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 a scrapbook containing newspaper accounts by travellers in the Rockies and Selkirks, particularly descriptions of Banff town, Banff Springs Hotel, the hot springs and vicinity. The Stewarts are frequently mentioned, having extended their hospitality to the various writers. The al…
George A. Stewart, 1830-1917, was the first Superintendent of Rocky Mountains Park (now Banff National Park) from 1886-1897. George and Frances Stewart, 1843-1932, and family were prominent early residents of Banff.
Scope & Content
File consists of a scrapbook containing newspaper accounts by travellers in the Rockies and Selkirks, particularly descriptions of Banff town, Banff Springs Hotel, the hot springs and vicinity. The Stewarts are frequently mentioned, having extended their hospitality to the various writers. The album has been autographed at a later date by Olive Stewart Foster.
File pertains to views along the Canadian Pacific Railway, Vancouver, B.C. to Canmore, Alberta. Also includes Banff views, including Banff Springs Hotel, Cave and Basin, Bow Valley, Banff townsite and Brett Hospital operating room.
File pertains to views along the Canadian Pacific Railway, Vancouver, B.C. to Canmore, Alberta. Also includes Banff views, including Banff Springs Hotel, Cave and Basin, Bow Valley, Banff townsite and Brett Hospital operating room.
Notes
IMAGES :
1. Looking up the Fraser near Salmon River [ca.1892]
2. Hell’s Gate, Fraser Canyon [ca.1892]
3. Looking down the Thompson near Kamloops [ca.1892]
4. Junction of the North and South Thompson near Kamloops, BC [ca.1892]
5. Albert Canyon [ca.1892]
6. Natural Bridge on the Kicking Horse River, near Field [ca.1892]
7. Mt. Stephen showing Silver Mine [ca.1892]
8. CPR showing four Tunnels [ca.1892]
9. Stoney Creek Bridge, Selkirks, CPR [ca.1892]
10. The Great Divide, Summit Rockies, CPR [ca.1892]
11. Emerald Lake, near Field, BC [ca.1892]
12. From Great Glacier, showing Glacier House [ca.1892]
13. A round-up on the cattle ranges near Kamloops, BC [ca.1892]
14. Winter scene at the Glacier House, Selkirks [ca.1892]
15. Fishing fleet at the mouth of the Fraser [ca.1892]
16. Brunette Bridge, New Westminster [ca.1892]
17. Lake Louise, near Laggan, CPR [ca.1892]
18. Three Sisters, Canmore [ca.1892]
19. Cannery fish house [ca.1892]
20. [Unidentified men posing below a Red Wood tree] [ca.1892]
21. Operating Room, Dr. Brett’s Private Hospital, Banff Alta [ca.1892]
22. Sundance Canyon, Banff [ca.1892]
23. Looking up the Thompson, Spences Bridge [ca.1892]
24. [View of the Bow River Bridge and Cascade Mountain] [ca.1900]
25. The “Basin,” Banff [ca.1900]
26. [CPR Hotel, Banff] [ca.1900]
27. [Bow River Bridge and Cascade Mountain] [ca.1900]
28. [View from Tunnel Mt. Dr. Brett’s Private Hospital and Sanitarium, Banff, Alberta] [ca.1900]
29. [View of CPR Hotel from Tunnel Mt.] [ca.1900]
30. Devils Head Canyon, Banff [ca.1900]
31. [Rundle Mountain, Banff] [ca.1900]
32. The “Basin,” Banff [ca.1900]
33. [Unidentified river and dirt road] [ca.1900]
34. [View of Bow River from CPR Hotel, Banff] [ca.1900]
35. [Looking down on The "Basin," Banff] [ca.1900]
36. [Dr. Brett's Private Hospital and Sanitarium, Banff] [ca.1900]
37. [Lake Minnewanka] [ca.1900]
38. [View of the town of Banff from Tunnel Mt.] [ca.1900]
39. [Eastbound road to Banff and Cascade Mt.] [ca.1900]
40. View from Upper Hot Springs, Banff [ca.1900]
41. View from Tunnel Mt. Dr. Brett’s Private Hospital and Sanitarium, Banff, Alberta [ca.1892]
42. CPR Hotel, Banff [ca.1892]
43. The Basin, Banff [ca.1900]
44. On the Kootenay Lake, BC [ca.1892]
45. Bow River Falls, Banff [ca.1892]