Image of Canadian Pacific Railway station at Bankhead - several people on platform and pedal rail car in foreground - caption reads "C.P.R. Station Bankhead, Alta"
Image of Canadian Pacific Railway station at Bankhead - several people on platform and pedal rail car in foreground - caption reads "C.P.R. Station Bankhead, Alta"
File consists of 78 photographs pertaining to the Luxton Museum and its displays, including the museum’s construction and the interior views of the museum and its displays. Some photographs depict Indigenous individuals [including John Hunter and unidentified Cree and Stoney Nakoda men] posing as m…
Photographs LUX/I/D3e/PA-74 and 76 produced by Bruno Engler; LUX/I/D3e/PA -77 and 78 produced by Ernest Kehr
Date Range
1951-1957
Physical Description
78 photographs : b&w prints ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 78 photographs pertaining to the Luxton Museum and its displays, including the museum’s construction and the interior views of the museum and its displays. Some photographs depict Indigenous individuals [including John Hunter and unidentified Cree and Stoney Nakoda men] posing as models for display mannequins used in the Luxton Museum.
Notes
First three items in file signed on reverse side by “Roy”[?] [Ray?]; individual not further identified
File contains some duplicates
Material Details
Items LUX/I/D3e/PA-4 to 16 labelled as “Polaroid” photographs on back. Same items have folded paper attached to left side partly covering images
File consists of handwritten records and notes. Content pertains to hours worked and cumulative wage calculations, notes and timelines for transcribing and typing work, a list of footnotes and page references, and a sample letter to W.E. Ireland [Provincial Archivist in British Columbia] with struc…
File consists of handwritten records and notes. Content pertains to hours worked and cumulative wage calculations, notes and timelines for transcribing and typing work, a list of footnotes and page references, and a sample letter to W.E. Ireland [Provincial Archivist in British Columbia] with structural and spelling corrections by Eleanor Luxton.
Notes
Items previously stored in black duotang titled "MEMOS E. HOPPE [?]"
Item was previously stored in black duotang with metal fasteners. Contents have been removed and stored alone in archival folder due to potentially damaging materials
Image of five men identified as Samuel Prescott Fay, Robert Cross, Bob Jones, Jack Symes, and Fred Brewster standing in front of a log structure with sod roof
Image of five men identified as Samuel Prescott Fay, Robert Cross, Bob Jones, Jack Symes, and Fred Brewster standing in front of a log structure with sod roof
Image of eight men and one women identifed as (left to right) Christian Kaufmann, Jacob Muller, Christian Haesler Sr., unidentifed, unidentified, Fred Michel, Edward Feuz Sr., Christian Bohren, Hans Kauffman - posed for a studio portrain with ropes and ice axes
Image of eight men and one women identifed as (left to right) Christian Kaufmann, Jacob Muller, Christian Haesler Sr., unidentifed, unidentified, Fred Michel, Edward Feuz Sr., Christian Bohren, Hans Kauffman - posed for a studio portrain with ropes and ice axes