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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of collected commercial postcards from Canada, the United States, Central America, Europe and the United Kingdom [non-annotated]. File includes loose postcards, postcard sets and fold-out photo card booklets.
- Date Range
- [1900-1960]
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / D / PG - 1 to 8
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Published record
- Postcard
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / III/ D : Other materials
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / D / PG - 1 to 8
- Date Range
- [1900-1960]
- Physical Description
- ca. 630 b&w and col. postcards ; 23 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of collected commercial postcards from Canada, the United States, Central America, Europe and the United Kingdom [non-annotated]. File includes loose postcards, postcard sets and fold-out photo card booklets.
- Notes
- Items in this file have been organized by geographical location. See "Content Details" entry field for contents of individual folders.
- Subject Access
- Advertising
- Events
- Environment
- European travel
- Environment and Nature
- Travel
- Tourism
- Waterfalls
- Wildlife
- Leisure
- Landscapes
- History
- Mountains
- Public events
- Public entertainment
- National parks and reserves
- Centennial
- Buildings and memorials
- Banff National Park
- Art
- Photography
- Postcards
- Royalty
- Seascapes
- Ship
- Souvenir
- Sports and recreation
- Tourist information
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Lake Louise
- Calgary
- British Columbia
- Vancouver
- Rocky Mountains
- Selkirks
- Ontario
- Sault Ste. Marie
- Owen Sound
- Toronto
- Quebec
- Montreal
- United States of America
- Yellowstone National Park
- Colorado
- Denver
- Florida
- California
- Chicago
- Michigan
- France
- Paris
- England
- London
- Cuba
- Mexico
- Ireland
- Dublin
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Some copyright restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- French
- Related Material
- Items in this file were separated from annotated postcards [processed as LUX / III / A1 / 25 to 27]
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- File is organized into 8 folders, numbered LUX / III / D / PG - 1 to 8. PG - 1 : Banff National Park PG - 2 : Canadian Rockies and Selkirks PG - 3 : Alberta and British Columbia [Other] PG - 4 : Canada PG - 5 : United States of America PG - 6 : United States of America, cont.'d [postcard sets and 1933 Chicago World Fair] PG - 7 : Foreign PG - 8 : Other [location not specified]
- Processing Status
- Processed
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George Mandryk collected photographs - File 2 of 2
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 64 prints pertaining to members of the Young family and their travels in Egypt, ca. 1915-1916. Content pertains to landmarks and views of Cairo, Egypt, including local individuals and families; Ruben and Clarence Young and Fred Carter, as well as numerous unnamed individuals; and c…
- Date Range
- 1915-1916
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E4 / PA - 538 to 601
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / E : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / E4 : Photographs
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E4 / PA - 538 to 601
- Date Range
- 1915-1916
- Physical Description
- 64 photographs : b&w prints and postcards ; 9 x 14 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 64 prints pertaining to members of the Young family and their travels in Egypt, ca. 1915-1916. Content pertains to landmarks and views of Cairo, Egypt, including local individuals and families; Ruben and Clarence Young and Fred Carter, as well as numerous unnamed individuals; and churches [including St. Martin’s Church and Canterbury Cathedral] and boarding schools in Egypt and England.
- Notes
- Original annotations on back of numerous photographs are partially or mostly missing due to physical cropping of the items.
- Name Access
- Young, Clarence
- Young, Ruben
- Carter, Fred
- Subject Access
- Children
- Community life
- Communities
- Travel
- Tourism
- Businesses
- Family and personal life
- Military
- World War I
- Sports
- Art
- Education
- Churches
- School
- Religions
- Ship
- Boats
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Egypt
- Cairo
- England
- Canterbury
- Language
- English
- Category
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Education
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Transportation
- Military
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Children, community life, communities, travel, tourism, businesses, family and personal life, military, World War I, sports, art, education, school, churches, religion, ships, boats, transportation
- Processing Status
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- Date
- 1916 – 1927
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.096
- Description
- Sketch of large boat being unloaded/loaded at dock. Rough sketch to the right of boat image.
