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Toy Train

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Date: 1950 – 1960

Material: metal

Catalogue Number: 108.05.1047

Description: Black bodied locomotive with gold and red detailing. Large chimney on the front that puffs out real steam. Four wheels on each side: two small and two large/side. Opening on rear of train with latch that can hold two batteries. “LUCKY” written in white lettering on both sides of engine. “SAN MADE I…

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Title: Toy Train

Date: 1950 – 1960

Material: metal

Dimensions: 12.7 x 26.0 x 8.0 cm

Description: Black bodied locomotive with gold and red detailing. Large chimney on the front that puffs out real steam. Four wheels on each side: two small and two large/side. Opening on rear of train with latch that can hold two batteries. “LUCKY” written in white lettering on both sides of engine. “SAN MADE IN JAPAN” written on the back.

Subject: Nicholas Morant; train

Credit: Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006

Catalogue Number: 108.05.1047

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Railroad Workers

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Artist: Wadym Dobrolige (1913 – 1973)

Date: 1955 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: DoW.02.02

Description: Image is of a group of men working on the railroad. A foreman stands at the far left directing 6 men holding a steel rail. In the middle of the work is a man, holding a nail while his partner is in mid-swing to hammer it into place. To the right are other workers in various stages, and an engin…

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Artist: Wadym Dobrolige (1913 – 1973)

Title: Railroad Workers

Date: 1955 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 64 x 360 cm

Description: Image is of a group of men working on the railroad. A foreman stands at the far left directing 6 men holding a steel rail. In the middle of the work is a man, holding a nail while his partner is in mid-swing to hammer it into place. To the right are other workers in various stages, and an engine coming towards the men. In the background are rolling hills and mountains. (Castle Mountain?)Artist signature is in lower right corner “Wadym D. 55”cascade hotel mural

Subject: railroad; builders; train; engine; cascade hotel mural

Credit: Gift of Leo Wedro, Calgary, 1990

Catalogue Number: DoW.02.02

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Canadian Pacific souvenir menus

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of souvenir menus from various trips on Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian Pacific cruises. Contents pertain to various destinations within Canada, including: Banff Springs Hotel and Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Calgary, Edmonton, Victoria, Vancouver, Connaught and Spiral Tunn…

Date Range: 1924; 1926; 1928; 1939; 1941; 1945; 1952; 1957; 1969

Reference Code: LUX / II / C4 / 14

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal material

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

Sub-Series: LUX / II / C4 : Travel and hobbies

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C4 / 14

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Responsibility: Materials in file produced by Canadian Pacific

Date Range: 1924; 1926; 1928; 1939; 1941; 1945; 1952; 1957; 1969

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of souvenir menus from various trips on Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian Pacific cruises. Contents pertain to various destinations within Canada, including: Banff Springs Hotel and Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Calgary, Edmonton, Victoria, Vancouver, Connaught and Spiral Tunnels, Ottawa, Quebec, and St. John [New Brunswick]. Includes a set of 3 menus from 1924 and a set of 3 adult menus and 1 children's menu from 1952 which are stored in original Canadian Pacific paper envelopes.

Notes: Items in file are stored in two file folders, organized chronologically

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor; Canadian Pacific Railway

Subject Access: Advertising; Travel; Train; Tourism; Tourist information; Banff Springs Hotel; Hotel; Commerce and industry; Cruise ships; Indigenous Peoples; Government; Landscapes

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Calgary; Edmonton; Lake Louise; British Columbia; Vancouver; Victoria; Quebec; New Brunswick; St. John

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Transportation; Commerce and industry; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Environment; Cultural pluralism; Government

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Canadian Pacific souvenir and travel publications

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of brochures, souvenir booklets, travel guides and related materials pertaining to Canadian Pacific trips and destinations within North America. Locations include: Banff Springs Hotel and Banff National Park; the Empress Hotel in Victoria; British Columbia; Ontario and the the Great L…

