File consists of portraits and candid photographs of Norman Luxton, alone or with family members, friends, acquaintances or dogs. Includes comic portraits, ca.1905, and joint x-ray negatives, ca.1916. File also includes Norman Luxton attestation paper military service exemption, 1917
ca.130 photographs (ca.112 prints, 18 negatives). -- 1 textual record
Scope & Content
File consists of portraits and candid photographs of Norman Luxton, alone or with family members, friends, acquaintances or dogs. Includes comic portraits, ca.1905, and joint x-ray negatives, ca.1916. File also includes Norman Luxton attestation paper military service exemption, 1917
Sub-series consists of photographs pertaining to the Trading Post and the King Edward Hotel
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on contents of sub-series
Content Details
TRADING POST PHOTOGRAPHS (LUX / I / C4-28 to 30):
1.a. Trading post photograph album, ca.1905, 1 album (58 prints). Includes views of store front, interior wall displays, outdoor displays and scenes, mounted heads and specimens (folder 28)
1.b. Negatives for photograph album, ca.1905, 49 negatives : 6.5 x 11 cm. Includes views of store front (1 item); interior wall displays (4 items), outdoor displays and scenes (8 items), mounted heads and specimens (36 items) - (folder 29)
2.a. Buffalo head at trading post, 1907?, 2 negatives : 6.5 x 11 cm (folder 30)
2.b. Norman Luxton and Bill Round Sr near Bow River, after 1920, 1 negative : 9 x 10 cm (folder 30)
2.c. Man-fish by Bow River, after 1920, 2 negatives : 9 x 10 cm (folder 30) - (Accompanied by 1 print - folder 31)
2.d. Man-fish near Bow River; men with dog, ca.1930, 6 negatives : 7.5 x 12.5 cm (folder 30)
2.e. Norman Luxton with car and dog; moose antlers, ca.1930, 6 negatives : 7.5 x 12.5 cm (folder 30)
2.f. Sheep heads, 1936, 2 negatives : 12.5 x 17.5 cm (folder 30) - (Accompanied by prints - folder 31)
2.g. Native man and artifact display, ca.1940?, 16 negatives : 6.5 x 11 cm, 4.5 x 7 cm (folder 30)
2.h. Carl Rungius etchings?; Norman Luxton? and dogs, 1940s?, 4 negatives: 4.5 x 6.5 cm (folder 30) - (Accompanied by 1 print - folder 31)
2.i. Model tableaus, 1944, 8 negatives : 4.5 x 6.5 cm (folder 30)
3. Prints, before 1950?, 37 items. Includes interior and exterior views, mer-man, Norman Luxton and others ar trading post (folder 31)
KING EDWARD HOTEL PHOTOGRAPHS (LUX / I / C4 - 32) :
1. Exterior view, ca.1915, 1 print
2. Interior views, ca.1920, 5 prints. Re lobby, dining room and guest rooms
3. Exterior views, ca.1925, 2 negatives : 12.5 x 17.5 cm. Front and back view
4. Exterior view, ca.1925, 1 negative : 20x25 cm. View of hotel block. Attributed to George Noble
5. Exterior views, 1940s, 4 negatives, 4 prints : 4.5 x 6.5 cm
File consists of a scrapbook containing 1925 newspaper clippings from The Bulletin pertaining to the Locarno Security Pact ; January, 1959 Herald Magazine news-clippings relating to Bow River Lodge Anniversary ; Article written by David G. Ross "A Strategy of Mountains" ; Newspaper articles on a va…
5.5 cm of textual records (19 pages ; 25.5 x 31 cm)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File consists of a scrapbook containing 1925 newspaper clippings from The Bulletin pertaining to the Locarno Security Pact ; January, 1959 Herald Magazine news-clippings relating to Bow River Lodge Anniversary ; Article written by David G. Ross "A Strategy of Mountains" ; Newspaper articles on a variety of subjects ; July 1963 The Calgary Herald articles pertaining to Camp Hector ; 1962 articles from The Calgary Herald ; February 1958 article on Chief Crowfoot ; March 1959 article re birthday celebrations for Walking Buffalo ; March 1960 articles from The South Side Mirror - The Weekly Star relating to Mrs. Dowler, a Glenmore resident ; A variety of newspaper clippings unsorted and placed in between the pages of the scrapbook ; December 1928 copy of The Alberta Sentinel ; Clippings of b&w published photographs of mountains, lamas at a monastery, and various ethnographic photographs.
