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Don Harmon fonds
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- Part Of
- Don Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists mainly of photographs collected by Harmon in the process of his work. Photographs pertain to Banff personalities, events, activities, street views, facilities and buildings, 1883-1967, and includes both original and copy material. Textual records include: undated notes re Byron Har…
- Date Range
- 1883-1974
- Reference Code
- M417 / V265
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Don Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 417
- V 265
- Sous-Fonds
- M 417
- V 265
- Accession Number
- 32, 36, 1639, 2374, 2679, 2797, 2864, 2895, 3085
- Reference Code
- M417 / V265
- Date Range
- 1883-1974
- Physical Description
- 163 photographs : prints, negatives. -- 11 textual records
- History / Biographical
- Don Harmon, 1917-1997, was a publisher, photographer and businessman at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Harmon operated Byron Harmon Photographs and the Harmony Drug Store after his father's death in 1942. Byron Harmon Photographs was subsequently run by Don Harmon's daughter, Carole Harmon.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists mainly of photographs collected by Harmon in the process of his work. Photographs pertain to Banff personalities, events, activities, street views, facilities and buildings, 1883-1967, and includes both original and copy material. Textual records include: undated notes re Byron Harmon, Harmony Block and business history; letters, 1967-1974, re photographs; Harmony Drug Store Ltd. stationary, ca.1925; photograph list, n.d.; newspaper, "The Climber," 1906; letters to Lloyd Harmon, 1941.
- Name Access
- Harmon, Don
- Subject Access
- Community life
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description for photographs.
- Creator
- Harmon, Don
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
- Processed
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George Noble fonds
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- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of a broad-ranging commercial negative collection. Includes four series. I. Scenic and documentary views, 2839 items; includes film and glass negatives in sizes up to 8 X 10 inches. Pertains to Banff and area buildings, facilities, activities, events, such as Banff Winter Carnival a…
- Date Range
- [ca.1912]-1958
- Reference Code
- M533 / V469
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Corporate record
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 533
- V 469
- Sous-Fonds
- M 533
- V 469
- Accession Number
- 82, 168, 275, 940, 1157, 1992, 2020, 3513, 5281, 6753, 6841, 7135
- Reference Code
- M533 / V469
- Date Range
- [ca.1912]-1958
- Physical Description
- ca.8500 photographs : negatives. -- 36 transparencies : stereo, colour. -- 2 textual records
- History / Biographical
- George Noble, 1879-1965, was a professional photographer at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Noble was born in Woolwich, England where he apprenticed as a photographer. He came to Banff in 1909 to operate a photographic business for his uncles, George and Bill Fear, who owned a curio business. In 1919, Noble bought the photographic business and, in 1932, acquired the remainder of the Fear Brothers business. He built a new studio and shop, which offered portraiture, photo- finishing and framing services and sold photographic supplies, camera equipment and English china. In addition to portraiture, George Noble and employees, such as photographer Bill Jamieson, produced a wide range of documentary, scenic and commercial views. Noble's shop offered black and white and hand-coloured prints of local events and Rocky Mountain views. George Noble was an active member of the community, serving on both the Banff School Board and the Banff Board of Trade for many years. Upon his retirement in 1957, his business was acquired by a group of investors which included Bill Jamieson, lab-technician and photographer for the Noble business from 1936 to 1957
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of a broad-ranging commercial negative collection. Includes four series.
- I. Scenic and documentary views, 2839 items; includes film and glass negatives in sizes up to 8 X 10 inches. Pertains to Banff and area buildings, facilities, activities, events, such as Banff Winter Carnival and Banff Indian Days; Indigenous; scenic views of Banff and area and other Rocky Mountains locations.
- II. Commercial views, 765 items; includes buildings, businesses, facilities, sports events, organizations, conventions, group portraits, displays and presentations.
- III. Mixed views, 242 items; includes scenic, documentary and commercial views similar to material in previous series. Also includes some views know to have been produced by Fred Armbrister, a professional photographer who operated out of Lake Louise, Alberta, ca.1930.
- IV. Portraits, ca.4600. This series contains four groups: A. 1920s-1950s, most unidentified; B. 1930s and 1940s, arranged alphabetically, many unidentified; C. 1950s, arranged alphabetically, most identified, many with proofs (prints); D. 1950s, arranged chronologically by job number.
- V. Other, ca.50 items. Includes 36 colour stereo transparencies, ca.1955, re Administration Building and gardens, Banff-Jasper Highway scenics, mountain sheep, autumn colour, Banff Avenue, George Noble and staff. Also includes small number of commercial prints produced by Noble, including several large hand-painted views.