Date Range: [1905-1911]; 1909; [1915-1920]; 1917-1918; 1920-1921; 1923; 1928-1929; 1931; 1935-1938; 1940; [1940-1950]; 1974

Reference Code: LUX / II / C4 / 15 to 17

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal material

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

Sub-Series: LUX / II / C4 : Travel and hobbies

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C4 / 15 to 17

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Date Range: [1905-1911]; 1909; [1915-1920]; 1917-1918; 1920-1921; 1923; 1928-1929; 1931; 1935-1938; 1940; [1940-1950]; 1974

Physical Description: 7.5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of brochures, souvenir booklets, travel guides and related materials pertaining to Canadian Pacific trips and destinations within North America. Locations include: Banff Springs Hotel and Banff National Park; the Empress Hotel in Victoria; British Columbia; Ontario and the the Great Lakes; Quebec; Alaska; and the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. File also includes a map of the Canadian Pacific rail system [1918] and a copy of "Empress of the Pacific" cruise magazine [1936].

Subject Access: Tourism; Travel; Canadian Pacific Railway; Cruise ships; Banff Springs Hotel; Hotel; Empress Hotel; Train; Railways

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; British Columbia; Victoria; Ontario; Quebec; Great Lakes; United States of America; Alaska

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Commerce and industry

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: Items divided into 3 files: LUX/II/C4/15: Ontario, Quebec, Alaska and Canadian coastal guide books [ca. 1915-1920] LUX/II/C4/16: Canadian Rockies guides and information booklets LUX/II/C4/17: Other Canadian Pacific material

Processing Status: Processed

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River at Cahair - Limerick - Tipperery Road S. Ireland

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1953

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.30

Description: A stone bridge runs across a river. The river runs from the centre of the painting on the left and extends into the distance. It curves to the left around the river bank. A train crosses the bridge. Smoke is being expelled from the train. On the right of the painting are four or five leafless …

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: River at Cahair - Limerick - Tipperery Road S. Ireland

Date: 1953

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: A stone bridge runs across a river. The river runs from the centre of the painting on the left and extends into the distance. It curves to the left around the river bank. A train crosses the bridge. Smoke is being expelled from the train. On the right of the painting are four or five leafless trees. Along the close side of the river bank is a walkway with moorings or black pylons. Hazy trees are visible in the upper portion of the painting.

Subject: landscape; river; transportation; train; Ireland; Limerick

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.30

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Assorted Calendars Featuring Nicholas Morant Photography

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 3 poster-sized calendars with colour and b/w prints created by Nicholas Morant, and one loose calendar page (colour). Includes one calendar dated 1949, promoting "E. J.(?) & A. Robinson Limited Canada", with image of 2 models and horse posing by Mt. Biddle and Lake Arthur; one cale…

Date Range: 1949; 1961

Reference Code: M300 / II / C / 6 / PA - 62 to 65 O.S.

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Poster; Calendar; Textual record

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: M300

Sub-Series: V500 / II / C / 6 : Promotional Items, Awards and Correspondence

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: M300 / II / C / 6 / PA - 62 to 65 O.S.

GMD: Poster; Calendar; Textual record

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant

Date Range: 1949; 1961

Physical Description: 2 Calendars: prints with text; colour

Scope & Content: File consists of 3 poster-sized calendars with colour and b/w prints created by Nicholas Morant, and one loose calendar page (colour). Includes one calendar dated 1949, promoting "E. J.(?) & A. Robinson Limited Canada", with image of 2 models and horse posing by Mt. Biddle and Lake Arthur; one calendar dated 1961, with image and descriptive text pertaining to a model steam locomotive and relevant history; one calendar by Canadian Allis-Chalmers Ltd. (1953) featuring Nicholas Morant b&w photograph titled 'Industrial Patterns' for the month of March; one loose calendar page, Allis-Chalmers Ltd., with large image by Nicholas Morant of man in red jacket fishing with mountain / forest background.