File consists of photographs pertaining to the Sign of the Goat Curio Shop [later renamed the Banff Indian Trading Post] which was owned by Norman Luxton. File includes images of the building’s interior and exterior, Norman feeding a pet bear outside of the Trading Post, taxidermy displays, individ…
Some items produced by Ernest Kehr [PA-96 and PA-101], A.S. Williams [PA-104], George Luxton [PA-105], and Ronald J. Cooke [PA-106].
Date Range
1904
1906
1910
[ca.1940-1945]
1949
[ca.1950-1955]
1956-1959
1961
Physical Description
29 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 20.5 x 25 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs pertaining to the Sign of the Goat Curio Shop [later renamed the Banff Indian Trading Post] which was owned by Norman Luxton. File includes images of the building’s interior and exterior, Norman feeding a pet bear outside of the Trading Post, taxidermy displays, individuals posing with a dog outside of the Trading Post, and the “Man Fish” of Lake Minnewanka on display.
Notes
Item LUX / I / D3e/PA-107 is a copy negative photograph
File consists of photographs pertaining to businesses, tourist attractions and natural views in and around Banff. Includes images of backcountry camps in Banff National Park; the Bow River Boat House; Beaver Lodge and Bampton Cottage [both located on Beaver Street in Banff]; fires at Breton Hall Ho…
50 photographs ; b&w prints ; 25 x 20.5 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs pertaining to businesses, tourist attractions and natural views in and around Banff. Includes images of backcountry camps in Banff National Park; the Bow River Boat House; Beaver Lodge and Bampton Cottage [both located on Beaver Street in Banff]; fires at Breton Hall Hotel and Banff Springs Hotel; the Park Museum and Information Bureau; early views of Banff Springs Hotel [1904]; Vermillion River Bungalow Camp and the Lake Louise Chalet; Paddy J. Nolan’s home [built by Norman Luxton]; a postcard print titled “Starved Bachelors Retreat Banff Alberta"; swimming at the Cave and Basin[?] and Banff Upper Hot Springs; the Crag and Canyon office [ca.1905]; Skoki Lodge; and the office of photographers Wilson and Fear [1896-1898].
Notes
Photographs LUX/I/D6c/PA-181 and 182 [depicting Wilson and Fear storefront] are copies of the same image but annotated with different dates [ca.1896 and ca.1898]. Based on context and dating of related images in Whyte Museum archives, actual image date may be closer to [ca.1894].
Material Details
LUX/I/D6c/PA-173 has three red sun-shaped stickers attached to back left corner, red ribbon attached to back right corner
File consists of 75 photographs pertaining to extended members of the Luxton and McDougall family. Photographs include Munro, Graham, Ingraham, Mackenzie and Hardisty family members. Photographs are accompanied in file by two lists detailing context and individual family members in each photograph.
75 photographs : b&w prints ; 15 x 20 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 75 photographs pertaining to extended members of the Luxton and McDougall family. Photographs include Munro, Graham, Ingraham, Mackenzie and Hardisty family members. Photographs are accompanied in file by two lists detailing context and individual family members in each photograph.
Notes
Photographs are part of a collection retrieved from the Luxton family home titled "Burned Photographs". Original numbering from corresponding photograph lists has been preserved, although some listed photographs are missing from file.
Photograph list:
Image 1: Srgt. Major Flintoff, N.W.M.P.