- Fonds is accompanied by business record books, 1950-1958, 2 v. (M533)
- Name Access
- Noble, George
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Buildings and facilities
- Commerce and industry
- Community life
- Environment
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Transportation
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- file description and index
- electronic finding aid
- selected modern reference prints
- Related Material
- Related commercial photographs made by Bill Jamieson in the employ of George Noble are located in the Ron Duke fonds (V180 / II.A.i. - V180 / II.A.vi.; V180 / III.A.)
- Portrait camera and electric 3D viewer reside in Heritage collections, Whyte Museum
- Creator
- Noble, George
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Iva and Len Smith fonds
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- Iva and Len Smith fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of personal and professional papers of Iva Smith, 1904-1973, and of Len Smith, 1935-1963; personal papers of Zaidee Stewart, 1905-1950; Smith family photographs, ca.1890-ca.1960; also newsclippings, tourist information, other print material. Iva Smith papers include personal correspo…
- Date Range
- [ca.1890]-1973
- Reference Code
- M367 / V590
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Iva and Len Smith fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 367
- V 590
- Sous-Fonds
- M 367
- V 590
- Accession Number
- 833, 955, 1129, 1989, 2182, 2511
- Reference Code
- M367 / V590
- Date Range
- [ca.1890]-1973
- Physical Description
- 39 cm of textual records. -- ca.525 photographs : prints, negatives. -- 1 photograph album (ca.75 prints)
- History / Biographical
- Iva (Stewart) Smith , 1894-1975, and Leonard James Smith, 1890-1969, were business operators at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Iva Stewart and her mother Zaidee Stewart, 1875-1962, came to Banff as visitors in 1913 and decided to stay. Iva operated the Canadian Pacific Railway station news stand from 1914 until ca.1924. She married Len Smith in 1922.
- After working at various other CPR facilities, including Lake Louise Chalet in the 1920s and Wapta Bungalow Camp, ca.1931, Iva Smith became manager of Becker's Bungalows on Tunnel Mountain in Banff, ca.1935 Len Smith worked at the Bow River boat house and was Captain of the "Lake Minnewanka" for over thirty years. He was also an ice-maker at Edmonton, Calgary, Lethbridge and Banff, Alberta for forty-five years. Zaidee M. Stewart worked at the boat operation tea house and wrote poetry, publishing "Banff Holiday" in 1950.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of personal and professional papers of Iva Smith, 1904-1973, and of Len Smith, 1935-1963; personal papers of Zaidee Stewart, 1905-1950; Smith family photographs, ca.1890-ca.1960; also newsclippings, tourist information, other print material.
- Iva Smith papers include personal correspondence, 1904-1973, and business papers pertaining to the CPR news stand, 1914-1924. Len Smith professional papers pertain to his work as boat engineer. Zaidee Stewart papers include correspondence, diaries, poetry and papers re the publication "Banff Holiday."
- Family photographs pertaining to Iva and Len Smith, family, friends and associates, activities, careers, trips and world travels; Banff people, places and events, especially Banff Winter Carnival and Banff Indian Days; film making, including Pajamas (1926) and Eternal Love (1928); Lake Louise and Lake Minnewanka areas; canoeing; scenic views; and other collected items.
- Name Access
- Smith, Iva
- Smith, Len
- Stewart, Zaidee
- Subject Access
- Community life
- Family and personal life
- Films and film making
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
- Related Material
- Artifacts transferred to Heritage collections, Whyte Museum
- Creator
- Smith, Iva
- Smith, Len
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Jim Santa Lucia fonds
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- Part Of
- Jim Santa Lucia fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of commercial views of people, places and events in Banff. Includes hotels, businesses, buildings, streets and facilities; construction projects, including reconstruction of the Cave and Basin; fires, including Mount Royal Hotel and bus depot fires; Mount Norquay ski area; Banff Indi…
- Date Range
- [ca.1957]-1986
- Reference Code
- V560
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Jim Santa Lucia fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 560
- Sous-Fonds
- V 560
- Accession Number
- 3172, 3219, 3294, 3596, 3617, 3660, 3704, 3705, 3772, 3818, 3909. 3982, 5010, 5042, 5077, 5399, 5443, 5629, 5768
- Reference Code
- V560
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [ca.1957]-1986
- Physical Description
- 1586 photographs : prints, postcards, transparencies, negatives, motion picture
- History / Biographical
- Jim Santa Lucia, b.1930, was a professional photographer at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Santa Lucia began working professionally in photography in 1957. He sold the assets of his studio in 1986-1987 and continued to freelance in photography. Santa Lucia has been active with numerous community organizations, including Banff Indian Days Association, Cascade Masonic Lodge and the Kiwanis Club.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of commercial views of people, places and events in Banff. Includes hotels, businesses, buildings, streets and facilities; construction projects, including reconstruction of the Cave and Basin; fires, including Mount Royal Hotel and bus depot fires; Mount Norquay ski area; Banff Indian Days events, dances and ceremonies; group portraits, including high school graduates and class reunions; individual portraits. Accompanied by sample business cards, brochures and matchbook covers.
