Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.
Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.
14 photographs : b&w and col. slides ; 10.2 x 8.2 cm
History / Biographical
The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was officially formed in Februray, 1881, to construct a railroad that would link the eastern provinces with British Columbia, a key component of the Canadian Confederation of 1867. Headed by William C. Van Horne as General Manager, the railroad arrived in the Canadian Rockies in 1883 and a siding was established just east of present-day Banff. When railroad workers discovered a natural hot spring on the south side of the Bow River, Van Horne ordered the construction of a hotel that would house visitors brought in by train to visit the springs. Construction of the Banff Springs Hotel finished in 1888 and joined a handful of CPR hotels throughout the Rocky and Selkirk Mountain ranges. The popularity of the hot springs and surrounding area led to the formation of a national park and to the town of Banff.
After construction of the railway had completed, the CPR continued to survey and document the Rocky Mountains alongside federal agencies like the Department of the Interior and private outfitters. Utilizing coloured lantern slides the CPR was able to showcase the mountains as both tourist and settlement destinations. Magic lantern shows of these slides could be used for administrative purposes by the company to showcase land holdings and investments or in public shows as advertisements of the new railway.
Scope & Content
Series consists of 14 lantern slides [ca.1900-ca.1925]. Slides are views along the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Series contains 35 children's magic lantern slides done in colour, machine-printed rather than hand-painted. There are 4 distinct grouping of the slides: 2019.88-1-12 depict the story "The Transvaal War" [manufactured in 1895?]. Each slide has 3 seperate images with black borders and are numbered s…
The Ernst Plank Company (EP) was located in Nerumberg, Germany and operated from 1866 until 1930. The company was known for their production of copper and tin toys, specifically stationary and locomotive toy steam engines and carriages, they also produced a variety of magic lanterns and lantern slides. When they first began producing lantern slides, the standard shape of a slide was a square piece of glass about 8cm x 8cm and, depending on the style of magic lantern being used, may have a wooden frame built around the glass. Styles changed as methods for printing slides and lantern designs advanced – by the 1880’s the wooden frame was removed entirely from the slides and replaced with thin strips of coloured binding tape that protected fingers from the glass edges.
Originally, hand painted black silhouette images on glass or wax paper were used to create projected pictures, followed closely by the use of colour paints to create entire scenes. Printed images soon replaced hand-painted slides, allowing for cheaper production and more widespread use.
A popular format for commercially manufactured lantern slides was a long piece of glass (usually no more than 23cm long) on which multiple images could be printed in order to tell a smoother story. This allowed for two different kinds of display. The first display has smaller pictures printed in circular or square frames with a solid black border and shown as independent images of a larger narrative with pauses in between. The second display option for these slides is as a panoramic scene with the entire area coloured in (or just with figures displayed like on a stage) so they could seamlessly slide from one side to the other.
This long thin kind of slide was ideal for home use and could be easily handled by children. Ernst Plank also produced a toy magic lantern out of lightweight tin that could be lit with a small oil lamp specifically for use by children. Slides meant for that kind of lantern were printed on celluloid or on a single plane of glass with a thin layer of transparent lacquer to protect the image. This created a thinner, more lightweight and less delicate slide ideal for small hands. When a toy magic lantern was purchased it came with 1 or 2 sets (each set consisting of 12 slides) in the lantern’s box, additional sets of a particular theme could be purchased independently.
Magic lanterns varied greatly in design and material depending on the use. Professional showmen would have multi-lens lanterns lit by powerful chemicals or high-voltage lightbulbs that would allow them to project clear images onto a large screen for a theater audience. There were also simpler lanterns that could be powered by oil lamps, multi-wick candles, gas lighting, or electricity in the home. One of the most popular themes for slide shows where images from international travel, but domestic scenes, Christmas, and famous historic battles were also very common.
Scope & Content
Series contains 35 children's magic lantern slides done in colour, machine-printed rather than hand-painted. There are 4 distinct grouping of the slides:
2019.88-1-12 depict the story "The Transvaal War" [manufactured in 1895?]. Each slide has 3 seperate images with black borders and are numbered sequentially so that the showman could keep track. There is no maker's mark, but according to a note placed in the accompanying lantern slide box, this set was made by the Ernst Plank Company. The slides depict protraits of men in various uniforms, battle scenes, and soldiers in uniform. Each silde is bordered with green paper in good condition.