Image 2: Mrs. Munro + family - cousin [of] Mrs. D. McDougall
Image 3: [missing]
Image 4: Mt. Royal Hotel, Banff, built by D. McDougall
Image 5: Dorothy Graham Ingraham
Image 6: F.H. Graham + Jean Graham (wife)
Image 7: Geo. Ingraham
Image 8: Uncle F.H. Graham from Gracie 1903
Image 9: Dorothy Graham [3 photos]
Image 10: A.A. Williams' Bungalow Calgary, 1900
Image 11: John Graham
Image 12: Elizabeth Chantler McDougall
Image 13: Allen A. Shepard 1894 [3 photos]
Image 14: Jean McDougall Graham in her wedding gown
Image 15: Bob Alloway
Image 16: Mr. [Fred?] Graham's mother
Image 17: Freddie Graham Jr.
Image 18: E. G. McDougall
Image 19: [missing] Malcolm McKenzie
Image 20: Fishing Great Slave Lake
Image 21: Lizzie Colter
Image 22: Gillies Girls
Image 23: David & Annie McDougall
Image 24: Jimmy Mackenzie's first wife
Image 25: Birdie Young Roy
Image 26: Maggie Munro 1892 O.L.C.
Image 27: Jennie Gillies' girls
Image 28: [missing] Annie Mackenzie McDougall, David's Wife
Image 29: [missing] Eliz. Chantler McDougall
Image 30: [missing] Rev. Geo. McDougall
Image 31: Lillian Hall 1891 O.L.C.
Image 32: Helen Roat
Image 33: May McD. Ross
Image 34: Gussie and Mrs. Geo. McDougall [in] Morley
Image 35: [missing] Jean McDougall Graham's Wedding in Morley
Image 36: Freddie Graham Jr.
Image 37: N.K. Luxton 1904
Image 38: Libby McD. Young Rev. Geo.'s Daughter
Image 39: Dorothy Graham [6 photos]
Image 40: Arthur Hall
Image 41: [missing] Fred Graham + wife
Image 42: Mr. F.M. Graham [2 photos]
Image 43: Mrs. Graham Sr., Harry + wife + Jean, Fred's wife
Image 44: Freddie Carling- son [of] Annie
Image 45: Annie McD. Carling- daughter [of] David Mcd.
Image 46: John Mackenzie + His Wife
Image 47: [missing] Nettie Ramsay
Image 48: [missing] David's Trading Post Morley
Image 49: Minnie McD. Wilson- wife [of] Tom Wilson
Image 50: Jean + Fred Graham
Image 51: Dottie Burroughs
Image 52: Liza + Percy Hardisty, Clara + Mrs. Geo. McD.
Image 53: Miss Barret, first teacher Morley
Image 54: Mrs. Youmans - Fred husband Indian Agent Morley
Image 55: Nellie Wood McDougall
Image 56: [missing] Harry Graham wife Jean McD. Graham + Mrs. Graham Sr.
Image 57: Rev. John McD., [Egerton Steinhauer], Pakan, Samson, Joman [Jonas Two Young Men]
Image 58: [missing] Geo., Dorothy, Aunt Jean
Image 59: Jean Graham John McDougall
Image 60: Young David, Son [of] Rev. John + Elizabeth McDougall
Image 61: [Ed] Youmans
Image 62: [not listed]
Image 63: Magnus Begg
Image 64: Mrs. Egerton [Steinhauer]
Image 65: Ruth Wheatley [and] family daughter [of] Rev. John [McDougall] + first wife
Image 66: Ed Youmans
Image 67: [not listed]
Image 68: [not listed]
Image 69: Willie Mackenzie's wife
Image 70: B.J.'s Christening [B.J. Ingraham]
Image 71: Malcolm Mackenzie school teacher Morley [2 photos]
Image 72: Mr. May- married Annie Mackenzie
Image 73: Clara + Percy Hardisty
Image 74: Jean Graham
Image 75: Aggie Munro
Image 76: Annie Munro
Image 77: N.W.M.P. Post Canmore 1889
Image 78: Percy Hardisty
Image 79: 1914 Princess Pats Training Calgy.
