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Byron Harmon fonds
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of the photographic records and sample materials of Byron Harmon Photos, the photographic business of Byron Harmon and his successors; as well as the personal photographs of Byron Harmon. I. Scenic / commercial, 1907-1975, ca.7600 items. Primary component of series is film and glass…
- Date Range
- [ca.1890-ca.1975]
- Reference Code
- V263
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 263
- Sous-Fonds
- V 263
- Accession Number
- 235, 980, 1549, 1622, 2588, 2656, 2770, 2792, 2895, 3005, 3394, 3423, 3657, 3807, 3824, 3859, 3988, 4028, 4076, 5052, 5181, 5205, 5254, 5381, 6070, 6127, 6587, 6602
- Reference Code
- V263
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Published record
- Other Title Info
- Also known as the Byron Harmon Photos fonds.
- Date Range
- [ca.1890-ca.1975]
- Physical Description
- ca.10,500 photographs (and ca.35 cm) : prints, postcards, negatives, transparencies, motion pictures, sample products
- History / Biographical
- Byron Hill Harmon, 1876-1942, was a professional photographer and businessman at Banff, Alberta, Canada. He was born near Tacoma, Washington, USA and operated a portrait studio there for a time. In 1903, while travelling around the United States and Canada as an itinerant photographer, he decided to settle in Banff and by 1907 had produced enough mountain views to begin selling a line of postcards. Between 1906 and 1913, Harmon was official photographer for the Alpine Club of Canada and made trips in numerous mountain areas, such as the Bugaboos (1910) and Mount Robson (1911, 1913). Harmon personally financed trips into other areas, such as Tonquin Valley (1918) and Lake of the Hanging Glaciers (1920, 1922), producing both still photographs and motion pictures for commercial sale. After his last major expedition in 1924 across Saskatchewan Glacier, through to Maligne Lake and back to Banff by packtrain, Harmon devoted most of his time to photographing scenes along the railway, skiing in the Assiniboine and Skoki regions, and the annual rides and hikes of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. At the same time he managed several businesses, including a drug store, fountain lunch, theatre and book store. In his later years, Harmon spent much time travelling and photographing in other parts of the world. The business, Byron Harmon Photos, was managed successively by his son, Don Harmon, then his grand-daughter, Carole Harmon.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of the photographic records and sample materials of Byron Harmon Photos, the photographic business of Byron Harmon and his successors; as well as the personal photographs of Byron Harmon.
- I. Scenic / commercial, 1907-1975, ca.7600 items. Primary component of series is film and glass negatives, 1907-1942, ca.6500 items. Also includes: postcard negatives and positives and production negatives to ca.1955; original prints; a wide range of sample products, such as postcards, enlargements and framing prints, calendars and viewbooks, mainly by Harmon business, some by other photographers; and lantern slides, ca.1913-192-, pertaining to Columbia Icefield Expedition, mountaineering, mountain landscapes, Indians, wildlife, Canadian Pacific Railway and Asian travel. Scenic / commercial series pertains to annual camps and expeditions of the Alpine Club of Canada in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks, 1907-1913; private movie-making expeditions in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks; mountain scenic views, primarily for postcard purposes; Banff events and development; skiing; birds and animals. Includes some material by Don Harmon and Lloyd Harmon, sons of Byron Harmon.
- II. Personal, 189- to 194-, ca.370 items. Includes: family photographs and views received from others; motion picture out-takes pertaining to world travels, 1930s; and 35 mm. transparencies, ca.1940, pertaining mainly to world travels, also mountain and prairie scenics.
- Notes
- For more information on the Byron Harmon photographs, see "Great Days in the Rockies: The Photographs of Byron Harmon, 1906-1934" (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1978) or "Byron Harmon, Mountain Photographer" by Carole Harmon and Bart Robinson (Banff: Altitude Publishing, 1992)
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- 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: series description
- selected modern reference prints
- digital images in Images database and in Alberta InSight database
- Related Material
- Byron Harmon postcards can also be found in the Postcard general file (V466)
- Creator
- Harmon, Byron
- Category
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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Contact Prints
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 25 b&w prints. File pertains to contact prints made from original negatives. Extended date range accounts for the approximate date the original negative was created and up to the approximate date of the creation of the contact prints. Subjects include various views from the Bow Mov…
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1970]
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / B / PA - 476 to 500
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- V263 / II / B : Contact Prints
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / B / PA - 476 to 500
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1970]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 25 prints, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 25 b&w prints. File pertains to contact prints made from original negatives. Extended date range accounts for the approximate date the original negative was created and up to the approximate date of the creation of the contact prints. Subjects include various views from the Bow Movie Trip, 1917; various views from Columbia Icefield Trip with Lewis Freeman, 1924; Mount Columbia; Bow Glacier; fording the Athabasca River; Mount Athabasca; various views from Harmon's travels in Mexico and China.
- Subject Access
- Scenery
- Landscapes
- Mountains
- Travel
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
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Contact Prints
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions24986
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 25 b&w prints. File pertains to contact prints made from original negatives. Extended date range accounts for the approximate date the original negative was created and up to the approximate date of the creation of the contact prints. Subjects include various views from Harmon's tr…
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1970]
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / B / PA - 501 to 525
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- V263 / II / B : Contact Prints
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / B / PA - 501 to 525
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1970]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 25 prints, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 25 b&w prints. File pertains to contact prints made from original negatives. Extended date range accounts for the approximate date the original negative was created and up to the approximate date of the creation of the contact prints. Subjects include various views from Harmon's travels in Mexico, China, and possibly Japan.