2019.88-13-16 are unrelated EP slides bordered in red paper of varying condition. 13 has 4 travel images seperated with a black border; 14 is a long slide showing 4 boys in play dress as a marching band; 15 is a panoramic sea scape with ships and a harbour. A section of the coloured glass along the top slightly to the left of centre has been chipped off; 16 is a panoramic pastoral Dutch scene set in the springtime. The supporting glass piece has been badly damaged and is missing on the left end of the slide.
2019.88-17-28 are all travel scenes with 4 images to a slide seperated with a black border and no maker's mark. The images contain a mixture of people, animals, buildings and temples (mainly made from stone), boats, and landscapes from North America, Africa (with an emphasis on Egypt), and what could be either South America or Eurasia. All slides are bordered in red paper of fair to good condition.
2019.88-29-35 are unrelated EP slides of various styles bordered in red paper in fair to good condition. 29 depicts 4 caricature portraits with a black border; 30, 32, 34 are long slides with 4 individuals on each that are not seperated from eachother with borders, but are not part of a larger scene; 31, 33, 35 are all panoramic pastoral Dutch scenes set in both springtime and winter.
Notes
Accompanying the slides is what appears to be an original lantern slide box, made of wood and covered in faded purple paper with a steam engine train image on the top and a logo containing the intials "E.P." The logo consists of a 4-spoke wheel with wings on either side and 3 stars above. One short end of the box is missing and the sliding lid is either warped or stuck and does not open. A sticky note placed inside the box states that the green-line lantern slides (2019.88/PS-1 to PS-12) accompanied the box.
File consists of 3 seperate series of coloured, machine printed lantern slides: PS-1 to PS-12 is a collection made by Gebruder Bing, Nurnberg (GBN Bavaria), Decalcomania, Germany.
[1] How to kill an annoying mosquito
[2] An awful accident in the snow
[3] A naughty boy deserves to be punished...
…
19 photographs : col. slides ; 22.5cm x 6.5 cm or smaller
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File consists of 3 seperate series of coloured, machine printed lantern slides:
PS-1 to PS-12 is a collection made by Gebruder Bing, Nurnberg (GBN Bavaria), Decalcomania, Germany.
[1] How to kill an annoying mosquito
[2] An awful accident in the snow
[3] A naughty boy deserves to be punished...
[4] Father Christmas brings you sweets
[5] Open your mouth please
[6] A Nosey parker
[7] A day in the life of a girl
[8] Children's games
[9] Where do the little children come from?
[10] The daily routine of the foxes
[11] The frog family takes a bath
[12] Animalworld
PS-13 to PS-18 is a collection called Artistic Series No. 1 made by Gebruder Bing, Nurnberg (GBN Bavaria), Declcomania, Germany.
[13] Caricature (slide 2 in original order)
[14] Pig and Dwarf (slide 5 in original order)
[15] The Rider's Misfortune (slide 6 in original order)
[16] Children's Quarrel (slide 7 in original order)
[17] The Clowns and the Bottle (slide 11 in original order)
[18] The Long Nose (slide 12 in original order)
PS-19 decpicts 5 caricature faces with the maker's mark obscured by a large crack.
Notes
Accompanying the slides was a slide box; white with a green removable lid. The box is made of thin cardboard and has wooden supports inside that hold the slides apart from one another. The box is in poor condition, with much of the top layer of white and green paper scratched, stained, and peeled off, especially around the corners. There are no distinguishing marks on or in the box.
Series consists of 38 lantern slides. Most are credited to either the Department of the Interior or the Department of Extension, University of Alberta.
38 photographs : b&w and col. slides ; 10.2 x 8.2 cm
History / Biographical
Lantern slides were used by government agencies to illustrate holdings and acquisitions during meetings. This could take the form of text-based or photographic images. This collection contains photographic images of mainly Jasper National Park that were taken by the Department of the Interior or the Department of Extension, University of Alberta.
The Department of the Interior was founded in 1873 and was responsible for settlement and development of western Canada until 1936. This included surveying what is now Alberta and then promoting and settling the area through a massive immigration campaign. Coloured lantern slides would have been utilized in this capacity to realistically showcase the Rocky Mountain region to officials in Ottawa.
