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
Peter Tonge was a foreman and was brought over from England to work on the construction of the Banff Springs Hotel. Peter Tonge brought Alice Perry over from England and they married in Banff, January 29, 1888. Shortly after they moved to Port Arthur, Ontario where they both died in 1929.
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File consists of a copy of the marriage certificate of Peter Tonge and Alice Perry, dated in Banff, Northwest Territories, January 29, 1888 by
Notes
Document is a digital print produced from a scan of the original document as a loan for copy.
Captions found on the sterocards are as follows:
V8 / 2014.8261 / PA - 1: #9364. Laughing Waters, Banff, Canada. Copyright 1894 by B.W. Kilburn. Photographed and Published by B.W. Kilburn, Littleton, N.H.
V8 / 2014.8261 / PA - 2: #9365. Valley of the Bow, Banff, Canada. Copyright 1894 by B.W. Kilburn. Photographed and Published by B.W. Kilburn, Littleton, N.H.
File consists of April 1, 1904 Lease between King Edward VII and Joseph Sadler. Lot 14 Blk 6 Banff Townsite. Ref. No. 874633 Document is affixed with a red seal with embossed crown - the Minister of the Interior.
File consists of April 1, 1904 Lease between King Edward VII and Joseph Sadler. Lot 14 Blk 6 Banff Townsite. Ref. No. 874633 Document is affixed with a red seal with embossed crown - the Minister of the Interior.
First Nation sweathouse on prairie : [ca.1905]. -- Copy made ca.1976. -- 1 photograph : print. -- Gift of National Archives of Canada, 1976. -- Reference use only; no reproduction.
First Nation sweathouse on prairie : [ca.1905]. -- Copy made ca.1976. -- 1 photograph : print. -- Gift of National Archives of Canada, 1976. -- Reference use only; no reproduction.
Gladys Campbell McKillop (1899-1985) was the daughter of Robert E. Campbell, a prominent guide and outfitter in the Lake Louise area starting in 1897. As a child, Gladys would have spent a lot of time around the Lake Louise Chalet, where her father's outfit was based, and its surrounding area.
She was married to Donald D. McKillop (1899-1975) and the couple share a grave in Banff's old cemetary.
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Series consists of 1 lantern slide by Mary Schaffer of Gladys Campbell McKillop with Walter Wilcox's dog at Lake Louise.
Photograph albums pertain to the 1906 British Columbia/Alberta Boundary Survey conducted by A.O. Wheeler. Album PD-1 contains 104 b&w photographs; Album PD-2 contains 104 b&w photographs; Album three contains 116 b&w photographs. All photographs are pasted into the album pages and accompanied by …
A.O. Wheeler, (1860-1945) was a renowned topographical surveyor and co-founder of the Alpine Club of Canada.
Scope & Content
Photograph albums pertain to the 1906 British Columbia/Alberta Boundary Survey conducted by A.O. Wheeler. Album PD-1 contains 104 b&w photographs; Album PD-2 contains 104 b&w photographs; Album three contains 116 b&w photographs. All photographs are pasted into the album pages and accompanied by hand-written captions.
File consists of one copy of the book "Alpine Flora of the Canadian Rockies" (1907) with a note written on the first page from the illustrator Mary Schaffer to Molly (Wright) Adams in December 1907.
File consists of one copy of the book "Alpine Flora of the Canadian Rockies" (1907) with a note written on the first page from the illustrator Mary Schaffer to Molly (Wright) Adams in December 1907.
File consists of 48 photographs, b&w, photogravure. File pertains to a viewbook of landscape views of the Canadian Rockies photographed by William Notman adn Son. Subjects include The Gap; Three Sisters; Bow River and Bridge; Banff Springs Hotel; Cascade Mountain from hot springs road; Spray River …
File consists of 48 photographs, b&w, photogravure. File pertains to a viewbook of landscape views of the Canadian Rockies photographed by William Notman adn Son. Subjects include The Gap; Three Sisters; Bow River and Bridge; Banff Springs Hotel; Cascade Mountain from hot springs road; Spray River and Cascade Mountain; Bow River from Banff Springs Hotel; Mount Edith from Sundance Road; Buffalo in Rocky Mountain National Park; Mount Inglismaldie at Lake Minnewanka; Mount Lefroy and Victoria Glacier at Lake Louise; Victoria Glacier and Hazel Peak; Castle Crags, Mount Lefroy, Hazel and Lake Agnes; Lake Agnes and the Beehive; Sawback Range, Mirror Lake, and Lake Louise; Tower of Babel, Mount Fay, and Ten Peak Valley; Moraine Lake and the Valley of the Ten Peaks; Mount Stephen; Feild B.C and Mount Stephen; Snow Peak avenue to Emerald Lake; Emerald Lake; Emerald Peak and Cascade; Takakkaw Falls, Yoho Valley; Twin Falls, Yoho Valley; Waputik Icefield, Yoho Valley; Mount Wapta; Mount McDonald, Rogers Pass; Ross Peak and Loop; the Great and Asulkan Glaciers; Glacier, B.C; Illecillewaet Glacier from the railway; Illecillewaet Glacier; Ice Cave in the Great Glacier; the cascade at Glacier and Eagle Peak; Marion Lake, Mount Abbott Glacier; Mount Sir Donald; Sir Donald and Illecillewaet Glacier; Sir Donald, Uto, and Eagle Peak; Illecillewaet Valley and Loop from Mout Abbott; Cheops from Mount Abbott; Asulkan Glacier from Mount Abbott; Loop showing four tracks on the Canadian Pacific Railway; Hell Gates Fraser Canyon; Fraser Canyon above Spizzum; Burying Ground Near Yale; Cariboo Bridge and Fraser Canyon.
Title of the viewbook is as follows:
Wonderland of Canada: The Rocky Mountains
Caption on inside cover reads:
48 Specially Selected Views of the Canadian Rockies. On the Line of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Photographed by WM. Notman and Son. Photographs entered according to Act of Parliament of Canada in the year 1907, by WM. Notman & Son at the Department of Agriculture. Published by the Valentine and Sons' Publishing Coy.,Ltd., Montreal and Toronto. Printed in Great Britain.