Notes: Mt. Biddle / Lake McArthur calendar was stored in a poster tube labelled: "Calendar Lake McArthur" with torn shipping address label by Canadian Pacific addressed to "Banff, Alta." (presumably once addressed to Nicholas Morant). Model Locomotive calendar stored in poster tube labelled: "CALENDAR WITH MODEL LOCOMOTIVES" Shipping label: "PLS HOLD Ernie." "N. Morant c/o E. Larson Esq. Box 49 BANFF Alberta" Postage Stamp: "Mar. 18 '54 Montreal Quebec" Paper cover inside with Canadian Pacific label: " Model Steam Locos - Calendar - " Allis-Chalmers poster stored in poster tube labelled: 'ALLIS CHALMERS CALENDAR with Hugh Frith's pix of PAMIR under sail" Address label: "CANADIAN ALLIS-CHALMERS LIMITED To Mr. Nicholas Morant, P.O. Box 63, Banff, Alta." Canadian Pacific Label: "Allis-Chalmers Calendar Contains pix by Hugh Frith of 'Pamir'."

Subject Access: Horses; Train; Mountain; Lake; Fishing

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Access Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Reproduction Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Language: English

Conservation: Items must be stored in protective materials (i.e. mylar) to prevent damage while in storage.

Creator: Nicholas Morant, Canadian Allis-Chalmers Ltd., Canadian Pacific, E. J.(?) & A. Robinson Limited Canada

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Collected materials, commercial postcards

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 41 commercial postcards, mostly produced in Banff by Byron Harmon. Content pertains to Banff and the Canadian Rockies; sports including snowshoeing, hiking, curling and boating; landscapes nd mountain views; multiple hotels in and near Banff [the Banff Springs Hotel, Chateau Lake L…

Date Range: [ca. 1905 - ca. 1910]; 1912; 1915; [ca. 1920]; [ca. 1930 - ca. 1940]; [ca. 1960]

Reference Code: V324 / VI / PG - 1 to 41

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: V324 / VI : Collected materials

Sous-Fonds: V324

Accession Number: 2016.8581

Reference Code: V324 / VI / PG - 1 to 41

GMD: Postcard

Responsibility: Produced by Byron Harmon, Canadian Postcard Co. Ltd., Valentine - Black Co. Ltd, G & W Fear Photographers, Dexter Press Inc.

Date Range: [ca. 1905 - ca. 1910]; 1912; 1915; [ca. 1920]; [ca. 1930 - ca. 1940]; [ca. 1960]

Physical Description: 41 postcards : b&w and col. ; 10 x 14.5 cm and 9 x 14 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 41 commercial postcards, mostly produced in Banff by Byron Harmon. Content pertains to Banff and the Canadian Rockies; sports including snowshoeing, hiking, curling and boating; landscapes nd mountain views; multiple hotels in and near Banff [the Banff Springs Hotel, Chateau Lake Louise, Cascade Hotel and Mount Royal Hotel]; Banff's fish hatchery; hoodoo rock formations; animals at the Banff Zoo including bears and buffalo, and other local wildlife; the Cave and Basin; a military base camp in Petawawa, Ontario where Forest Kidney was stationed in World War I; and the Bank of Commerce building in Toronto.

Notes: Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist

Name Access: Harmon, Byron; Kidney, Forest H. (Pop)

Subject Access: Mountain; Hiking; Sports; Winter sports; Curling; Snowshoes and snowshoeing; Hotel; Banff Spring Hotel; Chateau Lake Louise; Cascade Hotel; Mount Royal Hotel; Swimming; Hot Springs; Landscapes; Boats; Geological formation; Animals; Buffalo; Bear; Train; Travel; World War I; Military

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Cave and Basin; Robson Glacier; Bankhead; Lake Louise; British Columbia; Field; Bow River; Castle Mountain; Mount Rundle; France; Arras; Ontario; Petawawa; Toronto