The Department of Extension at the University of Alberta was founded in 1912 with the aim of sharing the University's collections and knowledge with rural communities throughout Alberta. Based out of Edmonton, the Department of Extension used travelling libraries, magic lantern shows, and public lectures to accomplish this goal. It is still an active department at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
Scope & Content
Series consists of 38 lantern slides. Most are credited to either the Department of the Interior or the Department of Extension, University of Alberta.
Gladys Campbell McKillop (1899-1985) was the daughter of Robert E. Campbell, a prominent guide and outfitter in the Lake Louise area starting in 1897. As a child, Gladys would have spent a lot of time around the Lake Louise Chalet, where her father's outfit was based, and its surrounding area.
She was married to Donald D. McKillop (1899-1975) and the couple share a grave in Banff's old cemetary.
Scope & Content
Series consists of 1 lantern slide by Mary Schaffer of Gladys Campbell McKillop with Walter Wilcox's dog at Lake Louise.
Fonds consists of three sous-fonds: M573 / V797 / S60.
M573 consists of three series, 26 cm of textual records, 1924-2005. Series I: Personal Papers, 19 cm, ca.1930-2005 (including notebooks and drafts of various talks that Jean delivered and records related to her participation in the Trail Rider…
26 cm of textual records.-- 109 photographs (42 prints, 67 lantern slides). -- 2 sound recordings.
History / Biographical
Jean Alexandra Hembroff was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on April 5, 1908 to Walter B. Hembroff (d. 1945) and Sarah Jane Hembroff (d.1952). Jean was accepted to the MacPhail School of Music and Dramatic Art at the University of Minnesota, from which she graduated in 1927. She returned to Winnipeg to begin teaching courses in speech arts and drama. To establish herself, she first volunteered as the "story lady" at the Williams Avenue Public Library and quickly became known as an excellent speaker sought by many different organizations. She taught at St. Mary's Academy and the Evening Institute at the University of Manitoba, as well as offered private sessions. Many of her students used the skills they learned from Jean as they entered radio, television, politics, and business. Jean was also very active in organizing and adjucating Speech Arts festivals in Manitoba, often going to inaccessible places to give workshops. Her teaching, broadcasting, adjucating, coaching, and speaking career spanned more than 50 years.
Jean was hired by the Canadian Pacific Railway's promotions manager to give presentations and broadcast interviews across Canada and the United States. In 1937, Jean joined the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and participated in their summer trail ride in the same year. For that year's issue of the Trail Rider's Bulletin Jean wrote an article - and became the first woman to ever do so. In 1938, during her lecture titled "Trail Riding in the Rockies" on January 18, 1938 at the Royal Alexandra Hotel, Jean met John David (Jack) MacDonald. Jack and Jean were married on June 18, 1938, and the couple had one son, Bruce Walter James MacDonald (August 28, 1946-August 25, 2016).
Jean participated in several trail rides with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Trail, and produced articles reflecting her experiences. Jean loved to travel and visited places all around Canada and the United States, Borneo, Tangier, Montevideo, Stockholm, New Delhi, and Tonga. At the age of 102, Jean passed away on February 2, 2011 and is buried in Winnipeg.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of three sous-fonds: M573 / V797 / S60.
M573 consists of three series, 26 cm of textual records, 1924-2005. Series I: Personal Papers, 19 cm, ca.1930-2005 (including notebooks and drafts of various talks that Jean delivered and records related to her participation in the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, particularly 1937-1939). Series II: Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings, 4 cm, 1924-2000 (including correspondence with John Murray Gibbon, former students, and attendees at various talks, as well as newspaper articles that Jean wrote about various subjects and articles of her achievements). Series III: Collected Materials and Ephemera, 3 cm, ca.1930-1950 (including a variety of collected poems and ephemera, as well as a copy of The Beaver Magazine from 1940, for which Jean wrote an article titled "On the Trail of Sir George").
V797 consists of two series, 24.5 cm of visual records, ca.1928-1939. Series I: Photograph Prints, 3 cm, ca.1928-1939 (includes personal photographs of Jean and her family and friends as well as photographs of Jean and Jack's visit to Lake Louise in 1939). Series II: Lantern Slides, 21.5 cm, ca.1937-1939 (Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies official ride of 1937 to Mt. Assiniboine; Sky Line Hikers of the Canadian Rockies official ride of 1939 to Ptarmigan Valley and Skoki; collection of trail ride songs).