- Name Access
- Santa Lucia, Jim
- Subject Access
- Buildings and facilities
- Commerce and industry
- Community life
- Access Restrictions
- Access and use restricted
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Santa Lucia, Jim
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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John C. Martin fonds
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- John C. Martin fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographs by John C. Martin pertaining to Banff Springs Hotel guests, staff and events; also, Banff buildings, facilities, events
- Date Range
- Copies made in 1970
- Reference Code
- V393
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- John C. Martin fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 393
- Sous-Fonds
- V 393
- Accession Number
- 1169
- Reference Code
- V393
- Date Range
- Copies made in 1970
- Physical Description
- 62 photographs : prints
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographs by John C. Martin pertaining to Banff Springs Hotel guests, staff and events; also, Banff buildings, facilities, events
- Name Access
- Martin, John C.
- Subject Access
- Community life
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
- Creator
- Martin, John C.
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Kerry Guenter Collection
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- Part Of
- Kerry Guenter Collection
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of historical postcards from a wide variety of photographers and postcard publishers including Byron Harmon, Raphael Tuck, W.G. McFarlane, William Notman & Sons, Associated Screen News, F.M. Bell-Smith, J.H. Clarke, Detroit Photographic Co., Nerlich & Co., S.H. Baker, J. Howard A. Ch…
- Date Range
- [ca.1902-1962]
- Reference Code
- V151
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Part Of
- Kerry Guenter Collection
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 151
- Sous-Fonds
- V 151
- Accession Number
- 7825 (unproc), 7830 (unproc), 7864 (unproc), 7889 (unproc), 7890 (unproc), 7896 (unproc), 7901 (unproc), 7910 (unproc), 7911 (unproc), 7955, 7964 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- V151
- Date Range
- [ca.1902-1962]
- Physical Description
- ca.408 photographs: ca.405 postcards; b&w; col., 2 prints; b&w; col., 1 photogravure
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of historical postcards from a wide variety of photographers and postcard publishers including Byron Harmon, Raphael Tuck, W.G. McFarlane, William Notman & Sons, Associated Screen News, F.M. Bell-Smith, J.H. Clarke, Detroit Photographic Co., Nerlich & Co., S.H. Baker, J. Howard A. Chapman, John Innes, Gowen Sutton Co. Ltd., Valentine & Sons, S.J.Thompson, H.G. Peabody, G.&W. Fear, Bailey Brothers, Edward Goodall, Frederik Priddat and others. Images include Canadian Pacific Railway, Sir Donald, Banff Springs Hotel, Mount Stephen, Lake Louise, Mt. Lefroy, Spray Valley, the Selkirks, the Great Divide, Chateau Lake Louise, The Lounge and Log Dining Room at Deer Lodge, Victoria Glacier, Mount Macdonald, Cascade Mountain, Castle Mountain, Cathedral Mountain, The Three Sisters, Mts. Sheol, Aberdeen, Saddleback, Fairview, Beehive, Whyte, and Niblock, Ross Peak, Glacier Hotel, Banff Avenue, Mount Assiniboine, Eagle Peak Glacier, Illecillewaet Glacier, Mount Eisenhower, Kicking Horse Canyon, Mount Burgess, No. 2 Tunnel, The Loop, snow sheds, Lake Minnewanka, Bow Falls, and Bow Lake, ca.1902-1962.
- Also included are 1 b&w print of Mount Stephen; 1 colour print of Peyto Lake by Bill Gibbons; 1 photogravure titled "Peak of Sir Donald" (from the Illecillewaet near Ross peak) from painting by John A. Fraser.
- Name Access
- Guenter, Kerry
- Subject Access
- Community life
- Buildings and facilities
- Commerce and industry
- Environment
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Online finding aid - see postcard database
- Creator
- Guenter, Kerry (Collector)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Ron Duke fonds
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- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds is a commercial negative collection from more than 4000 professional jobs. Includes family, personal and school portraits, weddings, conventions and passport photographs; Banff School of Fine Arts classes, activities, productions, business and convention programs; photographs of government a…
- Date Range
- [ca.1900, ca.1930-ca.1975]
- Reference Code
- M175 / V180
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Postcard
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 175
- V 180
- Sous-Fonds
- M 175
- V 180
- Accession Number
- 168, 232, 1572, 1593, 1644, 1868, 2626, 3379, 5772
- Reference Code
- M175 / V180
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Postcard
- Private record
- Published record
- Responsibility
- Fonds includes primarily the private business records of Ron Duke, including the work of some predecessors. Images attributed to Bill Jamieson, working in the employ of George Noble, are V180 / II.A.i. through V180 / II.A.vi., and V180 / III.A.- 1 to 51.
