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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]
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- metal; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0528 a-d
- Description
- (a-b) Mustard pot and very small spoon included in set. Back of spoon handle stamped EPNS. Spoon fits into notch in mustard pot lid. Mustard pot is cylindrical, flat-based with blue glass cylindrical removable container. Mustard pot handle has hinged lid and has diagonal open-slate design plus a fi…
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- Title
- Condiment Set
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- metal; glass
- Dimensions
- 4.9 x 3.9 x 6.0 cm
- Description
- (a-b) Mustard pot and very small spoon included in set. Back of spoon handle stamped EPNS. Spoon fits into notch in mustard pot lid. Mustard pot is cylindrical, flat-based with blue glass cylindrical removable container. Mustard pot handle has hinged lid and has diagonal open-slate design plus a fixed crest, “SS Sailing Ship, Duchess of Bedford”. Base of mustard pot stamped ”EPNS Made in England”.(c-d) Salt and pepper similar frame design as mustard pot and contain blue glass cylindrical containers, dome flush fitted tops, same affixed crest, both stamped “EPNS” on base, note corrosion on pepper container.
- Subject
- households
- souvenir
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0528 a-d
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- Date
- 1936
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0090
- Description
- A solid roughly cast ingot of copper, long and narrow with flat bottom and ends sloping inward slightly, top has two deep semi circular grooves across.
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- Title
- Copper Ingot
- Date
- 1936
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.8 x 1.5 x 4.9 cm
- Description
- A solid roughly cast ingot of copper, long and narrow with flat bottom and ends sloping inward slightly, top has two deep semi circular grooves across.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0090
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- Date
- 1930 – 1935
- Material
- grass; paper; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0063 a-d
- Description
- A Hawaiian hula dance outfit consisting of: a grass skirt (a) which ties around hips, a paper lei (b) of yellow flowers with red centres, and two grass cuffs (c,d) which tie around the ankle.
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- Title
- Dance Costume
- Date
- 1930 – 1935
- Material
- grass; paper; fibre
- Dimensions
- 74.0 (a); x 75.0 (a); 66.0 (b); 26.0 (c,d) cm
- Description
- A Hawaiian hula dance outfit consisting of: a grass skirt (a) which ties around hips, a paper lei (b) of yellow flowers with red centres, and two grass cuffs (c,d) which tie around the ankle.
- Subject
- Hawaii
- Edmee Moore
- souvenir
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0063 a-d
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Decorative Plate
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- ceramic, bone china
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.1012
- Description
- A decorative dish made from a hand-coloured photograph. The scene is of the Bow Falls with the natural landscape, tinted slightly with green, pink and yellow, the river is grey and the falls white. A man on horseback stands in the river at the bottom right looking at the falls. On the back is th…
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- Title
- Decorative Plate
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- ceramic, bone china
- Description
- A decorative dish made from a hand-coloured photograph. The scene is of the Bow Falls with the natural landscape, tinted slightly with green, pink and yellow, the river is grey and the falls white. A man on horseback stands in the river at the bottom right looking at the falls. On the back is the seal of Royal Doulton, made in England, below it: BOW FALLS BANFF NATIONAL PARK D6471.
- Credit
- Purchased from Midtowne Memorabilia, Wetaskiwin, 1994
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.1012
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- Date
- 1930 – 1931
- Material
- paper;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0219 a,b
- Description
- Two paper folding envelopes for holding film and/or developed prints - one is Kodak and one is from Wallace Heaton Ltd., a developing studio in London England. Both wallets fold open to show two open-sided pouches where either films or prints could be slotted and have advertising for other services…
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- Title
- Film Wallet
- Date
- 1930 – 1931
- Material
- paper;
- Dimensions
- 0.3 x 11.3 x 16.7 cm
- Description
- Two paper folding envelopes for holding film and/or developed prints - one is Kodak and one is from Wallace Heaton Ltd., a developing studio in London England. Both wallets fold open to show two open-sided pouches where either films or prints could be slotted and have advertising for other services/products printed on them. The Kodak wallet is predominantly white and blue, has a small slip of paper that appears to have “13/5/30 [?] Winton” and several numbers written on it in pencil, several numbers written in pencil on the left-hand side inside, and “Scotland / Negatives of Pete’s Scotland” written in black ink by Catharine Whyte on the front cover. The Wallace Heaton wallet is predominantly grey and black with a picture of two women looking at a photo album on the front cover, a slip of paper that appears to be a receipt for the Browns Hotel made out to “Nice Esq” tucking inside, “Scotland / Nice Esq / egative Scotland 1930” written in different hands on the back [everything except “Nice Esq” written by Catharine Whyte].