S60 consists of two sound recordings, 1 cm, 2004 and 2007 (Winnipeg at Christmas, narrated by Jean, broadcasted on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation).
handmade rectangular wooden box with long leather strap bolted in the two opposite small sides; mitered butt joinery reinforced with metal spine and nails; one coat of brown paint on the outside, natural wood showing inside
handmade rectangular wooden box with long leather strap bolted in the two opposite small sides; mitered butt joinery reinforced with metal spine and nails; one coat of brown paint on the outside, natural wood showing inside
File consists of 8 colour lantern slides, some captioned. File subjects include an unidentified mountain scene, Mount Assiniboine, horse in unientified mountain scene, man posed in campsite in unidentified location, Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier, Hector Lake and Bow Peak, unidentified man in cam…
Additive Colour Screen Plates, first theorized by James Clerk Maxwell in 1861, were the first forms of colour photography. Maxwell’s original process involved printing the same black and white image through different coloured screens onto transparencies and then projecting them overlapped in order to create a single full-colour image. In 1868 Louis Ducos du Hauron expanded on this method by placing a screen made up of microscopic coloured stripes in front of a light-sensitive emulsion before exposing it to light. During exposure, the colours in the screen attached to the developing picture so when viewed back through the screen in a projector the image appeared fully in colour. Neither of these methods were commercially popular during the 19th century since black and white processes were cheaper and more widely available.
In 1907 the Lumiere brothers introduced the Autochrome process to wide commercial success. The Autochrome process involved a mix of tiny potato starch grains dyed green, orange-red, and blue-purple that were mixed thoroughly and applied to a glass slide coated in a sticky varnish that held the grains in an evenly-distributed layer. The grains were laminated into the varnish to make them smaller and more transparent, and then the whole thing was sealed with another layer of waterproof varnish. The entire process could be done by machines, which made the slides cheap to produce, easily available to the public and opened up the process to amateur photographers. Photographs developed on Autochrome plates created soft images with relatively natural colour rendering, making them popular with artists and photojournalists.
Autochrome plates (which came to refer to all colour screen plates regardless of manufacturer) created one-of-a-kind positive images and required long exposure times. Once an image was complete, it had to be quickly covered with either a strong coating of varnish or another slide of glass and then sealed along the edges with binding tape. Because silver is an element of the sticky base varnish that holds the dyed grains, if moisture was allowed to access the image the layers of varnish could ripple or tear away from the glass, or the dye could bleed or fade. The silver base is highly sensative to oxygen and if improperly sealed images could begin to "mirror," a process in which the exposed parts of the slide become uniform and shiny, obscuring the image.
Because of the random distribution of dyed colour grains throughout the image and the lines created by laminating those grains into the base varnish, Autochrome transparencies are often mistaken for hand-painted coloured slides. Autochrome can be identified by looking closely for small dots of colour in all parts of the image, rather than the solid blots of colour found on hand-painted slides.
Scope & Content
File consists of 8 colour lantern slides, some captioned. File subjects include an unidentified mountain scene, Mount Assiniboine, horse in unientified mountain scene, man posed in campsite in unidentified location, Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier, Hector Lake and Bow Peak, unidentified man in camp.
File consists of 56 b&w or hand coloured or hand tinted lantern slides. Lantern slides pertain to the Lake of the Hanging Glacier area; Columbia Icefield; various views in and around Banff, Yoho, Glacier, and Jasper National Parks; Mount Robson area. Subjects also included Stoney First Nations peop…
56 photographs : b&w and col. slides ; 10.2 x 8.2 cm
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File consists of 56 b&w or hand coloured or hand tinted lantern slides. Lantern slides pertain to the Lake of the Hanging Glacier area; Columbia Icefield; various views in and around Banff, Yoho, Glacier, and Jasper National Parks; Mount Robson area. Subjects also included Stoney First Nations peoples.
V263/II/H/PS-1 [Lake of the Hanging Glacier, hand-coloured]
Binding Tape: None, no cover plate intact
Window Mat: None
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Silvering present on lower portion of emulsion layer.
Corresponds to V263 / NA – 6004
V263/II/H/PS-2 [Inside the Horsetheif (Starbird glacier) from Lake of the Hanging Glaciers trip, hand-coloured]
Binding Tape: None, no cover plate
Window Mat: None
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Abrasions and scratches on the emulsion layer.
