File consists of 1 Valentine poem/letter dated Feb. 14 in small torn envelope embossed EJW on back
1 small ripped envelope stamped Paid addressed to Mip Sophia Perkins Meadville
1 cyanotype photograph on paper of 10 seated children and one adult in small torn envelope addressed to Miss. Sophia Perk…
1 photograph : b&w cyanotype ; 6 x 8 cm ; .25 cm textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of 1 Valentine poem/letter dated Feb. 14 in small torn envelope embossed EJW on back
1 small ripped envelope stamped Paid addressed to Mip Sophia Perkins Meadville
1 cyanotype photograph on paper of 10 seated children and one adult in small torn envelope addressed to Miss. Sophia Perkins Woodcock Crawford Co Pa
1 letter dated August 11th, 1822 addressed to Aunt Lucretia
Fonds consists of a photograph album titled "Canada and America, 28 Sept. to 14 Dec. 1889" that chronicles a journey through Canada and the United States, specifically the Canadian Rockies, the interior of British Columbia to Vancouver Island, Canada and south through Washington state to California…
Album was compiled by an unknown traveler, possibly British
Date Range
1889
Physical Description
1 photograph album (73 prints).-- 7 photographs: copy negatives, b&w
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of a photograph album titled "Canada and America, 28 Sept. to 14 Dec. 1889" that chronicles a journey through Canada and the United States, specifically the Canadian Rockies, the interior of British Columbia to Vancouver Island, Canada and south through Washington state to California, USA. Views were probably purchased enroute from well-known artists, including Canadian photographers A. B. Thom and C. S. Bailey, and American photographers Taber, Fiske and C. R. Savage.
7 b&w copy negatives
Notes
Purchase was made possible through a grant from the Department of Communications, Government of Canada
Photograph: 1889. Album consists of 50 pages of 100 black and white photographs. Photographs also provides descriptions. Small amounts of silver mirroring starting to appear.
V10 / PD - 1:
1- [721. Calgary from the E.]
2- [Slephen Clas. Calgary. From W.]
3- [716. Indigenous Camp, Winter.]
4- [Kan…
Photograph: 1889. Album consists of 50 pages of 100 black and white photographs. Photographs also provides descriptions. Small amounts of silver mirroring starting to appear.
V10 / PD - 1:
1- [721. Calgary from the E.]
2- [Slephen Clas. Calgary. From W.]
3- [716. Indigenous Camp, Winter.]
4- [Kananaskis Falls.]
5- [Rapids on the Bow at Kananaskis.]
6- [675. Kananaskis Falls from above. Winter.]
7- [676. The Bow at Kananaskis, Winter.]
8- [678. Mouth of Pit and Elevator, Anthracite.]
9- [608. C.P.R. At Banff.]
10- [663. Cascade Mountain. Banff.]
11- [740. Official Plan of the National Park.]
12- [641. C.P.R. Hotel. Banff.]
13- [720. Banff Hotel from N.]
14- [743. Lower Bow Park, from C.P.R. Hotel, Banff.]
15- [745. The Spray River, Banff.]
16- [751. Spray Bridge and Bow Falls, Banff.]
17- [750. Banff Avenue, looking N.]
18- [753. Cascade on the Bow, Banff.]
19- [719. The Sanitarium. Banff.]
20- [754. Upper Hot Springs, Banff.]
21- [755. Cascade Mountain from the Sanitarium, Banff.]
22- [756. Mount Edith, front Bow River, Banff.]
23- [824. The Bow River and Twin Peaks Mountain, Banff.]
24- [757. Bird’s Eye view of Banff, from Tunnel Mountain.]
25- [765. Bow Rapids and C.P.R. Hotel, Banff.]
26- [758. Vermilion Lakes, Banff.]
27- [760. Vermilion Lakes, Banff.]
28- [762. “The Pool,” Banff.]
29- [748. Interior of Cave, Banff]
30- [747. Cave and Basin Buildings, Banff.]
31- [766. Devil’s Head Canyon and Bridge, Banff.]
32- [767. Lake Minnewanka, (Devil’s Lake,) Banff.]
33- [769. Catch of Fish, Lake Minnewanka, Banff.]
34- [782. Lake Minnewanka. W. end, Rocky Mountain Park.]
35- [778. “Sundance Canyon,” Rocky Mountain Park.]
36- [815. “Canyon House” and the “Mountain Belle,” Banff]
37- [817. C.P.R. Transfer Co’s. Stables, Banff.]
38- [668. Bridge over the Spray. Banff]
39- [665. Tunnel Mountain. Banff.]
