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1944 packing contest and trail ride photos
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- Scope & Content
- File consists of 27 black and white prints. Content pertains to a 1944 packing contest and trail rides led by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies [includes promotional photographs, possibly by Canadian Pacific]. Photographs include trail guides Don Edge, Ken Teare, Edith Edge and Horace Hollow…
- Date Range
- 1944
- Reference Code
- V635 / III / PA - 117 to 143
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- V635 / III : Published records
- Sous-Fonds
- V635
- Accession Number
- 5757
- Reference Code
- V635 / III / PA - 117 to 143
- Date Range
- 1944
- Physical Description
- 27 photographs : b&w prints ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 27 black and white prints. Content pertains to a 1944 packing contest and trail rides led by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies [includes promotional photographs, possibly by Canadian Pacific]. Photographs include trail guides Don Edge, Ken Teare, Edith Edge and Horace Holloway. Some photographs may be attributed to Canadian Pacific.
- Notes
- Many of photographs are annotated on reverse with date, description of photograph, etc. Some dated 1944.
- Name Access
- Edge, Don
- Edge, Edith
- Teare, Ken
- Holloway, Horace
- Subject Access
- Trails
- Travel
- Tourism
- Guide
- Pack trips
- Landscapes
- Mountain
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Background information for publishing
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- Scope & Content
- File consists of background information about the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies [some published], and correspondence between the Trail Riders and various publishers pertaining to the use of background information in future publications and promotional material.
- Date Range
- 1962
- 1968
- [1970-1975]
- 1971
- 1974
- 1977
- Reference Code
- M545 / III / 30
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Organization record
- Published record
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- M545 / III : Published records
- Sous-Fonds
- M545
- Accession Number
- 5939
- Reference Code
- M545 / III / 30
- Date Range
- 1962
- 1968
- [1970-1975]
- 1971
- 1974
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of background information about the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies [some published], and correspondence between the Trail Riders and various publishers pertaining to the use of background information in future publications and promotional material.
- Name Access
- Primrose, Tom
- Watkins, Howard
- Watkins, Stuart
- Henson, Barbara
- McBeath, Thomas
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Parry, Mona
- Subject Access
- History
- Organizations
- Publication
- Tourism
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Edmonton
- Language
- English
- Category
- Communications
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Banff National Park management plan
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- Scope & Content
- File consists of a draft of "Banff National Park of Canada Management Plan" produced by Parks Canada and dated October 26, 2009. File also includes drafts of "Key Strategy" documents and an "Environmental Impact Assessment" for the regions of Jasper, Lake Louise, Banff, Yoho and Kootenay [Parks Can…
- Date Range
- 2009
- Reference Code
- M545 / V / 26
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Government record
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- M545 / V : Administrative records
- Sous-Fonds
- M545
- Accession Number
- 8235
- Reference Code
- M545 / V / 26
- Date Range
- 2009
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a draft of "Banff National Park of Canada Management Plan" produced by Parks Canada and dated October 26, 2009. File also includes drafts of "Key Strategy" documents and an "Environmental Impact Assessment" for the regions of Jasper, Lake Louise, Banff, Yoho and Kootenay [Parks Canada]. Contents pertain to natural resources, tourism, townsite development and other related issues within Canadian Rockies national parks.