V263/II/H/PS-3 [Columbia Icefield Trip, Ascending Jonas Pass]
Binding Tape: Cover plate intact held on with two small pieces of binding tape. Tape is loose and fragile.
Window Mat: Black Paper Frame
Labels and Inscriptions: Silver star adhesive sticker present on bottom left corner of cover plate.
Glass: Cover plate intact held on with two small pieces of binding tape.
Corresponds to NA-71-2262
V263/II/H/PS-4 [Man on horseback leading train of horses in front of a glacier. Possibly from Columbia Icefield Trip, Athabasca Glacier, 1924]
Binding Tape: Cover plate intact held on with two small pieces of binding tape. Tape is loose and fragile.
Window Mat: Black adhesive tape frame
Labels and Inscriptions: Silver star adhesive sticker present on bottom left corner of cover plate.
Glass: No visible damage
Corresponds to V263 / NA - 1958
V263/II/H/PS-5 [Pack train fording a river]
Binding Tape: Black tape binding only on left and right sides of slide. Tape is coming loose from glass.
Window Mat: Black paper frame with silver-coloured embossing
Labels and Inscriptions: Silver star adhesive sticker present on bottom left corner of cover plate.
Glass: No visible damage.
V263/II/H/PS-6 [Four individuals crossing an unidentified glacier]
Binding Tape: Black tape intact. Small portions of tape have been ripped and removed. Two strips of paint present on back of plate.
Window Mat: Black paper mat
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Finger prints and residue present on glass and cover plate
V263/II/H/PS-7 [View of large mountain and glacier]
Binding Tape: Cover plate intact held on with two small pieces of binding tape. Tape is loose and fragile.
Window Mat: Black paper mat
Labels and Inscriptions: Silver star adhesive sticker present on bottom left corner of cover plate.
Glass: Residue present on cover glass. Dust or residue found between cover plate and frame and emulsion layer.
V263/II/H/PS-8 [Pack train traversing part of a mountain]
Binding Tape: Two small pieces of binding tape adhered to image plate and behind the cover plate.
Window Mat: Black paper window mat
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Delamination of the emulsion layer is noted on the right side of the image plate. A large piece of clear, discoloured tape has been placed across the front and back of plates.
V263/II/H/PS-9 [Packtrain crossing pass]
Binding Tape: Good condition
Window Mat: Black adhesive tape frame
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Good condition, small abrasions present.
Corresponds to V263 / NA - 2237, Columbia Icefield trip, Sunwapta Pass and Mount Athabasca
V263/II/H/PS-10 [Packtrain and unidentified man walking in snow on a pass]
Binding Tape: Two small pieces of binding tape holding plates together. Poor condition.
Window Mat: Black paper frame, rounded square. Tears in paper mat.
Labels and Inscriptions: Silver star adhesive sticker present of back of slide on bottom of left hand side.
Glass: Residue on glass.
V263/II/H/PS-11 [Illecillewaet Glacier]
Binding Tape: None, no cover plate
Window Mat: None
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Fingerprints and scratches present on emulsion layer. Small portion emulsion flaked off the plate on bottom right side.
Corresponds with V263 / NA - 1365, 30. Illecillewaet Glacier
V263/II/H/PS-12 [Robson Glacier and Lynx Mountain]
Binding Tape: Good condition
Window Mat: Black paper frame
Labels and Inscriptions: Red adhesive sticker on back of slide on bottom left corner.
Glass: Residue and scratching present on glass
Corresponds to V263 / NA – 920, Robson country, Lynx Range
V263/II/H/PS-13 [Valley of the Ten Peaks]
Binding Tape: Good condition
Window Mat: Black adhesive tape frame.
Labels and Inscriptions: none
Glass: Adhesive residue found on cover plate
Corresponds to V263 / NA – 5072, The Ten Peaks : [Valley of the Ten Peaks]
V263/II/H/PS-14 [Packtrain next to Bow River and bridges, Brewster Brothers Transport Company building]
Binding Tape: No cover plate present. Black adhesive tape on black of slide.
Window Mat: Black adhesive tape frame present on emulsion side of slide.
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Residue on emulsion layer in top right corner. Evidence of minor delamination present on bottom right corner of emulsion layer.
Corresponds to V263 / NA - 6094, Packtrain & bridge, Brewster Bros. Train Co.