File consists of 43 photographs pertaining to displays and views inside the Luxton Museum in Banff. Photographs depict artwork, taxidermy displays, wax figures, and visitors inside the museum.
43 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 43 photographs pertaining to displays and views inside the Luxton Museum in Banff. Photographs depict artwork, taxidermy displays, wax figures, and visitors inside the museum.
File consists of portraits and other photographs pertaining to Norman Luxton, his extended relatives and friends. Name individuals include: Eleanor and Georgina Luxton; George, Ada and Patricia Luxton (Norman's brother, sister-in-law and niece); Louis Luxton, Harry Addison Luxton and Harold Malloch…
Some photographs produced by: Algot Anderson (St Paul), Byron Harmon (Banff), Nelson Photo Studios (St Paul), Ambassador Atelier (St Paul), Zintsmaster (Minneapolis), Frank Cooper (London, Ontario), Steele and Co [Coy?] (Winnipeg), A.H. Opsahl (Minneapolis), Rembrandt Grand (St Paul), Geo. E. Luxton (Minneaplos Times), Reynolds Studio (Minneapolis), Perkins, J. Douglas Eckhert (St Paul), Calgary Photo Supply Co, Pringle & Booth (Toronto), Glenbow Foundation, J [Rosrit?] Calgary Herald Photographer, Robert Lefroy
Date Range
1886
[1890-1900]
1894
1899
[ca.1900]
1904
1906-1907
1920-1921
[1920-1930]
1930
1937
1939-1940
1950
[1950-1960]
1962
Physical Description
63 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 25 x 20.5 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of portraits and other photographs pertaining to Norman Luxton, his extended relatives and friends. Name individuals include: Eleanor and Georgina Luxton; George, Ada and Patricia Luxton (Norman's brother, sister-in-law and niece); Louis Luxton, Harry Addison Luxton and Harold Malloch Luxton (Norman's brothers); Mary Hosking Groeber (Norman's niece); Olive Luxton Hosking (Norman's sister), her husband Edgar and her daughter Dorothy; and Eleanor "Nellie" Luxton Foster (Norman's sister).
Notes
Some photographs are annotated.
PA-15 is annotated at Emerald Lake, this is now known as Lake Louise
File consists of 8 photographs pertaining to members of the Southern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers' Association. Individuals in photographs include Norman Luxton, George Ross, David Hardisty McDougall and Annie (McKenzie Hall) McDougall.
Photographs LUX/I/D6/PA-3 and 4 attributed to Harry Befus and Jack De Lorme, Calgary Herald photographers
Date Range
[ca.1940-1960]
Physical Description
8 photographs : b&w prints ; 36 x 31 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of 8 photographs pertaining to members of the Southern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers' Association. Individuals in photographs include Norman Luxton, George Ross, David Hardisty McDougall and Annie (McKenzie Hall) McDougall.
5 photographs : b&w prints ; 35 x 25 cm or smaller
History / Biographical
I.G. Baker & Co. was a grocer and supply store based in Fort Benton, Montana starting in 1866. An additional store was opened following the settlement of North West Mounted Police officers at Fort Calgary in 1875, which supplied groceries and other basic goods to the area. The business and all existing stores were purchased by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1891.
Scope & Content
File consists of 5 photographs depicting views of Fort Calgary between 1875 and 1884. Includes views of the I.G. Baker & Co. storefront.
