Originally produced 1942 under the title "The Invaders". Features Norman Luxton and Banff Indian Days. 2 double video disc restored high-definition digital transfer
Accession Number
outstanding - donated by Luxton Foundation to replace VHS
File pertains to a photo album that Includes an assortment of views of the Canadian Rockies; mainly duplicates of those images in Series I. Landscape Photographs. Item-level inventory available.
File pertains to a photo album that Includes an assortment of views of the Canadian Rockies; mainly duplicates of those images in Series I. Landscape Photographs. Item-level inventory available.
File pertains to a photograph album containing some photographs of various Alpine Club of Canada, American Alpine Club, Sky-Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, and personal trips. Photographs primarily depict mountain views, buildings, lakes, and people, some of whom are identified.
The bulk…
1 album (173 prints : b&w and col. ; 25 x 22.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to a photograph album containing some photographs of various Alpine Club of Canada, American Alpine Club, Sky-Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, and personal trips. Photographs primarily depict mountain views, buildings, lakes, and people, some of whom are identified.
The bulk of the album is dedicated to Christmas cards sent to Lillian Gest by various people from 1949-1958.
Inserts pertain to two photographs of a group of people sitting on the front porch of a cabin in Lake O'Hara. Ernest Feuz is seated far right.
Fonds includes: guest registers for 1926-1934, 1946-1956 and 1958-1964; piece of letterhead, ca.1958; file of copies of correspondence, plans, legal documents and reports, 1921-1973, pertaining to Lake O'Hara, development of the area by the Canadian Pacific Railway and as part of a national park, a…
1.5 cm and 3 v. of textual records -- ca.80 photographs : prints
History / Biographical
Lake O'Hara Lodge was erected by the Canadian Pacific Railway on the shore of Lake O'Hara, Yoho National Park, during the winter of 1925-1926. The following winter, cabins from the CPR camp in a nearby alpine meadow were moved to the lodge site. The lodge catered to hikers and climbers and was managed for over thirty years by Sylvia "Syd" Graves. In 1954, the CPR sold the lodge to Claude Brewster and Austin H. Ford of Brewster-Ford Mountain Lodges. Ford assumed sole ownership in 1958 and sold the lodge in 1975. Since 1976, Lake O'Hara Lodge has been operated by the Laub family of Banff. Currently, other partners include Tim and Leslee Wake.
Scope & Content
Fonds includes: guest registers for 1926-1934, 1946-1956 and 1958-1964; piece of letterhead, ca.1958; file of copies of correspondence, plans, legal documents and reports, 1921-1973, pertaining to Lake O'Hara, development of the area by the Canadian Pacific Railway and as part of a national park, and Lake O'Hara Trails Club; photographs pertaining to Lake O'Hara Lodge, construction, owners, staff, guests and patron, 1919-1972.
Fonds consists of club records. Textual records include by-laws, 1979; minutes, 1949-1984; presidents' records, 1974-1983; financial records, membership records and dues receipts; newsletters, 1978-1994; clippings and articles, after 1946; Lake O'Hara region south area map elements and published ve…
ca. 34 cm of textual records. -- 630 photographs : transparencies, prints
History / Biographical
The Lake O'Hara Trails Club was established 1948, dissolved in 1962 and reactivated in 1969 to create, improve and maintain a system of trails in the Lake O'Hara region of Yoho National Park, British Columbia. Later work involved providing information on the region to visitors, publishing maps and historical works, and continuing the efforts of founders, George K. K. Link and A. Carson Simpson.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of club records.
Textual records include by-laws, 1979; minutes, 1949-1984; presidents' records, 1974-1983; financial records, membership records and dues receipts; newsletters, 1978-1994; clippings and articles, after 1946; Lake O'Hara region south area map elements and published versions; and correspondence between Dr. George K. K. Link, members and others, 1960-1978.
Photographs consist mainly of Lake O'Hara Trails Club slide library pertaining to landscape, flora and fauna of the region, also portraits of Dr. Link; ca.1950-1981; 625 items. Photographers / contributors to slide library include Lillian Gest, D. M. Hehir, Frank and Ruth Henderson, Jane Hopkinson, John Hutchinson, Richard Turnbull and others. Prints pertain to ascent of Mount Lefroy, 1925, 5 items.
Sub-series consists of lantern slides depicting Banff Springs Hotel, Banff Townsite, Lake Louise, Lake O’Hara, travel rides, Bow Lake, Yoho National Park.
40 photographs : col. slides ; 10 x 8.2 cm
Transparencies mounted as lantern slides.
History / Biographical
While most lantern slides are made of images that have been drawn, painted, printed, or developed directly onto a pane of glass, this collection consists of cellulose-based transparencies that have been placed within a paper border and secured between 2 panes of glass.
Colour positive cellulose-based film first became available to consumers in 1941 when Kodak introduced Kodacolor print film, a process that involved taking photographs on black and white film and then developing them into full colour positives in a lab. In 1946, Kodak was able to simplify the development process with Ektachrome, which used a colour slide film and also made it much easier for photographers to develop their photos at home.