- Subject Access
- Scenery
- Landscapes
- Travel
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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Contact Prints
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions24987
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 25 b&w prints. File pertains to contact prints made from original negatives. Extended date range accounts for the approximate date the original negative was created and up to the approximate date of the creation of the contact prints. Subjects include various views from Harmon's tr…
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1970]
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / B / PA - 526 to 550
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- V263 / II / B : Contact Prints
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / B / PA - 526 to 550
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1970]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 25 prints, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 25 b&w prints. File pertains to contact prints made from original negatives. Extended date range accounts for the approximate date the original negative was created and up to the approximate date of the creation of the contact prints. Subjects include various views from Harmon's travels in China, and possibly Japan.
- Subject Access
- Scenery
- Landscapes
- Travel
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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Contact Prints
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions24988
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 25 b&w prints. File pertains to contact prints made from original negatives. Extended date range accounts for the approximate date the original negative was created and up to the approximate date of the creation of the contact prints. Subjects include various views from Harmon's tr…
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1970]
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / B / PA - 551 to 575
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- V263 / II / B : Contact Prints
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / B / PA - 551 to 575
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1970]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 25 prints, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 25 b&w prints. File pertains to contact prints made from original negatives. Extended date range accounts for the approximate date the original negative was created and up to the approximate date of the creation of the contact prints. Subjects include various views from Harmon's travels in China, and possibly Japan.
- Subject Access
- Scenery
- Landscapes
- Travel
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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Contact Prints
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions24989
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 25 b&w prints. File pertains to contact prints made from original negatives. Extended date range accounts for the approximate date the original negative was created and up to the approximate date of the creation of the contact prints. Subjects include various views from Harmon's tr…
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1970]
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / B / PA - 576 to 600
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- V263 / II / B : Contact Prints
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / B / PA - 576 to 600
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1970]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 25 prints, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 25 b&w prints. File pertains to contact prints made from original negatives. Extended date range accounts for the approximate date the original negative was created and up to the approximate date of the creation of the contact prints. Subjects include various views from Harmon's travels in China, and possibly Japan; portrait of Byron and Pearl Harmon in China during their honeymoon.
- Subject Access
- Scenery
- Landscapes
- Travel
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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Contact Prints
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions24990
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 25 b&w prints. File pertains to contact prints made from original negatives. Extended date range accounts for the approximate date the original negative was created and up to the approximate date of the creation of the contact prints. Subjects include various views from Harmon's tr…
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1970]
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / B / PA - 601 to 625
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- V263 / II / B : Contact Prints
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / B / PA - 601 to 625
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1970]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 25 prints, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 25 b&w prints. File pertains to contact prints made from original negatives. Extended date range accounts for the approximate date the original negative was created and up to the approximate date of the creation of the contact prints. Subjects include various views from Harmon's travels in Mexico; an oil well in Guatamala; various views from travel's in Guatamala; climbers on Bow Movie Trip, 1917; various views of Western Canadian agriculture; stereoviews from Harmon's trip to Monaco, 1920.
- Subject Access
- Scenery
- Landscapes
- Mountains
- Travel
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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Contact Prints
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions24991
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 25 b&w prints. File pertains to contact prints made from original negatives. Extended date range accounts for the approximate date the original negative was created and up to the approximate date of the creation of the contact prints. Subjects include various stereoviews from Harmo…
- Date Range
- [ca.1920 to ca.1970]
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / B / PA - 626 to 650
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- V263 / II / B : Contact Prints
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / B / PA - 626 to 650
- Date Range
- [ca.1920 to ca.1970]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 25 prints, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 25 b&w prints. File pertains to contact prints made from original negatives. Extended date range accounts for the approximate date the original negative was created and up to the approximate date of the creation of the contact prints. Subjects include various stereoviews from Harmon's trip to Monaco, 1920.
- Subject Access
- Scenery
- Landscapes
- Travel
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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Contact Prints
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions24992
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 25 b&w prints. File pertains to contact prints made from original negatives. Extended date range accounts for the approximate date the original negative was created and up to the approximate date of the creation of the contact prints. Subjects include various stereoviews from Harmo…
- Date Range
- [ca.1920 to ca.1970]
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / B / PA - 626 to 650
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- V263 / II / B : Contact Prints
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / B / PA - 626 to 650
- Date Range
- [ca.1920 to ca.1970]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 25 prints, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 25 b&w prints. File pertains to contact prints made from original negatives. Extended date range accounts for the approximate date the original negative was created and up to the approximate date of the creation of the contact prints. Subjects include various stereoviews from Harmon's trip to Monaco, 1920.
- Subject Access
- Scenery
- Landscapes
- Travel
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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Contact Prints
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions24993
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 25 b&w prints. File pertains to contact prints made from original negatives. Extended date range accounts for the approximate date the original negative was created and up to the approximate date of the creation of the contact prints. Subjects include various stereoviews from Harmo…
- Date Range
- [ca.1918 to ca.1970]
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / B / PA - 651 to 675
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- V263 / II / B : Contact Prints
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / B / PA - 651 to 675
- Date Range
- [ca.1918 to ca.1970]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 25 prints, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 25 b&w prints. File pertains to contact prints made from original negatives. Extended date range accounts for the approximate date the original negative was created and up to the approximate date of the creation of the contact prints. Subjects include various stereoviews from Harmon's trip to Monaco and Paris, 1920; various views of Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, 1918.
- Subject Access
- Scenery
- Landscapes
- Travel
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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