File consists of Banff Indian Days negatives and photographs depicting parades, trail rides, interior of the Sign of the Goat Curio Shop, opera rehearsal at the ballroom at the Banff Springs Hotel and field dressing of bison. Subjects include Job Stevens and his wife, unidentified Indigenous famili…
Date Range
1902
ca.1913
1915-1918
1921
ca.1925
1926-1927
ca.1930-1940
ca.1950-1960
Reference Code
LUX / I / D3a / 14 / NA - 01 to NA - 70
LUX / I / D3a / 14 / PA - 01 to PA - 49
Some photographs produced by F. Gully and Kilroy Harris
Date Range
1902
ca.1913
1915-1918
1921
ca.1925
1926-1927
ca.1930-1940
ca.1950-1960
Physical Description
119 photographs : 70 b&w negatives ; 15.5 x 19.5 cm or smaller : 49 b&w prints ; 25.2 x 20.8 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of Banff Indian Days negatives and photographs depicting parades, trail rides, interior of the Sign of the Goat Curio Shop, opera rehearsal at the ballroom at the Banff Springs Hotel and field dressing of bison. Subjects include Job Stevens and his wife, unidentified Indigenous families and individuals, and Norman Luxton. Photographs taken by F. Gully, Kilroy Harris, and potentially Carl Rungus.
Notes
George Noble film processing slip potentionally associated with NA-14 and NA-15. Stamped and annotations made by photographer or image compilers.
File consists of Banff Indian Days photographs and negatives depicting identified and unidentifed Indigenous individuals and families primarily in Banff. Photographs depict studio and environmental portraits, parades, events at the Banff Springs Hotel, 1944 Stampede, and ceremonies. There is a trip…
Date Range
1902
1913
1923
1926
1927
1932
1934
1939
1941
1944
1948
1950
[ca. 1950s]
Reference Code
LUX / I / D3a / 15 / NA - 01 to NA - 02
LUX / I / D3a / 15 / PA - 001 to PA - 108
Photographs are produced by J.G. Noble, F. Gully, Ernest A. Kehr, C.P.R. Photo, International Photographic Services Banff Springs Hotel, Western Ways Tucson, Associated Screen Limited and potentionally Byron Harmon.
Date Range
1902
1913
1923
1926
1927
1932
1934
1939
1941
1944
1948
1950
[ca. 1950s]
Physical Description
110 photographs : 2 b&w negatives ; 12 x 16 cm or smaller : 108 b&w prints ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of Banff Indian Days photographs and negatives depicting identified and unidentifed Indigenous individuals and families primarily in Banff. Photographs depict studio and environmental portraits, parades, events at the Banff Springs Hotel, 1944 Stampede, and ceremonies. There is a triptych of Ludwig "Big Chief" Banjo purchased by Clifford White from the Western Music Supply Co. Subjects include Enos Hunter, Nat Hunter, George Kaquitts, Tom Kaquitts Jacob Twoyoungmen, Hector Crawler, Ernest Kehr and others. Photographs are taken by J.G. Noble, F. Gully, Ernest A. Kehr, C.P.R. Photo, and potentionally Byron Harmon.
Notes
Some of the photographs have typed or handwritten annotations, photographer copyright stamps, and copyright embossing and debossing of early 20th century prints. PA-83,84,85 and 90 and may show government officials from Tasmania including John Francis Gaha.
PA-88 includes a copy negative. NA-01 has a copy print. Some prints or negatives have processing slip or enlargement requests.
PA-26 may have been used as a reference for Banff Indian Days poster drawn by Palenske, LUX / I / D3 / 8
File consists of b&w photograph negatives of unidentified people interacting with black bears in Banff, exteriors of the Indian Trading Post, view from Mount Norquay Lookout, a canyon, and winter scenes.
14 photographs: b&w negatives; 9.5 x 6 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of b&w photograph negatives of unidentified people interacting with black bears in Banff, exteriors of the Indian Trading Post, view from Mount Norquay Lookout, a canyon, and winter scenes.
File consists of b&w photograph negatives depicting unidentified Indigenous people, Norman Luxton, various tipis potentionally in Mini Thni [Morley], cabin with 'Wilson RS' sign, and a horse trail ride in the mountains.
51 photographs: b&w negatives ; 9.5 x 6 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of b&w photograph negatives depicting unidentified Indigenous people, Norman Luxton, various tipis potentionally in Mini Thni [Morley], cabin with 'Wilson RS' sign, and a horse trail ride in the mountains.