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0219 a,b
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Glass Holder Set
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- Date
- 1934 – 1936
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0590 a-f
- Description
- Cup shaped containers used as glass protectors, coasters. Cross weave using light and dark beige fibre, zig-zag rim edge.
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- Title
- Glass Holder Set
- Date
- 1934 – 1936
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 7.2 x 7.3 cm
- Description
- Cup shaped containers used as glass protectors, coasters. Cross weave using light and dark beige fibre, zig-zag rim edge.
- Subject
- households
- souvenir
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0590 a-f
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- paper; wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0249 a-c
- Description
- Three small souvenir paper fans with wooden handles. (a) a palmate fan postcard, brown handled, image of Japanese woman bearing umbrella on face, obverse has place for message and address and stamp, foil bordered. (b) a polygon fan postcard with natural wood handle, one side of which shows speckli…
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- Title
- Hand Fan
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- paper; wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 11.7 x 18.7 cm
- Description
- Three small souvenir paper fans with wooden handles. (a) a palmate fan postcard, brown handled, image of Japanese woman bearing umbrella on face, obverse has place for message and address and stamp, foil bordered. (b) a polygon fan postcard with natural wood handle, one side of which shows speckling, image of elaborately coifed Japanese woman on face, inscription in calligraphy beside her combs. Obverse face provides space for address, message, and stamp. (c) a palmate fan, with black painted handle, image of two figures running from rainstorm on face, obverse with foil speckles. All three card fans have ribs scored in them.
- Subject
- households
- souvenir
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0249 a-c
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Jock McCowan scrapbook
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- Part Of
- McCowan (family) fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, brochures, business cards, and advertisements for businesses around Banff and Lake Louise. Includes a mix of magazine and newspaper clippings in both black and white and in colour, postcards, advertising for hotels like the King Edward Hotel, Hom…
- Date Range
- 1913 - 1981
- Reference Code
- M135 / II / A / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
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- Part Of
- McCowan (family) fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V407 / M135
- Series
- M135 / II - Textual Materials
- Sous-Fonds
- M135
- Sub-Series
- V407 / II / A - Scrapbooks
- Accession Number
- 7730
- Reference Code
- M135 / II / A / 1
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1913 - 1981
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records (26 pages ; 30 x 37 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, brochures, business cards, and advertisements for businesses around Banff and Lake Louise. Includes a mix of magazine and newspaper clippings in both black and white and in colour, postcards, advertising for hotels like the King Edward Hotel, Homestead Inn, Mount Royal Hotel, Castle Mountain Lodge, and the Chateau Lake Louise, and a cover of the Sky Line Trail Hiker bulletin featuring members of the Royal Family.
- Name Access
- McCowan, Jock
- Subject Access
- Advertising
- Animals
- Architecture
- Buildings and facilities
- Businesses
- Cascade Hotel
- Castle Mountain
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Entertainment
- Festival
- Leisure
- Newspaper
- Postcards
- Recreation
- Royal tours
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Souvenir
- The Albertan
- Tourist information
- Travel
- Winter Carnival
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Jock McCowan
- Title Source
- From accession record
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- paper; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0413 a,b
- Description
- Two simple, painted Japanese fans, accordian pleats on wooden frames. (a) black bamboo vanes (8) with white pin. Accordian arc 9.0 cm across. Gold background, pink and yellow flowers, green foliage. Back of fan is speckled gold on white. (b) Natural bamboo vanes (8) with black pin. Accordian …
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- Title
- Miniature Fan
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- paper; wood
- Dimensions
- 0.8 x 0.5 x 6.8 cm
- Description
- Two simple, painted Japanese fans, accordian pleats on wooden frames. (a) black bamboo vanes (8) with white pin. Accordian arc 9.0 cm across. Gold background, pink and yellow flowers, green foliage. Back of fan is speckled gold on white. (b) Natural bamboo vanes (8) with black pin. Accordian arc 9.0 cm across. White background, two kneeling men face each other, game table ? between. Man on left has on a dark kimono, the man on the right has on a grey kimono with red sash. Japanese writing and chop lower right of fan. Back of fan is speckled gold on white.
- Subject
- souvenir
- Japanese
- miniatures
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0413 a,b
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