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Souvenir postcard booklet, Canadian Rockies

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Part Of
Postcard general file collection
Scope & Content
One souvenir postcard booklet titled "Post Folder Souvenir of the Canadian Rockies". Postcards depict colourized views of Banff Springs Hotel, Canmore, Lake Louise, Emerald Lake and related scenes. Booklet is signed by A.J. Carpenter in pencil.
Date Range
[ca.1905-1910]
Reference Code
V466 / accn. 2022.25
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Postcard
Part Of
Postcard general file collection
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
V466
Sous-Fonds
V466
Accession Number
2022.25
Reference Code
V466 / accn. 2022.25
GMD
Postcard
Date Range
[ca.1905-1910]
Physical Description
1 souvenir postcard booklet (10 x 15 cm)
Scope & Content
One souvenir postcard booklet titled "Post Folder Souvenir of the Canadian Rockies". Postcards depict colourized views of Banff Springs Hotel, Canmore, Lake Louise, Emerald Lake and related scenes. Booklet is signed by A.J. Carpenter in pencil.
Subject Access
Travel
Tourism
Trains
Mountains
Landscape
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Lake Louise
Jasper
British Columbia
Emerald Lake
Language
English
Category
Exploration and travel
Tourism
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Postcard album, Brewster family

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Part Of
Jim Brewster family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of one postcard album with ca.65 images pertaining to members of the Brewster family; extended family and friends, some unidentified; buildings and landscapes from in and around Banff; winter sporting events; portraits of Indigenous men in regalia, including Hector Crawler [image by p…
Date Range
[ca.1900-1920]
1918
1921
1942
1949
1962
Reference Code
V90 / VI / PD - 1
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Album
Postcard
Print
Photograph
Part Of
Jim Brewster family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M436
V90
Series
V90 / VI : Later acquisitions
Sous-Fonds
V90
Accession Number
2023.09
Reference Code
V90 / VI / PD - 1
GMD
Album
Postcard
Print
Photograph
Date Range
[ca.1900-1920]
1918
1921
1942
1949
1962
Physical Description
1 album (ca.65 postcards and postcard prints): 23 x 39 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of one postcard album with ca.65 images pertaining to members of the Brewster family; extended family and friends, some unidentified; buildings and landscapes from in and around Banff; winter sporting events; portraits of Indigenous men in regalia, including Hector Crawler [image by photographer Byron Harmon]; members of the British royal family; men in military uniforms [World War I]; political satire and cartoon illustrations; and Australian wildlife.
Notes
Some postcard prints are annotated on the back
NOTE: some materials in this album contain offensive subject matter, including racist content. These materials reflect views from their original time period and have not been censored.
Subject Access
Banff
Businesses
Community life
Family and personal life
Home
Homestead
Indigenous people
Landscape
Military
Municipal views
Public events
Portrait
Recreation
Regalia
Royalty
Royal Visit
Sports
War
World War I
Winter sports
Wildlife
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Banff National Park
Australia
Access Restrictions
Contains offensive subject matter- accessible at researcher's individual discretion
Language
English
Category
Family and personal life
Indigenous Peoples
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Landscapes, hunting, botany album