- Subject Access
- Parks Canada
- National parks and reserves
- Natural resources
- Conservation
- Government
- Environment
- Townsite development
- Tourism
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Lake Louise
- Jasper National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Metal clip from Management Plan draft was removed
- Creator
- Parks Canada
- Category
- Environment
- Government
- Natural resources
- Title Source
- Title based on contents in file
- Processing Status
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Black and white Canadian Pacific prints
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- Scope & Content
- File consists of 54 black and white prints pertaining to trail rides and tourism in areas including Peyto Lake, Wolverine Plateau, Scarab Lake, Lake Louise, Banff Springs Hotel and other scenic areas around Banff townsite. Photographs were produced by Canadian Pacific for publication and advertisin…
- Date Range
- 1940
- [ca. 1940 - ca. 1950]
- Reference Code
- V635 / III / PA - 13 to 66
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
8 images
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- V635 / III : Published records
- Sous-Fonds
- V635
- Accession Number
- 5757
- Reference Code
- V635 / III / PA - 13 to 66
- Responsibility
- Produced by Canadian Pacific
- Date Range
- 1940
- [ca. 1940 - ca. 1950]
- Physical Description
- 54 photographs : b&w prints ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 54 black and white prints pertaining to trail rides and tourism in areas including Peyto Lake, Wolverine Plateau, Scarab Lake, Lake Louise, Banff Springs Hotel and other scenic areas around Banff townsite. Photographs were produced by Canadian Pacific for publication and advertising, and feature excursions led by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies.
- Notes
- Some photographs not dated, but likely similar in age to other items dated 1940.
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Tourism
- Canadian Pacific
- Advertising
- Landscapes
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Hotel
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Peyto Lake
- Wolverine Plateau
- Scarab Lake
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Brochure production
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- Scope & Content
- File consists of notes, clippings and drafts of brochures to be published by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. File also includes several illustrations of trail maps to be included in brochures, correspondence pertaining to brochure production, model release forms and three duplicate b&w pr…
- Date Range
- 1980-1985
- Reference Code
- M545 / V / 29 & 30
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Organization record
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- M545 / V : Administrative records
- Sous-Fonds
- M545
- Accession Number
- 5939
- Reference Code
- M545 / V / 29 & 30
- Date Range
- 1980-1985
- Physical Description
- 2.5 cm of textual records (21.5 x 28 cm or smaller) -- 3 photographs : b&w prints ; 9 x 9 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of notes, clippings and drafts of brochures to be published by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. File also includes several illustrations of trail maps to be included in brochures, correspondence pertaining to brochure production, model release forms and three duplicate b&w prints depicting several trail riders on horseback [image used in 1980 brochure].
- Notes
- Six "Holiday on Horseback" brochures removed from file. Items are duplicates of brochures processed in series M545 / II and will be offered for return to Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies.
- File contents organized by date and stored in two folders [see "Content Details"]
- Subject Access
- Administration
- Advertising
- Tourism
- Travel
- Organizations
- Membership
- Businesses
- Geography
- Horse packing
- Horseback riding
- Trails
- Hotels
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Banff
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Prints placed in mylar and stored in folder with related textual material to preserve context
- Category
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Communications
- Commerce and industry
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Scope & Content
- File consists of Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies bulletins from 1931-1974 [some annotated] and one "Skyline Trails" bulletin [1960]. Content pertains to views and events from previous trips, schedules and planned destinations of trail rides, and membership lists.
- Date Range
- 1931
- 1939
- 1941-1942
- 1944-1945
- 1948-1953
- 1955-1957
- 1960-1962
- 1964
- 1970
- 1972
- 1974
- Reference Code
- M545 / III / 8 to 11
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Organization record
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- M545 / III : Published records
- Sous-Fonds
- M545
- Accession Number
- 5939
- Reference Code
- M545 / III / 8 to 11
- Date Range
- 1931
- 1939
- 1941-1942
- 1944-1945
- 1948-1953
- 1955-1957
- 1960-1962
- 1964
- 1970
- 1972
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 8 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies bulletins from 1931-1974 [some annotated] and one "Skyline Trails" bulletin [1960]. Content pertains to views and events from previous trips, schedules and planned destinations of trail rides, and membership lists.