V263/II/H/PS-15 [View of four unidentified individuals posed around a campfire at night]
Binding Tape: None
Window Mat: None
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: No cover plate. Residue and abrasions found on emulsion layer of slide. Small chip in glass on back of plate.
V263/II/H/PS-16 [Birdseye View Victoria Glacier]
Binding Tape: None
Window Mat: None
Labels and Inscriptions: Caption on image: 114. Birdseye view Victoria Glacier
Glass: No cover plate. Scratching present on emulsion layer. Surface grime on reverse of slide noted.
Corresponds to V263 / NA - 25, 114. Birdseye view Victoria Glacier (ACC?)
V263/II/H/PS-17 [Ice cave at Horsetheif (Starbird Glacier)]
Binding Tape: Good condition
Window Mat: Black paper frame
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Scratching and abrasions present on cover plate. Large crack on top right corner of top plate. Crack on slide’s top left corner.
Corresponds to V263 / NA - 263, Ice Cave on Horsethief Glacier
V263/II/H/PS-18 [ACC climbers standing next to summit cairn at Yoho Glacier]
Binding Tape: No cover plate. Dark brown, discoloured textile tape present on reverse of slide.
Window Mat: None
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Scratching and delamination present on emulsion layer. Small amount of residue on reverse of plate.
Corresponds to V263 / NA - 156, 558. ACC camp, Yoho Glacier
V263/II/H/PS-19 [The Ramparts and Amethyst Lakes, Tonquin Valley]
Binding Tape: None, no cover plate intact.
Window Mat: None
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Abrasions and scratching present on emulsion layer. Small portion of emulsion layer has flaked off on top left corner.
Corresponds to V263 / NA - 903, 51. Tonquin Valley
V263/II/H/PS-20 [Pack train climbing Wilcox Pass]
Binding Tape: Good condition
Window Mat: Black adhesive tape frame
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Adhesive residue present on cover plate. Multiple cracks on slide.
Corresponds to V263 / NA - 6191, Wilcox Pass, Smithsonian-Alpine Club of Canada Mount Robson expedition 1911
V263/II/H/PS-21 [Robson Glacier]
Binding Tape: Poor condition. Cover plate is held with two small pieces of black adhesive tape. Tape is loose and delicate
Window Mat: Black paper mat
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Residue and abrasions on cover plate and reverse of slide. Surface grime present on cover plate.
Corresponds to V263 / NA - 1090, Robson, Robson Glacier, Robson Glacier from Mumm Peak
V263/II/H/PS-22 [View of river, trees, and mountain in background.] Hand-coloured slide.
Binding Tape: No cover plate. Adhesive present on back of slide.
Window Mat: None
Labels and Inscriptions: Caption on slide: Saskatchewan and and Saskatchewan
Glass: Minor deterioration present on emulsion layer. Scratching also present. Large piece broken and missing from bottom left portion of slide.
V263/II/H/PS-23 [Climbers climbing Mount Huber]
Binding Tape: None
Window Mat: None
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Scratching on emulsion layer. Residue on back of slide.
Corresponds to V263 / NA - 179, 214, Climbing Mount Huber, Alpine Club of Canada camp at Lake O'Hara
V263/II/H/PS-24 [Fred Pepper with dog team at glacier, Illecillewaet Glacier]
Binding Tape: Good condition
Window Mat: Black binding tape frame
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Good condition. Adhesive residue and fingerprints on back of plate.
Correspond to V263 / NA - 1444, Pepper's dog team, Glacier, Fred Pepper (driver), Illecillewaet Glacier, Trip to Glacier region with Fred Pepper
V263/II/H/PS-25 [Three figures standing in opening of the Starbird Glacier (Horsetheif)]
Binding Tape: Fair condition, two small pieces of black binding tape on the left and right sides hold the cover plate.
Window Mat: Black paper mat
Labels and Inscriptions: Silver star adhesive sticker on bottom left corner of slide
Glass: Good condition. Finger prints and residue on cover plate noted.
Corresponds to V263 / NA - 266, Ice cave, Horsethief Glacier
V263/II/H/PS-26 [Lake of the Hanging Glacier]
Binding Tape: Fair condition, two small pieces of black binding tape on the left and right sides hold the cover plate.
Window Mat: Black paper mat
Labels and Inscriptions: Silver star adhesive sticker on bottom left corner of slide
Glass: Good condition. Finger prints and residue on cover plate noted.