- Date Range
- [ca.1900, ca.1930-ca.1975]
- Physical Description
- ca.40,000 photographs (ca.38,400 negatives, ca.800 prints, ca.800 transparencies). -- 1 photograph album. -- 3 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Ronald Leslie Duke, 1912-1978, was a professional photographer at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Duke was educated at Calgary, Banff and the University of Washington in Seattle, USA. After wartime service with the National Film Board of Canada, Ron Duke returned to Banff, where he worked in the photography business for the next thirty years. Here he formed a link in a business lineage of photographers, including George Noble, and was for a time an employee of Noble's corporate successors. After 1958, Duke worked closely with the Banff School of Fine Arts, photographing productions and providing documentary services. After sustaining considerable damage in a fire which destroyed Banff's Mount Royal Hotel in 1967, Ron Duke's business resumed and, in partnership with George Baracos, continued until retirement in 1975.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds is a commercial negative collection from more than 4000 professional jobs. Includes family, personal and school portraits, weddings, conventions and passport photographs; Banff School of Fine Arts classes, activities, productions, business and convention programs; photographs of government and private construction, commercial and industrial projects, Banff National Park; Banff community life, including Banff Winter Carnival, sports and recreation, Banff High School, Banff activities, places and events; personal and occupational photographs arising from Duke's interest in aeronautics, work with the Canadian Army, World War II, and involvement in the oil industry, 1930s; scenic and landscape photographs. Most pertain to Banff National Park; also Vancouver, British Columbia; Seattle, United States; Turner Valley, Alberta and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
- Textual records include job registers, 2 v.; samples of works orders, price lists, letters, equipment lists, invoices, receipts and technical information, mainly pertaining to business, some personal items; brochures, publications and postcards containing credited or attributed Ron Duke photographs.
- Name Access
- Duke, Ron
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Buildings and facilities
- Community life
- Commerce and industry
- Education
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: series and file description
- electronic finding aid
- Creator
- Duke, Ron
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Wing Family fonds
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- Wing Family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series. Series I: Photography and Series II: textual. Series I Photography consists of one sub-series: A: Wing Family Photographs Series II textual consists of two sub-series. Sub-series A: Dominion Cafe, and sub-series B: Family History and Documents. Series M558/A: Dominion…
- Date Range
- 1925-2008
- Reference Code
- M558 / V781
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Wing Family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 558
- V 781
- Sous-Fonds
- M 558
- V 781
- Accession Number
- 2015.8408
- Reference Code
- M558 / V781
- Other Title Info
- Edith Wing
- Date Range
- 1925-2008
- Physical Description
- [13] cm of textual records. 255 photographs: Photograph album : 1 photograph album (235 photographs; b&w and col.). 20 photographs : b&w.
- History / Biographical
- Fred Yee Wing (1912-1968) was born in China. He mmigrated to Canada in 1921 aboard a CP steam ship RMS Monteagle and landed in Victoria B.C. Edith Belle (Lee) Wing (February 22, 1925 - 2014) was born in Tillsonburg, Ontario. Edith and Fred married in 1945 and had four children: Carole Elaine (Wing) Gray, (April 13, 1947) born Banff Mineral Springs Hospital, Banff, Alberta; Paul Delano Wing, (January 6, 1952), born Calgary General Hospital, Calgary, Alberta; Brian Frederick Wing, (July 27, 1957) born Calgary, Alberta; Donald Francis Wing (August 30, 1960) Banff Mineral Springs Hospital, Banff Alberta. Edith and Fred Wing were the first Chinese family to settle in Banff National Park and owned and operated the restaurant The Dominion Cafe. This has since been recognized by Parks Canada and the Heritage Society of Banff. Following the death of Fred Wing, Edith Wing sold the business and the family moved to Calgary. The Dominion Cafe had a 99 year lease with the Government of Canada. Edith Wing took up photography in the 1940s as a hobby and documented the everyday as well as her family life in Banff. She photographed up until 1968 when her husband, Fred Wing, passed away. She used a Rolleiflex and Kodak 616 Vigilant.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series. Series I: Photography and Series II: textual. Series I Photography consists of one sub-series: A: Wing Family Photographs Series II textual consists of two sub-series. Sub-series A: Dominion Cafe, and sub-series B: Family History and Documents. Series M558/A: Dominion Cafe includes receipt pads, menus, and letterhead. Series M558/B: Family History and Documents includes newspapers with birth announcements, a wedding book. cradle roll certificate, and transcripts from an interview. V781/A: Photographs includes 1 album and 20 photographic prints.
- Name Access
- Wing, Brian
- Wing, Carole
- Wing, Donald
- Wing, Edith
- Wing, Fred
- Wing, Paul
- Subject Access
- Commerce and industry
- Community life
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- file description
- Creator
- Wing, Edith
- Wing, Fred
- Biographical Source Notes
- Case File
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
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