Sub-series pertains to 84 b&w and colour prints depicting assorted activities and events around Banff National Park. Includes pack trips, skiing, backcountry huts [Abbot Pass Hut and Bow Hut], community events, shops, a Canada Day Parade, the Canadian Centennial in 1967, a Royal visit in 1959, chur…
84 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25.1 x 20.1 cm or smaller
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
Sub-series pertains to 84 b&w and colour prints depicting assorted activities and events around Banff National Park. Includes pack trips, skiing, backcountry huts [Abbot Pass Hut and Bow Hut], community events, shops, a Canada Day Parade, the Canadian Centennial in 1967, a Royal visit in 1959, churches, school programs, the 1967 Mount Royal Hotel fire, Banff Indian Days, high altitude mountaineering, conferences, boating on the Bow River, and rodeos.
Sub-series pertains to ca. 436 black & white negatives and b&w and colour prints pertaining to various activities and events, including hosptial tours, Banff Elementary School activities, study groups, Banff Indian Days parade and grounds, winter activities, ski jumping, banquets, conferences, wedd…
Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings related to Banff Indian Days and the Calgary Stampede; various other newspaper clippings related to local and international news, including the opening of a new school in Morley and the Luxton Museum [now the Buffalo Nations Museum] in Banff, a fire at Jasp…
Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings related to Banff Indian Days and the Calgary Stampede; various other newspaper clippings related to local and international news, including the opening of a new school in Morley and the Luxton Museum [now the Buffalo Nations Museum] in Banff, a fire at Jasper Park Lodge, and Canadian and international politics.
Item pertains to 12 colour photographs of the July 1970 Banff Indian Days parade down Banff Avenue. Includes images of unidentified First Nations people on horseback and on floats all dressed in regalia, some dancing. Images also include RCMP officers in dress reds, crowds along the street, busines…
Item pertains to 12 colour photographs of the July 1970 Banff Indian Days parade down Banff Avenue. Includes images of unidentified First Nations people on horseback and on floats all dressed in regalia, some dancing. Images also include RCMP officers in dress reds, crowds along the street, business fronts, and an unidentified group of girls in uniform, possibly Girl Guides.
Image of two unidentified First Nations children sitting on a travois being pulled by a horse - a crowd of people and the Banff Springs Hotel visible in the background
Image of two unidentified First Nations children sitting on a travois being pulled by a horse - a crowd of people and the Banff Springs Hotel visible in the background
File pertains to photographs of Bill Olson at work and with his family. Also includes family pictures of various generations of the Olson family, army portraits, coworkers, a Cave & Basin postcard, and an interior shot of the Dave White Shop.
19 prints : b&w and col. ; 17.5 x 12 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File pertains to photographs of Bill Olson at work and with his family. Also includes family pictures of various generations of the Olson family, army portraits, coworkers, a Cave & Basin postcard, and an interior shot of the Dave White Shop.
Notes
Some of the people identified in the photos are Bill Kay, Jack Powell, Jack Doe, Fred Day, Charlie Fullhroch, Mac Lennat, Earl Squires, Bob Graham, Larry Foster, Willard Bell, Bush Ashley, Shorty Blasker, Casey Jones, Dan Zakaryk, Pete Finlay, Jon Douglas, Irene Straus, Marie Leong, and more.
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
File consists of 20 commercial postcards, mostly produced by Byron Harmon, of Banff and the Canadian Rockies. Content pertains to winter sports (hockey, snowshoeing, skiing, curling, ski jumping, etc.), wildlife, the town of Banff and some locations in Eastern British Columbia. Some postcards are a…
Produced by Byron Harmon, V & Sons, Gowen Sutton Co. Ltd., Vancouver, George Noble, Novelty Mfg. Co. Ltd., Montreal
Date Range
[ca. 1900 - ca. 1910]
1912 - 1916
1922
Physical Description
20 postcards : b&w and col. ; 14 x 9 cm and 13.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of 20 commercial postcards, mostly produced by Byron Harmon, of Banff and the Canadian Rockies. Content pertains to winter sports (hockey, snowshoeing, skiing, curling, ski jumping, etc.), wildlife, the town of Banff and some locations in Eastern British Columbia. Some postcards are annotated with dates/brief details. One postcard dated 1913 contains letter addressed to Flora Woodworth from her cousin, Mary Woodworth, with stamp affixed [see "Full Text"].
Notes
Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist
Photographs in this file were accompanied by notes made shortly before or after accession in 1979 giving names/contextual information about photographs. Some notes are by Jim Deegan, 1987. Information has been transferred to the back of each photograph.
