A black and white photographic positive, the side of the mountain covers almost the entire picture, it is snow covered, to the top right and centre an avalanche is descending to the valley bottom, a few trees in the bottom left corner
A black and white photographic positive, the side of the mountain covers almost the entire picture, it is snow covered, to the top right and centre an avalanche is descending to the valley bottom, a few trees in the bottom left corner
Combines Weathered Wood, They Came West and Wild Cards which are primarily reminiscences of Banff local pioneer Pat Brewster where he relates stories about Banff citizens and visitors and the background history of streets and other places in the area, including Sunshine
Contents: Book 1 - Weathered wood: anecdotes and history of the Banff-Sunshine area: William Twin (p.9-14); Sir George Simpson (p.15-22); Simpson Register (p.22); George Mercer Dawson (p.23-24); Joe Heely and George Brewster (p.25-28); Bill Peyto (p.29-43); A.O. Wheeler (p.45-49);Sunshine route and early days of skiing: Bill Neish (p.49-51); Arthur Unwin (p.52-54);Gus Johnson, Conrad Kain and Hilliard Hartin (p.53); Dick Smith (p.55-59); Lou Crosby (p. 60-61) .Mount Brewster and Brewster Rock (p.62-64)
Contents: Book 2 - They came west: Pat's tales of the early days: Pat Brewster as a five year old (p.11-16); Ed Loder (p.12); Howard Whitmere of Brewster Dairy (p.19-21); Mrs. Irving and daughter, the spiritualists (p.19-20); Princess Patricia and the Duke of Connaught visit of 1914 (p.21-22); Frank Oliver , newspaperman (p.21-27); ; stories of George Brewster (p.28-47) inclulding George Brewster and Tom Wilson at Silver City and social scene at the Montreal Hotel and the courting of David McDougall's daughter and niece, and stories of George in Finlay River in the Peace River area and prospecting in the Nordegg and Ghost Lake areas and resulting tensions with indians (p. 41-45) Kid Price, prospector (p.39-40); North-west Mounted Police (p.47-51): Fred Bagley, Sergeant Browning, Sergeant Taylor, Sergeant Casey Oliver, Inspector Harper, Michael Denis "Paddy" Ryan, Constable Stanley, Frank Bouchet (who was admitted to the Hockey Hall of Fame); locations of barracks (p.50-52); hockey (p.53-55) including Fred Pratt and photograph of the Banff Sulphur Rocks hockey team; Philip Moore, Powderface and the King of Siam (p.56-57); Cobb family (p.59); history of Banff's Lynx Street (p.61)
Contents: Book 3 - Wild Cards: F.O. "Pat" Brewster tales of Banff and the Rockies: Fred Tabuteau (p.6-14); Dr. Robert George Brett (p.10-11); Gordon Reed, Stewart Armour and Norman Luxton's bear (p.15); Mountain goat and hunting stories (p.18-26); Jim Brewster (p.27-31); Marquis Albizzi (p.32-46); Edward Feuz story of porcupine (p.47-48); Bill Davie (p.49-59); Guy Weadick (p.59-64)
Banff Springs Hotel Centennial Ale, 3 items. 3 long necked beer bottles, amber colour (a) capped and full of original beer, neck label: "100 years of Elegance" body label: "Big Rock Brewery~ Calgary, Alberta, Canada BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL CENTENNIAL ALE 1888-1988, 341 mL 5% alc/vol." Label- image …
Banff Springs Hotel Centennial Ale, 3 items. 3 long necked beer bottles, amber colour (a) capped and full of original beer, neck label: "100 years of Elegance" body label: "Big Rock Brewery~ Calgary, Alberta, Canada BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL CENTENNIAL ALE 1888-1988, 341 mL 5% alc/vol." Label- image of Banff Springs Hotel with Norquay Pass, Mt. Brewster behind.(b) empty bottle with same label as the othersno cap.(c) empty bottle with same label as the others. no cap.
File pertains to photographs of Jim Brewster and family; other Brewster family members including John & Bella Brewster, Bill Brewster, Lade Bagley Brewster, Fern Brewster, George Clarkson, Edmee Moore (also Edmee and Charlie Reid's wedding), Pearl Moore, Philip Moore, George Brewster family and fr…
File pertains to photographs of Jim Brewster and family; other Brewster family members including John & Bella Brewster, Bill Brewster, Lade Bagley Brewster, Fern Brewster, George Clarkson, Edmee Moore (also Edmee and Charlie Reid's wedding), Pearl Moore, Philip Moore, George Brewster family and friends, Jack Brewster; also Rudolf Aemmer, Joe and Don Brewster, hockey team photos; views of Jim Brewster's house on Bow Avenue; Bow Falls, Banff townsite, Mount Royal Hotel, Mount Norquay Ski Lodge and ski school, Jim Brewster with school class, Banff Station; Irvine Castle, Ireland. One item is tintype
First published as a series of articles in the Calgary Herald during Calgary's 75th anniversary celebrations, 1950. Reprinted in book form 1951 under title: Tales of
the old town.
A black and white photographic positive, a figure of a man is central in the picture, only his one boot is clearly defined, he is chopping through a cornice of snow, the mountain is from bottom left to upper right, most of it snow, flying snow backlit from the sun dominates the centre of the picture
A black and white photographic positive, a figure of a man is central in the picture, only his one boot is clearly defined, he is chopping through a cornice of snow, the mountain is from bottom left to upper right, most of it snow, flying snow backlit from the sun dominates the centre of the picture
File consists of three account books for the Curio store Dorothy Cranstone ran in the Mount Royal hotel. Also included is the contract for the sale of the Curio Store to Brewster Transport in November 1974.
File consists of three account books for the Curio store Dorothy Cranstone ran in the Mount Royal hotel. Also included is the contract for the sale of the Curio Store to Brewster Transport in November 1974.