1 image
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1916 – 1927
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 11.5 x 22.5 cm
- Description
- Sketch of large boat being unloaded/loaded at dock. Rough sketch to the right of boat image.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.096
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- Date
- 1916 – 1927
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.119
- Description
- Drawing of beach scene. Man sitting up looking out on water, another figure lying down with left leg up. Ship in the distance on the horizon. Newspaper or book in foreground.
1 image
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1916 – 1927
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.7 x 20.5 cm
- Description
- Drawing of beach scene. Man sitting up looking out on water, another figure lying down with left leg up. Ship in the distance on the horizon. Newspaper or book in foreground.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.119
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- Date
- 1916 – 1927
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.141
- Description
- Sketch of figure wading into the water with surfers, swimmers and boats in the distance.
1 image
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1916 – 1927
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 15 x 22.8 cm
- Description
- Sketch of figure wading into the water with surfers, swimmers and boats in the distance.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.141
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- Date
- 1921 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.361
- Description
- Two pencil sketched scenes arranged vertically on paper. The paper appears to have been folded, as there is a crease between these two scenes. The top scene has a central wheel-helm raised on a platform, like it might be on the bow of a ship. Another figure, possibly a telescope, is to the viewer’s…
1 image
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1921 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- Two pencil sketched scenes arranged vertically on paper. The paper appears to have been folded, as there is a crease between these two scenes. The top scene has a central wheel-helm raised on a platform, like it might be on the bow of a ship. Another figure, possibly a telescope, is to the viewer’s right of the helm.In the bottom scene, various forest/mountain creatures, such as an elk, moose and bear sit in the front row of a classroom. Other less distinct figures sit around them in other seats. A figure with a pointer-stick gestures at the board, which has an image of a human skeleton on it.
- Subject
- drawing
- Peter Whyte
- animals
- classroom
- ship
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.361
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- Date
- 1962 – 1966
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.429
- Description
- An ink and pencil drawing of two men facing away from the viewer, leaning on the gunwale of a ship, watching the a town recede into the distance. Men appear to be in uniform. A horizontal line divides the drawing into two unequal sections, where the upper half contains the majority of the illustrat…
1 image
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1962 – 1966
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.5 x 15.0 cm
- Description
- An ink and pencil drawing of two men facing away from the viewer, leaning on the gunwale of a ship, watching the a town recede into the distance. Men appear to be in uniform. A horizontal line divides the drawing into two unequal sections, where the upper half contains the majority of the illustration while text below read: CHAPTER 3 [illegible scribbles]
- Subject
- ship
- uniform
- harbour
- town
- Blind Date
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.429
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- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- graphite on paper card
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.441
- Description
- A pencil drawing of a man looking overboard and an inscription:VOICE FROM ABOVE “NO USE CAPTAIN WE’RE ON THE ROCKS” ![Below drawing, an inscription]VOICE FROM BELOW - “HOW DO YOU GET THIS THING STARTED”?
1 image
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- graphite on paper card
- Dimensions
- 20.5 x 29.8 cm
- Description
- A pencil drawing of a man looking overboard and an inscription:VOICE FROM ABOVE “NO USE CAPTAIN WE’RE ON THE ROCKS” ![Below drawing, an inscription]VOICE FROM BELOW - “HOW DO YOU GET THIS THING STARTED”?
- Subject
- Hamburg Amerika Linie
- ship
- menu
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.441
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- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- graphite on paper card
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.445
- Description
- Pencil drawings of male figures, caricatured as round and portly, on the Hamburg-Amerika ship menu card. One drawing shows a hand gripping the receiver of a telephone and a [speech bubble with the words] HALLO/ ACHTUNG inside.[The drawings cover the black printed text and decorative border that rea…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- graphite on paper card
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- Pencil drawings of male figures, caricatured as round and portly, on the Hamburg-Amerika ship menu card. One drawing shows a hand gripping the receiver of a telephone and a [speech bubble with the words] HALLO/ ACHTUNG inside.[The drawings cover the black printed text and decorative border that reads] HAMBURG- / AMERIKA / LINIE[Verso: light blue typed text describes a menu for Saturday, January 8, 1938. See pictures for details.]Verso drawings of two male figures helping a ship come ashore onto a tropical coastline.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.445
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- Date
- 1929 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.470
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a ship with sails
1 image
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1929 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.8 x 22.7 cm
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a ship with sails
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.470
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