- Notes
- Brochures are organized by date [see "Content Details"]
- Subject Access
- Advertising
- Administration
- Membership
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Camping
- Entertainment
- Travel
- Tourism
- Publication
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Moraine Lake
- Lake Louise
- Stewart Canyon
- Spray Lakes
- Larix Lake
- Fatigue Pass
- Ptarmigan Lake
- Mount Assiniboine
- Deception Pass
- Wolverine Plateau
- Simpson Pass
- Wonder Pass
- Kananaskis
- Johnston Creek
- Panther River
- Red Deer
- Lake O'Hara
- Pulsatilla Pass
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- M545 / III / 8 : 1931-1948
- M545 / III / 9 : 1949-1953
- M545 / III / 10 : 1955-1962
- M545 / III / 11 : 1964-1974
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Camp coordinator packages, notes and handouts
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- Scope & Content
- File consists of introductory packages put together for Camp Coordinators on pack trips led by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies in 2008. File includes contact lists, name lists and basic information about riders, participant reports, printed maps and brochures pertaining to specific packing…
- Date Range
- 2008
- Reference Code
- M545 / II / 14
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Organization record
- Map
- Postcard
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- M545 / II : Members, Staff, Personal Content
- Sous-Fonds
- M545
- Accession Number
- 8235
- Reference Code
- M545 / II / 14
- Date Range
- 2008
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of introductory packages put together for Camp Coordinators on pack trips led by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies in 2008. File includes contact lists, name lists and basic information about riders, participant reports, printed maps and brochures pertaining to specific packing trips in 2008, blank survey sheets and insurance waivers, and itineraries. Items are kept in order of 2008 ride numbers: Ride 1, Ride 2, etc.
- Notes
- Contains numerous duplicates
- Subject Access
- Administration
- Packing
- Travel
- Tourism
- Geography
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Kananaskis
- Banff
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply due to personal information
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply due to personal information
- Language
- English
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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- Processed
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Canada and America 28 Sept. to 14 Dec. 1889
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- Part Of
- Canada and America album fonds
- Scope & Content
- Album contains 73 b&w photographs, pasted in, captioned. Photographs pertain to Medicine Hat, Alberta; the Rocky Mountains and the Canadian Pacific Railway; Banff National park; the Kicking Horse and Columbia Rivers; Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia; Mariposa County, California; Mount Shast…
- Date Range
- ca.1889
- Reference Code
- V388 / PD - 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Canada and America album fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Accession Number
- 6261
- Reference Code
- V388 / PD - 1
- Date Range
- ca.1889
- Physical Description
- Photograph Album: 1 photograph album (73 b&w prints)
- Scope & Content
- Album contains 73 b&w photographs, pasted in, captioned. Photographs pertain to Medicine Hat, Alberta; the Rocky Mountains and the Canadian Pacific Railway; Banff National park; the Kicking Horse and Columbia Rivers; Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia; Mariposa County, California; Mount Shasta; Yosemite National Park, California; Salt Lake City, Utah; Muir's Glacier, Alaska. Subjects include numerous views of railway infrastructure of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Oregon and California Rail Road (O & C.R.R.), images of ferries and steamers, mountains, waterfalls, bays, and other ‘natural wonders’ like the giant Sequoia trees of California, cedar trees in Vancouver’s Stanley Park. The album also contains photographs of Victoria, Seattle, and Tacoma, Washington. The album was most likely assembled by an unknown traveller. The photographs were taken by professional Canadian photographers A. B. Thom (1849-1926) and C. S. Bailey (1869-1896), and American photographers Isaiah West Taber (1830-1912), George Fiske (1835-1918), C. R. Savage (1832-1909), and possibly Carleton E. Watkins (1829-1916). For more information