Brewster Transport Company and Brewster-Rocky Mountain Grayline records. -- [ca.1900]-1988.
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- Scope & Content
- -- Brewster Transport Company is a transportation company based at Banff, Alberta. Formally organized in 1900 as W. & J. Brewster, Guides and Packers, the company expanded in 1904 into commercial development in Banff and acquired the Canadian Pacific Railway livery concession at Banff in 1905. Fro…
- Reference Code
- M82 / 45 - 259
- V92 / PA
- V92 / PD
- V92 / NV
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- VI. Brewster Transport Company / Grayline (series-level description)
- Reference Code
- M82 / 45 - 259
- V92 / PA
- V92 / PD
- V92 / NV
- Physical Description
- 146.5 cm and ca.50 vol of textual records. -- ca.700 photographs : prints, 2 albums. -- ca.100 sets of plans and blueprints. -- 1 motion picture.
- Scope & Content
- -- Brewster Transport Company is a transportation company based at Banff, Alberta. Formally organized in 1900 as W. & J. Brewster, Guides and Packers, the company expanded in 1904 into commercial development in Banff and acquired the Canadian Pacific Railway livery concession at Banff in 1905. From 1909 until his death in 1947, Jim Brewster guided the company, with Lou Crosby handling finance. Beginning in 1917, Brewster Transport entered the motorized era with touring cars, later replaced with a succession of buses. From 1920 to 1933, Bill Brewster was general manager and during this period the company acquired Royal Hawaiian Transport and the Sunshine Ski development. The company amalgamated its transportation interests with Rocky Mountain Tours in 1957, and in 1965 the company passed out of the Brewster family's hands, being sold to Greyhound Lines of Canada. Brewster Transport continues to operate as a diversified transportation and accommodation company in the Rocky Mountains. -- This major series of the Brewster Transport Company fonds consists of: A. Agreements, 1915-1974, ca.31 cm; B. Minutes, 1915-1963, 6 cm; C. Financial papers, 1915-1966, 38.5 cm and ca.50 vol; D. Operating, ca.1900-1988, ca.50 cm and oversize, ca.700 photographs; E. Properties, 1906-1974, 14 cm and ca.100 set of plans and blueprints; F. Subsidiaries, 1924-1962, 6 cm; G. Other, 1943-1977, 1 cm. Operating sub-series pertains to bus operations, equipment, proposed mergers, agents commissions, organizations and livery tariffs, vehicle licensing, advertising and tours, other. Photographs, ca.1900-ca.1970, pertain to advertising and tours and are mainly publicity photographs relating to Brewster Transport vehicles, tours, facilities, Sunshine Ski Lodge and area, Canadian Rockies hotels and scenic views, also Brewster family and Banff personalities. -- Title based on contents of series.
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