40- [664. “The Hoodoos.” Natural Monuments. Banff]
41- [657. Castle Mountain, from C.P.R.]
42- [599. Castle Mountain, Rockies.]
43- [596. C.P.R. At Castle Mountain]
44- [603. Castle Mountain, from C.P.R.]
45- [588. Mount LeFroy. Laggan.]
46- [598. Mount Hector. Laggan.]
47- [593. The Bow below Laggan.]
48- [Cathedral Mountain from the west.]
49- [586. Cathedral Mountain. 10,284 ft. high.]
50- [787. Field, B.C. from C.P.R. Hotel.]
51- [578. Field Hotel and Mount Stephen.]
52- [577. Mount Field. 8554 ft. high.]
53- [580. Mount Stephen and Glacier. 10,525 ft. high.]
54- [556. Field (?)]
55- [788. Mt. McMullen and Glaciers from the Summit of Boundary]
56- [790. Kicking Horse Pass and Van Home Range from summit of Boundary Peak, Rockies, height 9,000 feet.]
57- [791. Fairmont Hot Springs and Natural Basin, Kootenai, B.C.]
58- [807. “Wild Horse” Gold digging, Kootenai, B.C.]
59- [808. “D” Troop N. W.M.P. and pack train crossing the Rockies.]
60- [809. “Sam’s Landing” and Stage, Kootenai, B.C.]
61- [681. Falls on the Kicking Horse. Leanchoile 103ft. high. Winter.]
62- [682. Falls on the Kicking Horse. Leanchoile 103ft. high. Winter.]
63- [Winter scene in the Rockies.”]
64- [685. Winter Scene in the Rockies.]
65- [686. A Cascadec in Winter in the Kicking Horse Canyon.]
66- [687. The Kicking Horse in winter.]
67- [601. C.P.R. In the Rockies.]
68- [579. Tunnel in Upper Kicking Horse Pass.]
69- [604. C.P.R. In the Rockies.]
70- [605. C.P.R. In the Rockies.]
71- [606. C.P.R. In the Rockies.]
72- [607. The Bow River in the Rockies.]
73- [597. C.P.R. In the Rockies.]
74- [595. C.P.R. In the Rockies.]
75- [592. In the Rockies.]
76- [562. Bridge over the Kicking Horse.]
77- [555. Bridge and Tunnel. Kicking Horse Pass.]
78- [568. The Beaverfoot Range.]
79- [554. Kicking Horse Pass.]
80- [553. Group of section men on hand-car.]
81- [552. The Moberly House.]
82- [549. Tunnel on C.P.R. west of Donald.]
83- [550. The Columbia and Moberly Peak.]
84- [612. The Beaver Canyon.]
85- [613. The Beaver Canyon.]
86- [614. “Hell Gate.” Beaver Canyon.]
87- [819. Donald, B.C., from Station yard.]
88- [821. Round House and Turntable, Donald, B.C.]
89- [610. C.P.R. Engines.]
90- [703. C.P.R. Engine 73 and train.]
91- [C.P.R. Engine 402 and train]
92- [705. C.P.R. Engine, 316 and train at Donald, B.C.]
93- [606. C.P.R. heavy grade Engine.]
94- [739. Official Plan of “The Loop.” C.P.R.]
95- [651. Mountain Creek Bridge. Selkirks. 164 ft. high, 1086 ft. long.]
96- [652. Stony Creek Bridge. Selkirks. 296 ft. high.]
97- [648. Surprise Creek Bridge. Selkirks. 180 ft. high.]
98- [647. Interior of Snow-shed.]
99- [643. Glacier House. Selkirks.]
100- [837. Dining Room, Glacier House, B.C.]
Fonds consists of a portion of a photograph album pertaining to the 1906 Alpine Club of Canada camp in Yoho Valley, B.C. Also includes views of Banff, Alberta and Field, B.C. and areas.
J. W. Kelly, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was an original member of the Alpine Club of Canada
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of a portion of a photograph album pertaining to the 1906 Alpine Club of Canada camp in Yoho Valley, B.C. Also includes views of Banff, Alberta and Field, B.C. and areas.
Alexander Lambie, 1870-1945, was a survey party member, cook and writer at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Lambie came to Canada from Scotland in 1904. He was a member of the Alaska Boundary Survey team in 1905 and was cook for the first Alpine Club of Canada camp at Yoho, British Columbia in 1906. Later Lambie wrote and published children's stories, poems, novels and completed a manuscript on his early work with the survey.
Scope & Content
Fonds pertains mainly to the 1906 Yoho camp at Summit Lake, B.C. Also includes some views of Yoho area and Banff, Alberta area, ca.1906.