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 one photograph album, comprising ca. 432 photographs, 10.5 x 16 cm or smaller.
Photographs pertain to a trip through Banff to Mount Assiniboine by the Duke Dimitri and Duchess Catherine Leuchtenberg in 1927.
Photographs document travel on horseback to the Mount Assiniboine Lodge, h…
1 album (ca. 432 photographs : b&w ; 10.5 x 16 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
Dimitri Georgevitch de Leuchtenberg (1898-1972), Duke of Leuchtenberg was a member of the Franco-Russian Beauharnais house. In 1927 the Marquis Nicholas degli Albizzi invited Dimitri and his wife Catherine (1900-1991) to join him for the summer at the cabin he had subleased from A.O. Wheeler at Mount Assiniboine. Albizzi and Dimitri were cousins.
The Duke and Duchess de Leuchtenberg lived in Germany following the Russian Civil War and in 1931 began annual winter trips to Quebec to visit Albizzi and his new winter sports station in Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts in the Laurentians mountains in Quebec.
The Duke worked for Albizzi as a ski school instructor. In 1937 he was chosen to be a member of the Canadian Ski School Committee and in 1938 was a founding member of the Ski Instructor's Alliance.
In 1939 the Duke de Leuchtenberg bought the Saint-Sauveur station from Albizzi and moved his family permanently to Quebec, Canada.
Scope & Content
File consists of one photograph album, comprising ca. 432 photographs, 10.5 x 16 cm or smaller.
Photographs pertain to a trip through Banff to Mount Assiniboine by the Duke Dimitri and Duchess Catherine Leuchtenberg in 1927.
Photographs document travel on horseback to the Mount Assiniboine Lodge, hiking up Mount Assiniboine, swimming and boating on Lake Magog, horses, camping, and other leisure activies.
Notes
The album is titled "Kanada 1927" with a photo of Mount Assiniboine on the first page.
Not all of the photos in the album are captioned, some are captioned partially or entriely in Russian.
Frequently used names in captions:
Duma = Dimitri
Kata = Catherine
Kora = Albizzi
Translated version of album captions available in Chic Scott fonds (see "Related Material")
File consists of 5 photographs, b&w. File pertains to landscape views in the Banff and Lake Louise areas. Subjects include the road to Moraine Lake, Mount Lefroy and the Mitre, Moraine Lake, Saddleback and Aberdeen Mountains, and the Giant Stairway. The photographs have been attributed to Byron Har…
File consists of 5 photographs, b&w. File pertains to landscape views in the Banff and Lake Louise areas. Subjects include the road to Moraine Lake, Mount Lefroy and the Mitre, Moraine Lake, Saddleback and Aberdeen Mountains, and the Giant Stairway. The photographs have been attributed to Byron Harmon and are possibly part of a miniature photograph set perchased as a souvenir.
Item consists of a bound green record book, H20 x W13 cm. The record book, with "Records" printed on the cover, is comprised of numbered lined pages and contains meeting minutes and membership lists for the Rocky Mountain Park Liberal Association from March 13th, 1924 to circa 1930. Minutes pertain…
1.5 cm of textual records (1 volumes ; 13 x 20 cm)
History / Biographical
In the 1920's, Banff experienced a steady increase in tourism. This was based on a number of factors, including the introduction of the automobile in the park, the completion of the Banff-Windermere Highway and other roadways, additional accommodation (e.g. campgrounds), and the Canadian Pacific Railway's "Canadian Pacific Rockies" tourist campaign. Local prominent townspeople began to seek more say in the way their town was governed, and thus created organizations like the Banff Advisory Council and the Rocky Mountain Park Liberal Association. Issues around park boundaries, campgrounds, and park services employees' priorities were particularly important to Banff locals during this decade.
