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Commercial postcards
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54599
- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 20 commercial postcards, mostly produced by Byron Harmon, of Banff and the Canadian Rockies. Content pertains to winter sports (hockey, snowshoeing, skiing, curling, ski jumping, etc.), wildlife, the town of Banff and some locations in Eastern British Columbia. Some postcards are a…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1900 - ca. 1910]
- 1912 - 1916
- 1922
- Reference Code
- V324 / IV / E / PG - 1 to 20
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M74 / V324
- Series
- V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records
- Sous-Fonds
- V324
- Sub-Series
- V324 / IV / E : Maude Kidney Collection
- Accession Number
- 3109
- Reference Code
- V324 / IV / E / PG - 1 to 20
- GMD
- Postcard
- Responsibility
- Produced by Byron Harmon, V & Sons, Gowen Sutton Co. Ltd., Vancouver, George Noble, Novelty Mfg. Co. Ltd., Montreal
- Date Range
- [ca. 1900 - ca. 1910]
- 1912 - 1916
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 20 postcards : b&w and col. ; 14 x 9 cm and 13.5 x 8.5 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 20 commercial postcards, mostly produced by Byron Harmon, of Banff and the Canadian Rockies. Content pertains to winter sports (hockey, snowshoeing, skiing, curling, ski jumping, etc.), wildlife, the town of Banff and some locations in Eastern British Columbia. Some postcards are annotated with dates/brief details. One postcard dated 1913 contains letter addressed to Flora Woodworth from her cousin, Mary Woodworth, with stamp affixed [see "Full Text"].
- Notes
- Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist
- Photographs in this file were accompanied by notes made shortly before or after accession in 1979 giving names/contextual information about photographs. Some notes are by Jim Deegan, 1987. Information has been transferred to the back of each photograph.
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- Noble, George
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Tourism
- Sports
- Winter sports
- Hockey
- Snowshoes and snowshoeing
- Mountain
- Landscapes
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Animals
- Bears
- Hunting
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Hotel
- Ice sculpture
- Horses
- Ski jumping
- Children
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- British Columbia
- Field
- Bow River
- Glacier
- Cascade Mountain
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Heavily annotated postcard with affixed stamp [item V324 / IV / E / PG - 12] has been placed in mylar to prevent ink transfer.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Travel scrapbook of commercial postcard prints and souvenirs
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54619
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing ca. 200 attached postcard prints and commercial postcards, as well as two portrait photograph prints and two souvenir booklets. Content pertains to scenic views of the Canadian Rockies including Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, Maligne Lake, Revelstoke and the At…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1925 - ca. 1940]
- 1932
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Postcard
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / E : Travel and home records
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / 1
- Responsibility
- Some items produced by George S. Cladds [?], Byron Harmon, Gerta Christoffersen, Detroit Publishing Co., and A.C. Leighton
- Date Range
- [ca. 1925 - ca. 1940]
- 1932
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook : ca. 200 b&w and col. postcards ; 14 x 21.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing ca. 200 attached postcard prints and commercial postcards, as well as two portrait photograph prints and two souvenir booklets. Content pertains to scenic views of the Canadian Rockies including Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, Maligne Lake, Revelstoke and the Athabasca River; portrait paintings of unidentified Indigenous girls by artist Gerta Christoffersen; scenes from Australia, Brussels, Venice, Bermuda, Fiji, Portugal, London, Windsor Castle, California, Mexico, the Grand Canyon, Montana, Niagara Falls, Maine, Ohio and Pennsylvania; and sketched art by A.C. Leighton depicting horses and riders. Many postcards are colorized.
- Notes
- A few postcards are annotated, mostly blank
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Tourism
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Landscapes
- Environment
- Mountains
- Indigenous Peoples
- Art
- Biography
- Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- England
- London
- Australia
- Belgium
- Italy
- Venice
- Bermuda
- Fiji
- Portugal
- United States of America
- California
- Maine
- Pennsylvania
- Ohio
- Lake Louise
- Massachusetts
- Moraine Lake
- Maligne Lake
- Athabasca Falls
- Niagara Falls
- British Columbia
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
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