File consists of one personal photograph album [likely created by Eleanor Luxton]. Content pertains to staff members of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation Aircraft Division and related events including a dinner party in New York, as well as friends and relatives of the Luxton family. Includes images of…
Some photographs produced by Associated Screen News Ltd., Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Byron Harmon
Date Range
[ca. 1910]
[ca. 1920 - ca. 1930]
[ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]
1941 - 1944
1950
1954
1956
[ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]
1967 - 1969
Physical Description
1 album (193 b&w photographs ; 20 x 25.5 cm or smaller -- 2 textual records)
Scope & Content
File consists of one personal photograph album [likely created by Eleanor Luxton]. Content pertains to staff members of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation Aircraft Division and related events including a dinner party in New York, as well as friends and relatives of the Luxton family. Includes images of Eleanor Luxton as a child and as an adult, group and individual portraits of mostly unidentified individuals [likely immediate and extended family and friends of Eleanor, including Norman and Georgina Luxton], unidentified children playing, images from the Calgary Stampede parade [ca. 1940s], unidentified Indigenous groups and individuals [possibly Stoney Nakoda community members during Banff Indian Days], Dr. Casey's Ranch [1944], and a family picnic. File also includes one small textual record describing a 1943 Curtiss-Wright Corporation staff event, as well as an annotated Christmas card from Ruth and Frank Neustadt [n.d.].
Notes
Some items are annotated on back
Items not in chronological or other clear order
Material Details
Album has clear plastic layer on surface of front and back covers
Green plastic stitched around border of both covers and side bindings
Sub-series pertains to 185 black and white negatives and includes group and individual portraits, weddings, scenic and landscape views, wildlife, sports, activities, businesses, buildings and facilities, and others.
Includes:
[1] - 2 Bill Wellman?, 1946
[2] - 12 [Mountain scenes] 1946 Nov.
[3] - 14…
185 photographs : b&w negatives ; 12.1 x 9.9 cm or smaller
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
Sub-series pertains to 185 black and white negatives and includes group and individual portraits, weddings, scenic and landscape views, wildlife, sports, activities, businesses, buildings and facilities, and others.
Includes:
[1] - 2 Bill Wellman?, 1946
[2] - 12 [Mountain scenes] 1946 Nov.
[3] - 14 [Couple and baby] 1946 Nov.
[4] - 15 Girl at skating ring] 1946 Dec.
[5] - 17 River scenes 1946 Summer
[6] - 19 [Photographer at work] 1946 Summer
[7] - 20 [Two men] 1946 Summer
[8] - 21 [Man golfing] 1946 Sept.
[9] - 22 [Man fishing] 1946 Summer
[10] - 25 [Clouds] [1946?]
[11] - 26 [Interior of bus or train depot] 1946
[12] - 27 [Banff Indian Days parade] 1946 Summer
[13] - 28 [Banff Indian Days events] 1946 Summer
[14] - 30 [Banff Indian Days] 1946
[15] - 33 [Glass ball at Chateau Lake Louise] [1956?]
[16] - 34 [Scenes at Vermillion Lakes] 1946
[17] - 35 [Banff Indian Days] 1946
[18] - 38 [Views along Canadian Pacific Railway line near Banff] 1946
[19] - 39 [Man on glacier] [1946?]
[20] - 40 [Views along road near Banff] 1946
[21] - 42 [Bow Valley] 1946
[22] - 43 [Diving at Cave and Basin] 1946
[23] - 44 [Fishing] [1946?]
[24] - 45 [Car along road near Banff] 1946
[25] - 46 [Banff National Park east gate and Tunnel Mountain Campground gate] 1946
[26] - 47 [Train near Banff] 1946
[27] - 48 [Cave and Basin pool] 1946
[28] - 49 [Woman at Cave and Basin pool] 1946
[29] - 50 [Rocky Mountain sheep] 1946 Spring
[30] - 51 [Automobile on rails (near Banff?)] 1946
[31] - 53 [Tepees (at Indian Grounds?)] 1946
[32] - 54 [Buses at Johnston Canyon; view from near Johnston Canyon] 1946
[33] - 58 [Fishing] 1946 Summer
[34] - 59 [Man on horse (at Indian Grounds?)] 1946
[35] - 60 [Mountain views from along road, some including car] 1946
[36] - 61 [Rockslide?] 1946 Summer
[37] - 62 [Musicians at Banff Springs Hotel] 1946 Summer
[38] - 63 [Winter scene] 1945 Winter
[39] - 64 [Bow River and boathouse at Banff] 1945 Winter
[40] - 66 [Walking Buffalo] 1946 Summer
[41] - 67 [Deer family in Banff] 1946 Summer
[42] - 71 [Train at Banff Station] [1946?]
[43] - 75 [Couple hiking] 1946 Summer
[44] - 76 [Swimming pool at Chateau Lake Louise] [1946?]
[45] - 77 [Mountain scene] [1946?]
[46] - 78 [Musicians / concert at the Banff Springs Hotel] 1946
[47] - 80 [Horseback riding near Banff] [1946?]