Scope & Content
Item consists of a bound green record book, H20 x W13 cm. The record book, with "Records" printed on the cover, is comprised of numbered lined pages and contains meeting minutes and membership lists for the Rocky Mountain Park Liberal Association from March 13th, 1924 to circa 1930. Minutes pertain to different types of meetings: general and executive. Contents pertain to various topics, including the creation of the Association and membership, provincial Liberal candidates, electing members for the Association's executive committee, concerns about who was being appointed to park services, employment in the park, advocating for the dismissal of Jack Warren (a park warden), and park boundary issues.
Notes
Created by the Rocky Mountain Park Liberal Association.
Dave White originally had the lease for 222 Otter Street and transferred the lease to Sam Armstrong in 1915, who had it until 1927. Sam Armstrong was a member of the Rocky Mountain Liberal Association.
Membership included representatives from Banff, Canmore, Exshaw, and East End. Meetings were generally held at the Mount Royal Hotel in Banff and the Canmore Hotel.
Most of the minutes were taken by W. Alexander and James Smith, who both acted as secretary at some point in the Association's history.
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.
Scope & Content
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.
81 personal unidentified photograph prints, which includes images of metal Bow River Bridge (1887-1914), Buffalo Paddock, Brett Sanitarium (1887-1933), Government Museum (built 1903), Alpine Club of Canada Camp, Cave and Basin, Sulphur Mountain weather station?, Bankhead Tipple (1903-1922), various…
Photograph Album : 1 photograph album (81b&w photographs)
Scope & Content
81 personal unidentified photograph prints, which includes images of metal Bow River Bridge (1887-1914), Buffalo Paddock, Brett Sanitarium (1887-1933), Government Museum (built 1903), Alpine Club of Canada Camp, Cave and Basin, Sulphur Mountain weather station?, Bankhead Tipple (1903-1922), various businesses and unidentified people. Photographs are pasted in an album. Album is a suede souvenir album painted with Indigenous portrait on front, and Banff Alta engraved on the back cover.
Album consists of Valborg M. Rogstad Photograph Album. The album appears to be a Vernon Album from Kodak: loose-leaf style, genuine leather cover with alligator finish, dark brown in colour, “Photographs” stamped in gold on the cover, and brown tie rope that passes through 2 holes on the left edge …
Photograph Album : 1 photograph album (734 b&w photographs: 32 postcards; 1 newsclipping). --
History / Biographical
Valborg (Valborerg) Rogstad (1895 - ?) was born in New York and lived in Rutherford, New Jersey until at least 1928. Her father Olaf was born in 1866 in Norway, and died before 1940 in the U.S. Her mother Amy (Amie) was born in 1867 in Sweden and was still alive in 1940 in the U.S. She had 6 siblings: Marie, Ebba, Frank, Amy, Harry and Arthur.
Scope & Content
Album consists of Valborg M. Rogstad Photograph Album. The album appears to be a Vernon Album from Kodak: loose-leaf style, genuine leather cover with alligator finish, dark brown in colour, “Photographs” stamped in gold on the cover, and brown tie rope that passes through 2 holes on the left edge to keep leaves secure. Album contains 74 pages, 24 of which would have been purchased separately in extra packs. 4 of the pages are not attached to the album itself. The 4 loose pages have been housed in separate mylar sleeves. Photographs feature places such as Banff, Lake Louise, Johnston Canyon, Moraine Lake, Spiral Tunnels, Kicking Horse, Emerald Lake, Glacier B.C., Nooksack River, Sidney & Victoria B.C., Columbia River Highway, Washington, Oregon, Rainier National Park, Yellowstone, Catskill Mountains, and Bermuda. Subjects include mountains, wildlife, lakes, oceans, ships, waterfalls, hotels, roads, highways, and hiking scenes. Album contains ca. 32 postcards featuring scenes and locations in the White Mountain area of New Hampshire and the Columbia River Highway: 1 annotated, handwritten, addressed to Val from friend. The photos and postcards are tipped in with photo corners.
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.