regarding the photographers, see scope 2B. 25 photographs have no author referenced in the album. Prints on pages 2, 5, 6, 8, 12, 17, and 18 have been attributed to A.B. Thom through consultation of captions and catalogue numbers found through the Manitoba Historical Society. Prints on pages 26 - 30, and 32 have been attributed to C.S. Bailey through matching the catalogue numbers and captions on the print with the catalogue numbers of the photographer found in a 1889 catalogue. Prints on pages 20 - 25 may be attributed to Carleton E. Watkins (see scope 2B). Square brackets in list below indicate attribution made by archives staff. Page Photographer Image # Caption: 1 A.B. Thom 2146 Banff from the Sanitarium and Cloud Effects, Cascade Mountains 2 [A.B. Thom] 2102 Bow River Valley from Kanaskis Falls 3 A.B. Thom 2151 Banff and Surrounding Mountains from Sulfur Mountain 4 A.B. Thom 2176 Bow River Rapids and Cascade Peak, Banff 5 [A.B. Thom] 2010 Bow River Valley from C.P.R Hotel, Banff Park 6 [A.B. Thom] 2134 Bird’s eye view of C.P.R Hotel above Bow Rapids, Banff 7 A.B. Thom 2135 General View of Banff and Surrounding Mts. From the Hot Springs 8 [A.B. Thom] 2115 Tunnel Mountain from Junction of Bow and Spray Rivers 9 A.B. Thom 2144 Beaver Mouth Canyon, Mount Swett's in the distance 10 A.B. Thom 2138 Glacier on East Side of Mount Stephen 10,500 feet high 11 A.B. Thom 2156 Cascade Falls Near Rogers Pass, Selkirks 12 [A.B. Thom] 2033 Kicking Horse Canyon Looking West From Muir's Tunnel 13 A.B. Thom 2158 In the Kicking Horse at Muir's Tunnel 14 A.B. Thom 2140 Seventh and Eighth Crossing Kicking Horse Canyon 15 A.B. Thom 2160 View of the Glacier Peak from the Long Shed 16 A.B. Thom 2150 Banks of the Columbia River, Six Miles West of Donald 17 [A.B. Thom] 2047 Stony Creek Bridge, Highest Wooden Bridge in World 18 [A.B. Thom] 2119 Albert Canyon, Illecillwaet River, BC 19 A.B. Thom 2174 Vancouver, as seen from Hotel Vancouver 20 Unknown Hand-written caption only: Victoria, BC 21 Unknown Hand-written caption only: Victoria, BC 22 Unknown Hand-written caption only: Victoria, BC 23 Unknown Hand-written caption only: Victoria, BC 24 Unknown Hand-written caption only: Seatle 25 Unknown Hand-written caption only: Tacoma 26 [C.S. Bailey] 508 Squamish Indian Mission 26 [C.S. Bailey] 574 Str (Steamer) 'Yosemite' rounding Brocton Point Vancouver, B.C 27 [C.S. Bailey] 624 The Loop, CPR Selkirks 27 [C.S. Bailey] 645 Mountain Creek Bridge, Selkirks 28 [C.S. Bailey] 626 The Loop, CPR Selkirks, Showing three Tracks 28 [C.S. Bailey] 608 A Glimpse at the Fraser Above North Bend 29 [C.S. Bailey] 546 Cedar Tree, On Park Road Vancouver 29 [C.S. Bailey] 573 Part of Stanely Park Road, Vancouver 30 [C.S. Bailey] 506 Vancouver, B.C From South 31 C.S. Bailey x609 C.P.R Bridge over Fraser River near Cisco 32 [C.S. Bailey] x659 Bow River Valley from Hot Springs, Banff, National Park 33 C.S. Bailey x587 Hope Mountains from Hope Station 34 Taber 3749 Mossbrae Falls, from O & C.R.R. Shasta County, California 35 Taber 3743 O & C.R.R. and Eagle Cliff, Shasta, Co. California 36 Taber 3741 Sacramento River near its source and O & C.R.R. Shasta County, Cal. 37 Taber B2068 Mt. Shasta from Strawberry Valley 38 Taber 2116 Castle Rock, from Lower Soda Spring 39 Taber 3740 O & C.R.R. Loop Showing Three Trestles, Siskiyou Mts. Cal. 40 Taber B2075 Mt. Shasta from Butteville 41 Taber 3744 Mt. Shasta, Cal. 42 Taber B522 Market Street from Third Street, San Francisco Looking East 43 Taber B920 View of Telegraph Hill and Water from S.t. from the Bay 44 Taber B868 San Francisco Bay 45 Taber B1674 Oakland Ferry Boat "Piedmont" 46 Taber B532 Seal Rock, Pacific Ocean 47 Taber 4222 Conservatory, Golden Gate Park, San Fran. Cal. 48 Taber B3092 Wawana Station, Cal - 1887 49 Taber 3097 Big Trees, Mariposa Grove, Cal. On distant mountain - From point Miller - Yosemite Valley, Cal. 50 Taber B2455 Mariposa Grove 51 Taber A260 "Grizzly Giant" 33 Feet diameter, Mariposa 52 Taber 2538 The Grizzly Giant, diameter 33 feet Mariposa Grove, Cal 53 Taber 3070 Big Trees and Cabin, Mariposa Grove, Cal. 54 Taber A278 Sequoia Group, 270 feet high, Mariposa Grove 55 Taber B953 Hercules (Fallen Tree) Calaveras Grove 56 Fiske 376 Handwritten caption: 'Mariposa' 56 Fiske 494 No caption 57 Fiske 379 Handwritten caption: 'Grizzly Giant' 57 Fiske 378 Handwritten caption: 'Orion' 58 Fiske 735 Sunset Study, San Franciso Bay, Copywright 1884 59 Taber 4495 The Grounds of the Hotel Del Monte, Monterry Cal. 60 Taber 4491 Hotel Del Monte - Side - Monterry Cal. 61 Taber B2202 Midway Point 62 Taber B2292 Cypress Tree and Carmel Point 63 Taber B2195 Arizona Garden, Hotel Del Monte 64 Unknown 1337.A Amphitheatre of Williams Canon - Canyon Col. Springs 64 Unknown Gateway Garden of the Gods Colorado 65 C.R. Savage Garfield Beach, Salt Lake 66 Taber 4552 Longitudinal view of Muir Glacier, Across the Face, Alaska
