Image of the downtown area of Banff - visible are the Mount Royal Hotel, Cascade Hotel, and St. George's-in-the-Pines Church, among other buildings - in winter [possibly taken from the Bald Spot on Norquay]
Image of the downtown area of Banff - visible are the Mount Royal Hotel, Cascade Hotel, and St. George's-in-the-Pines Church, among other buildings - in winter [possibly taken from the Bald Spot on Norquay]
Image of the Banff downtown area with several hotels, churches, businesses, and homes visible, as well as the Bow River in the distance [possibly taken from the Bald Spot on Norquay]
Image of the Banff downtown area with several hotels, churches, businesses, and homes visible, as well as the Bow River in the distance [possibly taken from the Bald Spot on Norquay]
File pertains to photographs of Bill Olson at work and with his family. Also includes family pictures of various generations of the Olson family, army portraits, coworkers, a Cave & Basin postcard, and an interior shot of the Dave White Shop.
19 prints : b&w and col. ; 17.5 x 12 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File pertains to photographs of Bill Olson at work and with his family. Also includes family pictures of various generations of the Olson family, army portraits, coworkers, a Cave & Basin postcard, and an interior shot of the Dave White Shop.
Notes
Some of the people identified in the photos are Bill Kay, Jack Powell, Jack Doe, Fred Day, Charlie Fullhroch, Mac Lennat, Earl Squires, Bob Graham, Larry Foster, Willard Bell, Bush Ashley, Shorty Blasker, Casey Jones, Dan Zakaryk, Pete Finlay, Jon Douglas, Irene Straus, Marie Leong, and more.
File pertains to photographs of Jim Brewster and family; other Brewster family members including John & Bella Brewster, Bill Brewster, Lade Bagley Brewster, Fern Brewster, George Clarkson, Edmee Moore (also Edmee and Charlie Reid's wedding), Pearl Moore, Philip Moore, George Brewster family and fr…
File pertains to photographs of Jim Brewster and family; other Brewster family members including John & Bella Brewster, Bill Brewster, Lade Bagley Brewster, Fern Brewster, George Clarkson, Edmee Moore (also Edmee and Charlie Reid's wedding), Pearl Moore, Philip Moore, George Brewster family and friends, Jack Brewster; also Rudolf Aemmer, Joe and Don Brewster, hockey team photos; views of Jim Brewster's house on Bow Avenue; Bow Falls, Banff townsite, Mount Royal Hotel, Mount Norquay Ski Lodge and ski school, Jim Brewster with school class, Banff Station; Irvine Castle, Ireland. One item is tintype
File consists of 34 photographs pertaining to businesses and other properties in and around Banff. Photographs depict individuals swimming at the Cave and Basin; a boathouse near the Bow River; several hotels, including Banff Springs Hotel, Chateau Lake Louise and the Mount Royal Hotel; Fairholme R…
34 photographs : b&w prints ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 34 photographs pertaining to businesses and other properties in and around Banff. Photographs depict individuals swimming at the Cave and Basin; a boathouse near the Bow River; several hotels, including Banff Springs Hotel, Chateau Lake Louise and the Mount Royal Hotel; Fairholme Ranch; and other related views.
File consists of commercial postcards with images pertaining to landscapes, tourist attractions, Stoney Nakoda community members [including Leah Rider Hunter], winter sports, wildlife and other related themes within Canada. Images primarily depict scenes in Banff National Park and the Canadian Rock…
Most images in file produced by photographer Byron Harmon; some materials produced by photographers George Noble, G. & W. Fear, Rumsey & Co. Ltd, and J.C. Walker
Date Range
[1910-1930]
Physical Description
63 b&w postcards ; 9 x 14 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of commercial postcards with images pertaining to landscapes, tourist attractions, Stoney Nakoda community members [including Leah Rider Hunter], winter sports, wildlife and other related themes within Canada. Images primarily depict scenes in Banff National Park and the Canadian Rockies, and also include content from Saskatchewan and British Columbia.
Notes
Date range for materials in file is estimate provided by Processing Archivist
Some items are annotated with information pertaining to images on postcards [names of individuals, locations, etc.]
File consists of 41 commercial postcards, mostly produced in Banff by Byron Harmon. Content pertains to Banff and the Canadian Rockies; sports including snowshoeing, hiking, curling and boating; landscapes nd mountain views; multiple hotels in and near Banff [the Banff Springs Hotel, Chateau Lake L…
Produced by Byron Harmon, Canadian Postcard Co. Ltd., Valentine - Black Co. Ltd, G & W Fear Photographers, Dexter Press Inc.
Date Range
[ca. 1905 - ca. 1910]
1912
1915
[ca. 1920]
[ca. 1930 - ca. 1940]
[ca. 1960]
Physical Description
41 postcards : b&w and col. ; 10 x 14.5 cm and 9 x 14 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of 41 commercial postcards, mostly produced in Banff by Byron Harmon. Content pertains to Banff and the Canadian Rockies; sports including snowshoeing, hiking, curling and boating; landscapes nd mountain views; multiple hotels in and near Banff [the Banff Springs Hotel, Chateau Lake Louise, Cascade Hotel and Mount Royal Hotel]; Banff's fish hatchery; hoodoo rock formations; animals at the Banff Zoo including bears and buffalo, and other local wildlife; the Cave and Basin; a military base camp in Petawawa, Ontario where Forest Kidney was stationed in World War I; and the Bank of Commerce building in Toronto.
Notes
Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist
File pertains to 56 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to December 30, 1939. Topics include going on the annual Skyline Trail Hike to the Ptarmigan Valley in early August, day to day life, weather, painting/sketching [a mix of personal projects and…
1.7 cm of textual records (93 pages ; 20 x 24.9 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 56 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to December 30, 1939. Topics include going on the annual Skyline Trail Hike to the Ptarmigan Valley in early August, day to day life, weather, painting/sketching [a mix of personal projects and commissions done both at home and out in the Park], visits from friends and visitors, slide making, photography and cameras [including colour photography], events and people in Concord, minor repairs/projects to the house and property [including installing a new water heater on the second floor], updates on Dave White's health, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], the declaration of war on Germany in early September [as well as details pertaining to local recruitment efforts and general preparations], day trips to Lake Louise, wildlife, descriptions of meals, Edith going to the 1939 World's Fair in New York City [September], construction on the new addition to the house throughout October [including a new furnace room, bathroom, and dark room on the ground floor, extending the studio on the second floor, and facing the side of the house in stone], cleaning and household chores, errand trips to Calgary, books Catharine and Edith are reading, a large blizzard at the end of October, birthdays, various holidays [both Canadian and American], attending first aid classes at the school, putting together the annual Christmas card, and various other Christmas activities and parties.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.
Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. All typed letters are written on a single side of paper, hand-written letters are mostly double-sided.
Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981.
107-19 contains a sketch of a mushroom on the back of the first page.
107-36 contains a sketch of the Whyte compound and details of the new extention to Pete and Catharine's house.