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Part Of
Jim Brewster family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of one leatyher photograph album with approximately 120 photograph prints, ca.1900-1910. Photographs pertain to landscapes throughout the Canadian Rockies, including Glacier National Park; unidentified men and women hunting and fishing, inluding images of a dead bear and other hunting…
Date Range
[ca.1900-1910]
Reference Code
V90 / VI / PD - 2
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Album
Photograph
Print
Part Of
Jim Brewster family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M436
V90
Series
V90 / VI : Later acquisitions
Sous-Fonds
V90
Accession Number
2023.09
Reference Code
V90 / VI / PD - 2
GMD
Album
Photograph
Print
Date Range
[ca.1900-1910]
Physical Description
1 album (ca.120 b&w photographs) : 37.5 x 28.5 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of one leatyher photograph album with approximately 120 photograph prints, ca.1900-1910. Photographs pertain to landscapes throughout the Canadian Rockies, including Glacier National Park; unidentified men and women hunting and fishing, inluding images of a dead bear and other hunting trophies; and close-up views of various plants.
Subject Access
Homestead
Hunting
Animals
Bears
Birds
Ecology
Environment
Plants
Shooting
Sports and recreation
Landscape
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Glacier National Park
Language
English
Category
Environment
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Date
1905
Material
paper
Catalogue Number
108.01.1007
Description
A red paper box embossed in gold lettering "British Columbia Souvenir Playing Cards, Published by Clarke & Stuart, Vancouver, B.C. On the back is a Joker with Evening, Harrison Lake. The cards inside the box have one coloured scene of a mountain and lake set in a ring of maple leaves and on each ot…
Title
Cards
Date
1905
Material
paper
Dimensions
7.0 x 9.5 cm
Description
A red paper box embossed in gold lettering "British Columbia Souvenir Playing Cards, Published by Clarke & Stuart, Vancouver, B.C. On the back is a Joker with Evening, Harrison Lake. The cards inside the box have one coloured scene of a mountain and lake set in a ring of maple leaves and on each other side is a different black and white scene of the west at that time. Also 1 (unbacked) card which is the description of the views.
Subject
souvenir
entertainment
card
landscape
mountain
Credit
Gift of Rory Flanagan, Jasper, 1987
Catalogue Number
108.01.1007
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Date
1905
Material
paper
Catalogue Number
108.01.1008
Description
A set of souvenir playing cards; 54 cards, 4 full suits, plus 1 Joker, 1 blank card, and 1 (unbacked) card which is the description of the 52 views and one person (Joker) in the set. Set in a deep blue slip case, goldstamped, some splitting on one seam of inner case. Back of cards is Mt. Sir Donald…
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Title
Playing Cards
Date
1905
Material
paper
Dimensions
7.0 x 9.5 cm
Description
A set of souvenir playing cards; 54 cards, 4 full suits, plus 1 Joker, 1 blank card, and 1 (unbacked) card which is the description of the 52 views and one person (Joker) in the set. Set in a deep blue slip case, goldstamped, some splitting on one seam of inner case. Back of cards is Mt. Sir Donald set in a ring of maple leaves. Dated as 1905 on basis of the views.
Subject
souvenir
entertainment
card
landscape
mountain
Canadian Pacific Railway
Credit
Purchased from Rockland Books, Victoria, 1991
Catalogue Number
108.01.1008
Images
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Date
1956
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.43.1003
Description
A plate of copper engraved with drawing of a deer standing in snow to one side of snow covered log house in background. Picture framed by bare branches of trees and bushes. Message below in mirror writing reads "Julia and Julius wish you joy and may one of your trails in use lead this way". Meta…
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Title
Engraving Plate
Date
1956
Material
metal
Dimensions
12.8 x 17.8 cm
Description
A plate of copper engraved with drawing of a deer standing in snow to one side of snow covered log house in background. Picture framed by bare branches of trees and bushes. Message below in mirror writing reads "Julia and Julius wish you joy and may one of your trails in use lead this way". Metal of plate has developed dull patina and is etched with fingerprints.
Subject
animal
deer
Charlie Beil
landscape
artists
Credit
Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983
Catalogue Number
104.43.1003
Images
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Album, Canadian and American Rocky Mountains

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Part Of
Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of one photograph album compiled by Molly Wright Adams containing ca.107 photographs. Images pertain to Molly's travels in the American and Canadian Rocky Mountains in 1904.
Date Range
1904
Reference Code
V777 / II / PD - 1
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Album
Photograph
Print
Part Of
Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M555
V777
Series
V777 / II : Personal and collected records
Sous-Fonds
V777
Accession Number
2018.8685
Reference Code
V777 / II / PD - 1
GMD
Album
Photograph
Print
Responsibility
Produced by Molly W. Adams
Date Range
1904
Physical Description
1 photo album (ca. 107 photographs : b&w prints)
Scope & Content
File consists of one photograph album compiled by Molly Wright Adams containing ca.107 photographs. Images pertain to Molly's travels in the American and Canadian Rocky Mountains in 1904.
Notes
Some pages include annotations below photographs
Name Access
Adams, Molly
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Mountains
Landscape
Travel
Exploration
Environment
Recreation
Hiking
Geographic Access
United States of America
Rocky Mountains
Canada
British Columbia
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Access Restrictions
Materials in file are fragile - handle with caution
Language
N/A
Conservation
Pages interleaved with acid-free issue paper in 2018
Category
Exploration and travel
Family and personal life
Environment
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1957
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.24
Description
General colour: blue grey, brown, pink. Two elevators stand at the right side on the horizon. A train chugs past on the left. The foreround is brown fields - a fence appears from the left. The sky fills the upper two thirds and is spotted with clouds.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Airdrie, Alberta
Date
1957
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 27.8 cm
Description
General colour: blue grey, brown, pink. Two elevators stand at the right side on the horizon. A train chugs past on the left. The foreround is brown fields - a fence appears from the left. The sky fills the upper two thirds and is spotted with clouds.
Subject
architecture, rural
landscape, prairie
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.24
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.10
Description
General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Molar Pass
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26.5 x 38.0 cm
Description
General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.10
Images
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Mount Balfour from Bow Pass

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.08
Description
General colour: grey, blue. The foreground rocks and boulders go into the picture to the right. A hill comes down on the left. In the background, filling most of the right side are rock pinnacles running off the top of the picture. In the upper left is blue sky.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Mount Balfour from Bow Pass
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 31.2 cm
Description
General colour: grey, blue. The foreground rocks and boulders go into the picture to the right. A hill comes down on the left. In the background, filling most of the right side are rock pinnacles running off the top of the picture. In the upper left is blue sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.08
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