- Title Source
- Titled based on the title on album
- Content Details
- Alexander Barton Thom (1849-1926) was predominantly a landscape photographer working mostly out Winnipeg, Manitoba but was to known to travel extensively. In 1886, he took over 2000 photographs along the Canadian Pacific Railway. Thom took photographs of the rocky mountain landscape found along the tracks of the CPR and in the towns along the way (in the case of this album - Banff and views of the Bow Valley from Banff), as well as railway infrastructure including bridges, loops, and tunnels. Thom travelled during the winters of 1885 through 1889; he spent his time travelling through the USA and England. During these travels, Thom would give illustrated lectures using his photographs. Since Thom believed that his presentations and images were benefiting the CPR and Canadian immigration, he requested that the CPR provide a photographic car on the train that could be a portable photographic studio. Found in the Canadian Pacific Archives was a letter from Thom requesting the CPR add a photographic car to the CPR. There is however no record of a reply to Thom’s request. Apparently, the impetus for Thom requesting the portable photographic studio was not only his perceived benefits of the photographs for immigration purposes but that Thom wanted to make a series of 21x25 views on glass plates. Having a portable studio on the rails would make the processing and developing images of this size much easier for the photographer. Other archival holdings of Thom’s work include an album housed at the McCord Museum in Montreal, which formerly belonged to Canadian Pacific Railway historian Omer Lavallee. This album was compiled circa 1888 in Winnipeg - possibly for William Whyte who was the Western Superintendent of the CPR. After his time traveling extensively, Thom owned and operated several photographic studios in Manitoba from 1891 to 1900 and retired from photography in 1904. More information pertaining to Thom can be found through the Manitoba Historical Society. Charles S. Bailey (1869-1896) born in Creemore, Ontario, was an active professional photographer from 1887 until his death in 1896. Originally based out of Vancouver from 1887 to 1895, Bailey is well known as a landscape photographer. Twelve of Bailey’s views can be found in this album. The views in this album are very significant because of Bailey’s untimely death at 27 years of age. The view numbers of the photographs in this album can be matched with those found in the catalogue "Bailey and Neelands: Views Along the Canadian Pacific Railway," which was published in 1889 in Vancouver by Bailey and Neelands. He later moved to Kamloops, BC and has been credited with managing a branch of the Bailey Brothers Store Ltd. It has also been speculated that he was one of the first photographers to visit Hawaii in January to May 1895. Bailey’s photographs and prints will hold the markers: C.S. Bailey, Bailey & Neelands, or Bailey Bros. Information pertaining Bailey can be found in the City of Vancouver Archives. Isaiah West Taber (1830-1912) began working in a California photographic studio in 1864 and opened his own gallery in 1875. Taber is known for his views of California and the San Francisco area. After the bankruptcy of photographer Carleton E. Watkins in 1875, Taber bought Watkins’ Yosemite gallery and began marketing Watkins’ stereoviews under his own I.W. Taber label while keeping Watkins’ original view numbers. In 1906, at the time of the San Francisco earthquake, he lost his gallery and negative collection. At this time Taber was 76 years old and this loss marked the end of his photographic career. Because of this loss of his gallery and negatives the 29 views that can be seen in this album are parts of the remaining, rare Taber works that are circulating. Through the cross referencing of the Watkins views numbers with Taber’s, none of the Watkins views owned by Taber seem to appear in this album. George Fiske (1835-1918), a professional American photographer known for his views of the Yosemite Valley is represented in this album by five photographs in and around Mariposa Grove and San Francisco California. Fiske worked as an assistant to photographer Carleton E. Watkins. A year following Watkins’ bankruptcy, Fiske moved to Yosemite