Corresponds to V263 / NA – 6004, Lake of the Hanging Glacier
V263/II/H/PS-27 [Lake of the Hanging Glacier]
Binding Tape: Good Condition
Window Mat: Black paper frame
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Poor condition. Multiple cracks in cover plate and slide
Corresponds to V263 / NA - 281, Lake of the Hanging Glacier
V263/II/H/PS-28 [Group of hikers or climbers standing near a waterfall]
Binding Tape: Good condition.
Window Mat: Black paper mat with silver-coloured embossed pattern
Labels and Inscriptions: Red adhesive sticker present on bottom left corner
Glass: Good condition. Fingerprints and residue on slide noted.
V263/II/H/PS-29 [Conrad Kain leaning on ice axe on Mount Robson trip]
Binding Tape: No cover plate. Two strips of binding tape remaining on back of slide
Window Mat: None
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Good condition. Discolouration and flaking of emulsion layer noted.
Corresponds to V263 / NA - 6010, Mt. Robson, Yellowhead trip, Conrad Kain
V263/II/H/PS-30 [Glacier featured in centre of a panoramic frame with surrounding mountains, possibly the Athabasca Glacier]
Binding Tape: Good condition
Window Mat: Black paper mat with silver-coloured embossed pattern. Black adhesive tape also used to frame the image into a panoramic framing.
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Good condition. Fingerprints and residue on slide noted.
V263/II/H/PS-31 [Snow covered scene of trees and a mountain in background]
Binding Tape: Good condition
Window Mat: Black paper mat with silver-coloured embossed pattern.
Labels and Inscriptions: Silver star adhesive sticker on bottom left corner
Glass: Good condition. Adhesive residue present on slide.
V263/II/H/PS-32 [John Hunter family, Stoney First Nation, sitting under a shelter next to a river]
Binding Tape: None
Window Mat: None
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Flaking of the emulsion layer. Residue and fingerprints present on slide.
Corresponds to V263 / NA – 3117, 508. Western Indigenous family, John Hunter family
Stoney First Nation, John Kaquitts
V263/II/H/PS-33 [View of Mount Lefroy in winter]
Binding Tape: Good condition
Window Mat: Black paper mat with silver-coloured embossed pattern.
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Significant silvering and discolouration of the emulsion layer present.
Corresponds to V263 / NA - 5041, Mount Lefroy, winter
V263/II/H/PS-34 [Packtrain, Badger Pass]
Binding Tape: Tape no longer hold the plates together. The cover plate has become detached.
Window Mat: Black paper mat has been ripped and creased.
Labels and Inscriptions: Silver star adhesive sticker present on bottom left corner.
Glass: Significant delamination of emulsion is present on bottom left side. Adhesive residue is present on glass.
Corresponds to V263 / NA - 16, Packtrain, Badger Pass
V263/II/H/PS-35 [Mount Sir Donald, Illecillewaet Glacier, and Illecillewaet River]
Binding Tape: None
Window Mat: None
Labels and Inscriptions: Written in ink on the top left corner: 30
Glass: A small piece of the plate has been broken off from the top right corner. Residue present on the reverse of the plate. Fingerprints and abrasions present on emulsion layer.
V263/II/H/PS-36 [Ascending Wilcox Pass with Packtrain]
Binding Tape: None
Window Mat: None
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Significant discolouration of emulsion layer where the frame was previously present. Minor flaking of emulsion at the edges of the plate.
Corresponds to V263 / NA - 6196, Ascending Wilcox Pass
V263/II/H/PS-37 [Hand coloured image of unidentified individual standing next to Tumbling Glacier at Berg Lake, Mount Robson area]
Binding Tape: Good condition
Window Mat: Black paper mat with gold coloured design and text.
Labels and Inscriptions: Inscription on mat: Exhibits and Publicity Bureau, Department of Trade and Commerce, Ottawa.
Glass: Cover plate and slide glass is significantly cracked and damaged.
V263/II/H/PS-38 [Large group of Aboriginal or First Nations women posed on horseback.]
Binding Tape: None
Window Mat: None
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Fingerprints, abrasions, and scratches present on plate. Evidence flaking of the emulsion.
V263/II/H/PS-39 [Maggie Hunter, Stoney First Nation, posed on horseback.]