[48] - 82 [Musicians / concert at the Banff Springs Hotel] 1946 Summer
[49] - 83 [Mountain scene] 1946
[50] - 84 [People feeding bears] 1946 Summer
[51] - 86 [Two men having drink] [1946?]
[52] - 87 [Oil industry material] 1946
[53] - 90 [Turner Valley? oil industry material] 1946 Summer
[54] - 91 Aircraft 1938?
[55] - 92 Army [tank] 1944 Winter
[56] - 93 Prince Albert [military equipment] 1944
[57] - 94 Edmonton, Pig Culls [packing plant] 1945
[58] - 95 Animals [bird] [ca.1945]
[59] - 96 [Beaver? Investigating backpack] [ca.1945]
[60] - 97 P.A. [Prince Albert military views] 1944
[61] - 98 P.A. [Prince Albert military views, mainly aircraft] 1944
[62] - 99 Mr. MacMillian, Indian Agent, Peigan Reserve, Brockett, Alberta 1945
[63] - 100 [Skiing at Mount Norquay] 1945
[64] - 103 [Winter scene] 1945
[65] - 103 [Military views, Prince Albert?] 1944
[66] - 104 [Dog team] [ca. 1945]
[67] - 106 For Pete LaGrandeur, Peigan Reserve, Brockett, Alberta [ca.1945]
[68] - 109 [Bow Lake? Copy negative] [ca.1945]
[69] - 111 [Highway road sign at Banff] [ca.1945]
[70] - 113 [Lake scene] [ca.1945]
[71] - 115 [Oil industry material] [ca.1945]
[72] - 116 [Bus driver and bus at Banff Indian Grounds [ca.1945]
[73] - 117 [Mountain views, rock and ice] [ca.1945]
[74] - 118 [Mountain views, including summit shots] [ca.1945]
[75] - 119 Mink [mink farm] [ca.1945]
[76] - 120 [Turner Valley, town, people, activities oil industry] [ca.1945]
[77] - 121 Wild horses [horse roundup?] [ca.1945]
[78] - 122 [Building, exterior and interior] [ca.1945]
[79] - 123 Indian camp [people, tepees, rodeo] [ca.1945]
[80] - 124 Fox culls [fox farm] [ca.1945]
[81] - 125 Seebe Dam culls [ca.1945]
[82] - 128 Fox [copy negatives of photograph of Bill Peyto and others on speeder in front of Banff Station] [ca.1945]
[83] - 129 Yellowknife [ca.1945]
[84] - 130 Tractor Train [northern post; dog sleds, moving equipment and supplies etc.] [ca.1945]
[85] - 131 Turner Valley [fire in oil field] [ca.1945]
[86] - 132 [Children in back yard] [ca.1945]
[87] - 133 Stampede [rodeo, Calgary and other location, possibly Morley] [ca.1945]
[88] - 134 Stock Yards [mainly train loading at stockyard] [ca.1945]
[89] - 135 Pigs [and pig farm] [ca.1945]
[90] - 136 Oil [industry] [ca.1945]
[91] - 137 Ottawa [ca.1945]
[92] - 138 Oil [industry] [ca.1945]
[93] - 139 [Military operations, Prince Albert area?] 1945
[94] - 140 [Military operations, Prince Albert area?] [ca.1945]
[95] - 141 [Lake scenes, not in mountains] [ca.1945]
[96] - 142 Exercise Eskimo, Canadian Army, Prince Albert [ca.1945]
[97] - 143 [Military parade] [ca.1945]
[98] - 144 [Measurement scale?] [ca.1945]
[99] - 145 [Camping, sailing] [ca.1945]
[100] - 146 [Man feeding bear] [ca.1945]
[101] - 147 [Ottawa military/social function; includes military band and personnel, dignitaries?] [ca.1945]
[102] - 148 [Duke friends and family?] [ca.1945]
[103] - 149 Wild horses [actually residential area of unknown city in winter] [ca.1945]
[104] - 151 [Man skiing] [ca.1945]
[105] - 152 [Banff house, front and back; woman in yard] [ca.1945]
[106] - 153 [Vermillion Lakes?] [ca.1945]
[107] - 154 Varsity Meet, Norquay 1947 Views of individual ski competitors; identified
[108] - 155 [Banff Winter Carnival, parade, queen events] 1947
[109] - 156 [Interior views, living room] [ca.1945]
[110] - 157 [Bow River; ice palace] [ca.1945]
[111] - 158 [Ski area] [ca.1945]
[112] - 159 [Skier; skiers receiving awards] [ca.1945]
[113] - 160 [Skiing; teams; skiers receiving awards] [ca.1945]
[114] - 161 [Baby and parents] [ca.1945]
[115] - 162 [Skis and boots] [ca.1945]
