H.”, and also “Chicago, Ill.”. The cover also has travel stickers attached reading “New York Transfer Co.”, …
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Title
Trunk Cover
Date
1900 – 1920
Material
fibre; skin
Dimensions
75.0 (approximately) x 53.5 (approximately) x 89.0 (approximately) cm
Description
A canvas trunk cover made to completely cover a trunk. The cover has leather bound openings for trunk handles, etc. Stencilled markings on the cover include the initials “M.K.M.” and “M.B.H.”, and also “Chicago, Ill.”. The cover also has travel stickers attached reading “New York Transfer Co.”, “McCormick’s”, and “Sweeny’s Express”.
Subject
households
tourism
education
Maria Kay Moore
Fred Hussey
Philip Moore
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0188
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Quiver Holder, Ammunition

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Date
1900 – 1940
Material
skin, pig; skin, deer
Catalogue Number
104.10.0007
Description
A cylindrical arrow case made of pigskin. The quiver has a smoked deerskin fringe around the top edge and all along the side seam from the top to across the bottom.
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Title
Quiver Holder, Ammunition
Date
1900 – 1940
Material
skin, pig; skin, deer
Dimensions
60.0 cm
Description
A cylindrical arrow case made of pigskin. The quiver has a smoked deerskin fringe around the top edge and all along the side seam from the top to across the bottom.
Subject
Indigenous, Plains
tourism
travel
souvenirs
sports, archery
hunting
decorative
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.10.0007
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Date
1900 – 1950
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
104.20.1134
Description
Small oval white plate, with green and red bands around the lip and “Banff Hotel” centred on the lip. The reverse of the plate is marked “JOHN MADDOCK & SONS ENGLAND,” beneath a lion and ribbon, and “FREDERICK BUSCOMBE & Co LTD VANCOUVER, B.C.”
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Title
Plate
Date
1900 – 1950
Material
ceramic
Dimensions
15.6 x 22.1 cm
Description
Small oval white plate, with green and red bands around the lip and “Banff Hotel” centred on the lip. The reverse of the plate is marked “JOHN MADDOCK & SONS ENGLAND,” beneath a lion and ribbon, and “FREDERICK BUSCOMBE & Co LTD VANCOUVER, B.C.”
Subject
hotels
Banff Hotel
tourism
Credit
Gift of Helen Shandruk, Banff, 2001
Catalogue Number
104.20.1134
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Date
1904 – 1940
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
104.20.1135 a,b
Description
Two small oval white plates, each with green bands around the lip and crest of a big horn sheep head inside a belt with the words “HOTEL KING EDWARD.” The reverse of each plate is marked “JOHN MADDOCK & SONS ENGLAND,” beneath a lion and ribbon, and “FREDERICK BUSCOMBE & Co LTD VANCOUVER, B.C.”
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Title
Plate
Date
1904 – 1940
Material
ceramic
Dimensions
15.6 x 22.1 cm
Description
Two small oval white plates, each with green bands around the lip and crest of a big horn sheep head inside a belt with the words “HOTEL KING EDWARD.” The reverse of each plate is marked “JOHN MADDOCK & SONS ENGLAND,” beneath a lion and ribbon, and “FREDERICK BUSCOMBE & Co LTD VANCOUVER, B.C.”
Subject
hotels
tourism
Banff
King Edward Hotel
Credit
Gift of Helen Shandruk, Banff, 2001
Catalogue Number
104.20.1135 a,b
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Date
1908 – 1925
Material
skin; metal; glass
Catalogue Number
104.41.0001
Description
A long flat black leather rectangular case which opens at the front. The front of the camera pulls out and has red leather folding bellows, supported by a small metal leg that folds down, held by accordian folding metal arms. There is a round metal lens at the end of the bellows and a square box v…
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Title
Folding Camera
Date
1908 – 1925
Material
skin; metal; glass
Dimensions
5.5 x 9.8 x 20.0 cm
Description
A long flat black leather rectangular case which opens at the front. The front of the camera pulls out and has red leather folding bellows, supported by a small metal leg that folds down, held by accordian folding metal arms. There is a round metal lens at the end of the bellows and a square box viewfinder atop the lens. There are also adjustment and shutter levers around the lens. A metal 'key' at the side near the bottom rolls the film, and a small round orange window allows for viewing film passsage at the back of the leather case. The lens is marked “Pocket Automatic No 1A Folding Pocket Kodak”.
Subject
households
souvenirs
hobbies
tourism
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.41.0001
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