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 textual records, postcards, drawings and one photograph album pertaining to Mary (Molly) Wright Adams (1868-1909); transcripts of Molly's original letters which were compiled by Molly's sister, Catharine Elkin (nee Adams) between ca.1939 and 1941; and transcriptions of letters sen…
Some materials produced by Catharine (Adams) Elkin
Date Range
[ca.1844 - 1909]
[ca.1939 - 1944]
1980 - 1981
2014
Physical Description
21 cm of textual records -- 16 postcards -- 3 drawings -- 1 photograph album : 107 b&w photographs
History / Biographical
Mary Wright (Molly) Adams was born on 15 October 1868. in Ridgefield Connecticut. She was the third of five children born to Cornelia Ann Cook (1830-1902) and Daniel Lucius Adams (1814 - 1899) She died in Kobe, Japan on 23 January 1909 and was buried there.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of textual records, postcards, drawings and one photograph album pertaining to Mary (Molly) Wright Adams (1868-1909); transcripts of Molly's original letters which were compiled by Molly's sister, Catharine Elkin (nee Adams) between ca.1939 and 1941; and transcriptions of letters sent between Molly's extended family members [including members of the Adams, Cook and Wright families], ca.1844 and 1866.
Textual records primarily consist of correspondence sent between Molly Adams and various friends and family members [ca.1891-1909].
Notes
Fonds consists of two series:
Series I : Correspondence [contains two sub-series: I / A : Molly Wright Adams ; I / B : Extended family]
Series II : Personal and collected records
Fonds consists of 53 diaries pertaining to personal life, travel, office work, and Alpine Club of Canada camps. Diaries range in date from 1885 to 1944. Also included are two volumes/scrapbooks compiled by A.O. Wheeler. Both volumes include numerous articles, newspaper clippings, letters, ACC broc…
62 vol. of textual material. -- 66 vol. of photograph albums
History / Biographical
Arthur Oliver Wheeler (1860-1945) DLS, ALS, BCLS, was born in Ireland, arriving in Canada in 1876. Wheeler was a mountaineer, co-founder of the Alpine Club of Canada (1906), and Dominion Land Surveyor. In 1913, Wheeler was appointed Boundary Commissioner and tasked with photo surveying the Alberta / British Columbia interprovincial boundary.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of 53 diaries pertaining to personal life, travel, office work, and Alpine Club of Canada camps. Diaries range in date from 1885 to 1944. Also included are two volumes/scrapbooks compiled by A.O. Wheeler. Both volumes include numerous articles, newspaper clippings, letters, ACC brochures and notices addressed to ACC members. Volume one covers the period 1902 to 1913; volume two includes materials from 1914 to 1940. A inventory of both volumes, compiled by ACC member Paul Geddes, is also included. Additionally there are 7 volumes of notes corresponding to the photographs A.O. Wheeler took.
Photographic material consists of 66 albums which contain approximately 5000 photographs, black and white positive prints from glass negatives, all 12 x 16 cm. The first album is dated 1915, the last 1924. Some of the albums contain a small map printed on linen. Each album contains an index to the photographs taken for the Alberta - British Columbia Interprovincial Boundary photo survey and are organized by Station, Bearing, and Subject.
Collection contains credited and uncredited professional photographs, mainly along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in western Canada. Includes unidentified photographs and individual photographs which cannot be placed in other fonds or collections. Eighteen albumen prints are uncred…
Collection was assembled by the Archives & Library, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Date Range
[ca.1885-ca.1925]
Physical Description
ca.60 photographs : prints. -- 1 photograph album (67 prints)
Scope & Content
Collection contains credited and uncredited professional photographs, mainly along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in western Canada. Includes unidentified photographs and individual photographs which cannot be placed in other fonds or collections.
Eighteen albumen prints are uncredited views along the Canadian Pacific Railway between Glacier, B.C. and Canmore, Alberta, ca.1895. Also includes views by Bailey Bros., H. O. Dodge, Alexander Henderson, T. J. Hileman, B. W. Kilburn, Neelands Bros., W. J. Oliver, Henry Greenwood Peabody, Prest Photo Company (William Archie Prest), and others.
Nineteen prints, received as contents of 5 album pages, are travel views between Banff, the Pacific Coast and Washington, U.S.A. Includes views of Lake Minnewanka, Banff Springs Hotel and Glacier, B.C. Views are by Wm. Notman & Son, Boorne & May and other unidentified professional photographers. Also includes snapshot views.
Album is presentation album of professional views taken along the Canadian Pacific Railway between Victoria, B.C. and Banff, Alberta, September to October 1889, by an unknown photographer. Includes views of Banff and area, Field and Glacier areas, Fraser Canyon, Vancouver and Victoria. Album was possibly produced by of for the CPR. Views are similar to those produced by other professional photographers working along the railway. Images in album are accompanied by hand-written captions and exact dates.
Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
selected modern reference prints
reference computer access: Images database
on-line access: Alberta InSight database
Related Material
Other photographs by railway photographers may be found in fonds and collections under individual names. See: Boorne and May, Macmunn, Notman, Smyth, Thom, Thompson, Trueman, and others.
Print is from presentation album inscribed: "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne and May's Compliments, Calgary, January 1889"
Print is from presentation album inscribed: "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne and May's Compliments, Calgary, January 1889"
Print is from presentation album inscribed: "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne and May's Compliments, Calgary, January 1889"
Print is from presentation album inscribed: "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne and May's Compliments, Calgary, January 1889"
Print is from presentation album inscribed: "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne and May's Compliments, Calgary, January 1889" View from Canadian Pacific Railway
Print is from presentation album inscribed: "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne and May's Compliments, Calgary, January 1889"
Print is from presentation album inscribed: "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne and May's Compliments, Calgary, January 1889"
Print is from presentation album inscribed: "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne and May's Compliments, Calgary, January 1889"
Print is from presentation album inscribed: "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne and May's Compliments, Calgary, January 1889"
Print is from presentation album inscribed: "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne and May's Compliments, Calgary, January 1889"
Print is from presentation album inscribed: "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne and May's Compliments, Calgary, January 1889"
Print is from presentation album inscribed: "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne and May's Compliments, Calgary, January 1889"