Prisoner of War Internment Camps Photograph Album
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- Part Of
- William D. Buck fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album depicting snapshots of prisoners of war and surroundings taken by Seargent William D. Buck of the Banff, Castle Mountain, and Kapuskasing, ON, internment camps during World War I. Photograph album includes Banff and Kapuskasing River views; Castle and Banff inter…
- Date Range
- ca.1915-1920
- Reference Code
- V295 / PD
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
30 images
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- William D. Buck fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V295
- Sous-Fonds
- V295
- Accession Number
- 8010
- Reference Code
- V295 / PD
- Date Range
- ca.1915-1920
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph album (199 photographs)
- History / Biographical
- William D. Buck, 1859-1922, was born in England and is thought to have served during the First World War with the 103 Calgary Rifles. Buck was a Sergeant at the Banff and Castle Mountain internment camps, ca.1915-1917, and appears to have accompanied prisoners to a camp at Kapuskasing, Ontario after closure of the Castle Mountain camp in 1917.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album depicting snapshots of prisoners of war and surroundings taken by Seargent William D. Buck of the Banff, Castle Mountain, and Kapuskasing, ON, internment camps during World War I. Photograph album includes Banff and Kapuskasing River views; Castle and Banff internment camps views of prisoners, guards, facilities, activities, incidents and visit of Duke of Connaught and Princess Patricia; gathering of prisoners at Winnipeg and life at Kapuskasing internment camp; prisoners and Cave and Basin bathing, more Banff camp views and funeral photographs; family portraits, Banff and possible Calgary; and Sergeant Buck. Consists of 199 numbered and captioned images, one un-numbered portrait on first page, as follows : Banff and area and Kapuskasing River views, 1 - 16 ; Castle and Banff Internment Camp views of prisoners, guards, activities, incidents and facilities, visit of Duke of Connaught and Princess Patricia, 17-88 ; gathering . . . in prisoners at Winnipeg and life at Kapuskasing, Ontario Internment Camp, 89-100 ; prisoners and Cave and Basin bathing, more Banff Camp views and funeral photographs, 101-118 ; family portraits, Banff and possibly Calgary, 119-148 ; published postcards of : Calgary Stampede, Banff and Calgary views, [Indigenous] portraits, 148-195 ; Sergeant Buck with dogs, 1919, 196-197. Span dates : ca.1915-1920 (actual date). Note: Two images are labelled #148.
- Notes
- Album also contains 47 published postcards of the Calgary Stampede, Banff and Calgary views, and Indigenous portraits that were not copied. Attached individual images pertain solely to the Cave & Basin internment camp.
- Name Access
- Buck, William D.
- Subject Access
- Camps
- Cave and Basin
- Internment Camps
- Military
- Mountains
- War
- World War I
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Castle Mountain
- Banff National Park
- Kapuskasing
- Alberta
- Ontario
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Language
- English
- Finding Aid
- Reference photocopy of original album
- Related Material
- Some views are identical to others found in James Anderson-Wilson photographs (V20)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Content Details
- Album was returned to original lender.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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