Binding Tape: None
Window Mat: None
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Scratches and fingerprints present on emulsion layer.
V263/II/H/PS-40 [Yoho, Twin Falls]
Binding Tape: Good condition
Window Mat: Black binding tape frames the image.
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Large crack present on right side of plate.
V263/II/H/PS-41 [Snow formation on top of tree]
Binding Tape: Poor condition. Tape has come away from glass. Cover plate is loose.
Window Mat: Black binding tape frame.
Labels and Inscriptions: Silver star adhesive sticker present on bottom let corner
Glass: Residue and finger prints on glass
Corresponds to V263 / NA - 1488, 842. A freak snow formation, Trip to Glacier region with Fred Pepper
V263/II/H/PS-42 [Mount Bryce and the Columbia Icefield]
Binding Tape: None. No cover plate.
Window Mat: None
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Fingerprints and scratching of emulsion layer
Corresponds to V263 / NA - 2158, Mount Bryce and the Columbia Icefield
V263/II/H/PS-43 [Lake of the Hanging Glacier]
Binding Tape: None. No cover plate
Window Mat: None
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Good condition. Small scratches and residue present on glass.
V263/II/H/PS-44 [View of mountain peak emerging above snow-covered foreground]
Binding Tape: None. No cover tape.
Window Mat: None
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Binding tape residue and small scratches present.
V263/II/H/PS-45 [Bow River and the Massive Range]
Binding Tape: Good condition.
Window Mat: Black binding tape frames the image
Labels and Inscriptions: Caption on image: 192. Bow River and Massive Range
Glass: Good condition. Adhesive residue and fingerprints present.
V263/II/H/PS-46 [Athabasca Glacier]
Binding Tape: Poor condition. Two small pieces of binding tape are present on left and right side
Window Mat: Black paper mat
Labels and Inscriptions: Silver star adhesive sticker present on bottom left corner.
Glass: Significant delamination of the emulsion layer. Finger prints and adhesive residue present.
V263/II/H/PS-47 [Three mountain goats walking on snow-covered ground]
Binding Tape: None. No binding tape
Window Mat: None
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Good condition. Fingerprints and residue present on back of plate.
V263/II/H/PS-48 [View Mountain peak surrounded by clouds with valley seen below, possibly Mount Columbia]
Binding Tape: None
Window Mat: None
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Small scratches and abrasions present.
V263/II/H/PS-49 [Lake of the Hanging Glacier]
Binding Tape: None
Window Mat: None
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Small scratches and abrasions present
Corresponds to V263 / NA -296
V263/II/H/PS-50 [Hand-coloured view of the Valley of Ten Peaks]
Binding Tape: Good condition
Window Mat: Black paper mat with silver embossed design.
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Small cracks on top right of slide on front and top left on reverse.
V263/II/H/PS-51 [Conrad Kain on Mount Resplendent]
Binding Tape: Very poor condition. Cover plate is loose.
Window Mat: None
Labels and Inscriptions: Caption written in ink on adhesive sticker: Konrad Kain on Mount Resplendent near MT. Robson
Glass: Good condition. Adhesive residue present on reverse of slide.
V263/II/H/PS-52 [Cascade River and Devil’s Canyon]
Binding Tape: Fair condition. Portions of binding tape have come away from slide.
Window Mat: Black paper mat with silver-coloured embossed design.
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Significant cracking on both sides of slide.
Corresponds to V263 / NG - 20
V263/II/H/PS-53 [Aboriginal or First Nations group posed in front of a tipi]
Binding Tape: Good condition
Window Mat: Black binding tape frame
Labels and Inscriptions: None.
Glass: Good condition with adhesive residue present
Corresponds to V263 / NA - 3118, John Peacemaker and his brother and family
V263/II/H/PS-54 [Mount Robson from the East]
Binding Tape: Good condition
Window Mat: Black binding tape frames the image
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Good condition. Scratches and abrasions present.
V263/II/H/PS-55 [Trilobite fossil]
Binding Tape: Good condition
Window Mat: Black Binding tape frame
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Good condition, adhesive residue noted.
Corresponds to V263 / NA - 4004
V263/II/H/PS-56 [Unknown mountain range with glacier and lake]
Binding Tape: Good condition
Window Mat: Black binding tape frame
Labels and Inscriptions: None
Glass: Adhesive residue and abrasions present.