was the first photographer to be a year round resident of the Valley. Tragically, in 1904, Fiske’s home and studio was destroyed by fire. Along with the home and studio, the fire also destroyed three quarters of his glass-plate negatives, two cameras, two lenses, and large portion of his stock prints. Again, in 1943, a second fire destroyed his remaining glass-plate negatives. The second fire occurred in the sawmill of the Yosemite Company where Fiske’s negatives were being stored. Fiske’s work had caught the eye of a young Ansel Adams, who had made prints from Fiske remaining negatives prior to the fire. Adams warned of the possible demise of Fiske’s remaining work but nothing was done and they were lost. In light of the destruction of Fiske’s negatives and stock collection, the five photographic prints in the Canada and America Album of a great historical significance. More about Fiske can be found in the publication The life and Photographic Works of George Fiske, 1835-1918 (1979) by Paul Hickman and the publication Yosemite Photographer (1980) by Paul Hickman and Terence Pitts. Charles Roscoe Savage (1832-1909) was a prominent landscape and portrait photographer based out of Salt Lake City, Utah. Savage is best known as one of three photographers present at the joining of the rails at Promontory, Utah in 1869 (Andrew J. Russell and Alfred A. Hart being the other two). Savage photographed mostly Salt Lake City, Utah, and California. He was also known to have been the premier photographer of LDS (Latter Day Saints) church leaders. Savage owned the ‘Pioneer Art Gallery’ from 1870 until 1875 when he opened a larger space and he opened his ‘Art Bazaar.’ In June of 1883, the ‘Art Bazaar’ burned to the ground and all of his negatives were destroyed. After his death, another fire in 1911 destroyed the negatives from the last 25 years of his life. Like the other photographers in this album who had their collections destroyed, the photographs, stereographs, cabinet cards, etc. that remain are originals and therefore rare. The largest collection (839 images total) of Savage’s views is held in The Brigham Young University Collection in Utah. This collection does not, however, hold the photographers original numbering system. Carleton E. Watkins (1829-1916) born in Oneota, New York began his photographic career in San Francisco in 1854 and went on to be one of the most well known photographers of the Yosemite Valley. The locations Watkins photographed spanned from Tombstone, Arizona to Victoria, British Columbia. He was also commissioned over the span of his career to document mining works in California and Oregon, various subjects for the California Geological survey. His mining views from the Mariposa area were exhibited in London in 1862. The year previous, Watkins traveled to Yosemite were he made thirty mammoth photographs and one hundred stereographs of the Yosemite Valley and Mariposa grove. In 1864, Watkins views of Yosemite proved influential in the United States congress to pass legislation to preserve the Yosemite Valley. Watkins owned and operated the ‘Yosemite Gallery’ in San Francisco out of which his sold his photographic products. In 1875, after a series of business decisions that put Watkins in financial jeopardy, over production of his stereoviews by eastern publishers, and an economic slump in San Francisco, Watkins’ loan from John Jay Cook was foreclosed on and Watkins was forced into bankruptcy. In the bankruptcy Watkins lost the gallery and its holdings, which was all of his negatives, his collection of prints, and all of the photographic equipment. Cook, in association with photographer I.W. Taber subsequently ran the gallery. Taber began selling Watkins’ photographs and stereoviews under the Taber label but maintained Watkins’ original view numbers. Following this Watkins attempted to rebuild the lost negatives but failed to regain financial stability. During the San Francisco earthquake and subsequent fire in 1906, Watkins lost everything. The largest holdings of Watkins’ work can be found at the Bancroft library at the University of California, the California State library, Huntington library, the Library of Congress, and Stanford University. A series of the unknown photographs in this album may be attributed to Watkins (pages 20-25). One image in particular (in the album captioned as ‘Tacoma’ by the album’s author on page 25) has been matched to a Watkins image that is held in the photographic collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art titled “New Tacoma, Washington, Puget Sound, 1882; albumen print.”