Based on small notches cut into the edge of the films in this collection, these images were taken on Separation Negative 4133, Type 2, which was a type of black and white negative film produced by Kodak.
Scope & Content
Sub-series consists of lantern slides depicting Banff Springs Hotel, Banff Townsite, Lake Louise, Lake O’Hara, travel rides, Bow Lake, Yoho National Park.
All slides were cleaned prior to scanning - cleaning cloth came out red-brown, possibly residue from the red binding tape reacting to the acid-free paper sleeves.
The Focal Encyclopaedia of Photography, 4th edition, Michael R. Peres editor-in-chief, Focal Press Taylor & Francis Group, New York and London, 2007, pp. 699.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notch_code
Title Source
Title based on contents of sub-series
Content Details
[1] Slide patented December 29, 1986. Image of 1940's trail ride; two unidentified people on horses.
[2] Two unidentified individuals on 1940's trail ride.
[3] Horse standing on a mountain during trail ride.
[4] Unidentified individual on a horse; unidentified mountains.
[5] Unidentified individual riding a horse. Sticker reads, “George Vaux. Bryn Mawr, PA.”
[6] Town site of Banff and surrounding mountains.
suffering from severe white spotting.
[7] View of Banff, Rundle Mountain and Tunnel Mountain.
[8] View of Banff, Rundle Mountain and Tunnel Mountain.
suffering from severe white spotting.
[9] View of The Banff Springs Hotel and Golf Course.
suffering from severe white spotting.
[10] The Banff Springs Hotel and Golf Course.
[11] Unidentified individuals putting on the green at The Banff Springs Golf Club.
[12] Unidentified individuals in a canoe on Vermilion Lakes, Rundle Mountain in the background.
[13] View of Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier.
[14] View of Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier with table, chairs and an umbrella.
[15] View of Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier with table, chairs and an umbrella. Sticker reads, “George Vaux, Bryan Mawr, PA.”
[16] View of Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier.
[17] Unidentified individuals during a riding trail, glaciers in the distance.
[18] Portrait of an unidentified man with camera.
[19] View of Bow Lake, Bow Peak and Bow Glacier.
[20] View of Crowfoot Mountain.
[21] North view of Cathedral Mountain and Lake O’Hara.
[22] View of Lake O’Hara and Cathedral Mountain.
in addition to minimal white spotting and clouding minimal blurriness to image is apparent.
[23] View of Lake O’Hara and Cathedral Mountain.
[24] View of Lake O’Hara and Cathedral Mountain.
[25] View of Lake O’Hara and Cathedral Mountain.
[26] Unidentified male on a horse in the mountains; riding trail.
[27] Photograph taken during a horse trail ride in the mountains; unidentified glaciers in the background. Sticker reads, “George Vaux, Bryan Mawr, PA.”.
[28] View of Cathedral Mountain.
[29] View of Bow Lake with mountains.
[30] View of Cathedral Mountain.
[31] View of Crowfoot Glacier.
[32] View of Crowfoot Glacier.
[33] View of two men with horse; unidentified mountain in background.
[34] View of Crowfoot Glacier.
[35] View of Lake O’Hara.
[36] View of Lake O’Hara.
[37] View of Takakkaw Falls in Yoho Provincial Park, British Columbia.
[38] View of Takakkaw Falls in Yoho Provincial Park, British Columbia.
[39] View of Lake O’Hara and mountains.
[40] View individuals setting up camp with an unidentified mountain in the background.
File pertains to photographs of Lawrence Grassi with others, many are unidentified; includes climbing, leisure and posed views. Also includes of Grassi at his home in Canmore.
File pertains to photographs of Lawrence Grassi with others, many are unidentified; includes climbing, leisure and posed views. Also includes of Grassi at his home in Canmore.
File pertains to 115 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 4 to December 29, 1946. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and phot…
2 cm of textual records (139 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 115 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 4 to December 29, 1946. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and photography, events and people in Concord, world news, radio programs, the Winter Carnival, cleaning and household chores, Catharine working with the Red Cross and instructing a weekly art class, skiing on Sulphur between the Upper Hot Springs and the river, Pete making posters for various organizations, community events and programs, painting, gardening and yard word, errand trips to Calgary, judging an art show at the Auditorium sposored by the Horner Co. in June, Catharine's brother Russ and his family coming to visit in late June-late July [included stays at Skoki, Bow Lake, Lake O'Hara, and Temple], the Governor General touring Banff in July, Banff Indian Days, driving up to Sunshine Lodge and beyond to the edge of Porcupine Valley as part of a survey crew with Fern Brewster, the Calgary Stampede, day trips around Banff National Park for sketching and picnics, trips to Bow Lake and Temple Mountain [usually for a week at a time], matters pertaining to the store, moving a shed from behind Annie White's house closer to the river [used to store cars and later a stagecoach], Catharine going to Concord for a month [mid-November to mid-December], making the annual Christmas card, and various Christmas/holiday activities and parties [including Pete and Catharine's first Christmas tree since before the war].
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand people of colour (especially black people) used throughout is outdated and offensive.
Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters written on lodge letterhead.
Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981.