[116] - 163 Jack Oakie [man and woman] [ca.1945]
[117] - 164 Moxie Whitney and Jack Smith [actually photographs of baby] [ca.1945]
[118] - 165 Jack Smith [golfing, singing with band] [ca.1945]
[119] - 166 Jack Smith [singing with band] [ca.1945]
[120] - 167 [House in Banff] [ca.1945]
[121] - 168 [Man with skis] [ca.1945]
[122] - 169 [Winter mountain views at unknown ski area] [ca.1945]
[123] - 170 [Skiers] [ca.1945]
[124] - 171 [Winter mountain views at unknown ski area] [ca.1945]
[125] - 172 [Man on skis] [ca.1945]
[126] - 173 [Moose near Banff] [ca.1945]
[127] - 174 [Winter mountain view] [ca.1945]
[128] - 175 [Mount Assiniboine, buildings and mountain] [ca.1945]
[129] - 176 [Food supplies laid out in cabin] [ca.1945]
[130] - 177 [Girl in Girl Guide uniform] [ca.1945]
[131] - 179 [Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train at Banff Station] [ca.1945]
[132] - 180 [Group photograph taken by river] [ca.1945]
[133] - 181 [Swimming at Banff Springs Hotel outside pool] [ca.1945]
[134] - 182 [Wedding] [ca.1945]
[135] - 185 [Couple at Banff Springs Hotel] [ca.1945]
[136] - 190 [Winter mountain scene] [ca.1945]
[137] - 191 [Kids at ice palace] [ca.1945]
[138] - 192 [Winter scene, Bow River] [ca.1945]
[139] - 194 [Woman] [ca.1945]
[140] - 195 [Woman] [ca.1945]
[141] - 196 [Woman, children] [ca.1945]
[142] - 197 [Skiers] [ca.1945]
[143] - 198 [Winter mountain scenes] [ca.1945]
[144] - 199 [Banff Springs Hotel] [ca.1945]
[145] - 201 [Women in fur coats] [ca.1945]
[146] - 202 Mount Eisenhower [Castle Mountain] trip [ca.1945]
[147] - 203 [Golfing] [ca.1945]
[148] - 204 [Man at Mount Assiniboine] [ca.1945]
[149] - 205 [Skiing] [ca.1945]
[150] - 206 [Winter mountain scene] [ca.1945]
[151] - 208 [Lodge at Mount Assiniboine?] [ca.1945]
[152] - 210 Republic Seebe and canoe [airplane (delivering canoe?) at Banff] [ca.1945]
[153] - 211 [Mount Assiniboine area in winter] [ca.1945]
[154] - 212 [Ski touring, men with skis] [ca.1945]
[155] - 214 [Ski touring, men with skis] [ca.1945]
[156] - 217 Jack Thomas [Christmas card] [ca.1945]
[157] - 218 [Mount Rundle and cloud] 1948 Sept.
[158] - 220 [Man on top of ski lodge at Mount Assiniboine] [ca.1945]
[159] - 221 Wally Anderson Wedding [ca.1945]
[160] - 222 [Mount Norquay ski lodge and area] [ca.1945]
[161] - 223 [Bus on Mount Norquay road] [ca.1945]
[162] - 224 Ski Crowds, Buses at Station [ca.1945]
[163] - 226 [People in house] [ca.1945]
[164] - 227 [Train, tracks, other scenes, not in mountains]
[165] - 228 Lift Lock at Petersborough, Ont. 1948
[166] - 229 [Racetrack, possibly Calgary] [ca.1945]
[167] - 230 [People in house] [ca.1945]
[168] - 231 [Dam, not in mountains] [ca.1945]
[169] - 232 [People swimming in lake or ocean] [ca.1945]
[170] - 233 [Blurred shots of buildings on Banff Avenue?] [ca.1945]
[171] - 234 [Snow scene] [ca.1945]
[172] - 235 [Winter scene, Mount Rundle] [ca.1945]
[173] - 236 Carnival 1948 Feb 12-15
[174] - Varsity Meet, Banff 1948 Jan 31 – Feb 1
[175] - Carnival 1948
[176] - Drama 1948 Feb.
[177] - Official Opening, Dom. Championships 1948
[178] - Ski-Jumping, Dom. Champ. 1948
[179] - Slalom, Dom. Champ. 1948
[180] - Slalom, Dom. Champ. 1948
[181] - Ski-Jumping [1948]
[182] - Cross-Country, Dom. Champ. 1948
[183] - Finishing Flash [Dominion Championships] 1948
[184] - Album [skiers and buses at train station] 1948
[185] - [Various scenes; mainly Ottawa military functions, also perhaps some family material] [ca.1945]
Notes
Numbers without square brackets are Duke's original numbering - some do not have original numbers assigned to them.
Some files may have more than one negative.