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Canadian Pacific negatives
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- Scope & Content
- File consists of Canadian Pacific Railway negative photographs pertaining to trail riders, camp staff, guides and outfitters, trail rides, fishing, camps, ceremonies, scenic views of Yoho, Jasper, and Banff National Parks, Canmore and surrounding area, and Banff's townsite. Trail riders in photogr…
- Date Range
- [1943 - ca. 1946]
- Reference Code
- V635 / III / NA - 1 to 124 & LC - 1 to 5
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- V635 / III : Published records
- Sous-Fonds
- V635
- Accession Number
- 5757
- Reference Code
- V635 / III / NA - 1 to 124 & LC - 1 to 5
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- [1943 - ca. 1946]
- Physical Description
- 129 photographs : b&w nitrate negatives ; 12 x 9.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of Canadian Pacific Railway negative photographs pertaining to trail riders, camp staff, guides and outfitters, trail rides, fishing, camps, ceremonies, scenic views of Yoho, Jasper, and Banff National Parks, Canmore and surrounding area, and Banff's townsite. Trail riders in photographs include John Murray Gibbon, Carl Rungius and Charlie Beil.
- Notes
- Original order retained, appears to be chronological.
- Most negative envelopes individually titled and dated, majority from 1943 and 1944. Mostly nitrate photographs.
- Original CPR negative envelopes retained in document file.
- Material Details
- Includes 5 loan for copy negatives
- Name Access
- Beil, Charlie
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Rungius, Carl
- McCowan, Dan
- Subject Access
- National parks
- Trails
- Hiking
- Camping
- Fishing
- Guiding
- Travel
- Tourism
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Canmore
- Access Restrictions
- Access restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Canadian Pacific trail riders photos
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54355
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 32 black and white prints produced by Canadian Pacific for promotional/publishing purposes. Images depict individuals and groups of members from the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies standing and on horseback, group photos under a large tent, posing by mountain landscapes, etc. …
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]
- 1955
- Reference Code
- V635 / III / PA - 85 to 116
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- V635 / III : Published records
- Sous-Fonds
- V635
- Accession Number
- 5757
- Reference Code
- V635 / III / PA - 85 to 116
- Responsibility
- Produced by Canadian Pacific
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]
- 1955
- Physical Description
- 32 photographs : b&w prints ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 32 black and white prints produced by Canadian Pacific for promotional/publishing purposes. Images depict individuals and groups of members from the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies standing and on horseback, group photos under a large tent, posing by mountain landscapes, etc. Most photographs have Canadian Pacific Railway stamp on the back, some are dated 1955 with stamp, some annotated in pencil.
- Notes
- Some images signed "Helen Ramsay" (possibly photographer)
- Name Access
- Ramsay, Helen
- Subject Access
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Horses
- Packing
- Trails
- Mountain
- Landscapes
- Travel
- Tourism
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Access Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- 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.