Fonds consists of selected colour transparencies mainly pertaining to Hunter's world travels, including Africa, 1961, northern India and region, 1967, Norway, 1974, and New Zealand and Australia, date unknown. Also, scenic views of the Canadian Rockies. Selected from total of 1633 slides. Accompa…
Charlie Hunter, 1888-1982, was a guide and outfitter at Pincher Creek, Banff, Rocky Mountain House and Nordegg, Alberta. Hunter was born in Illinois, USA and came to Pincher Creek in 1904. There he began his career as a guide and outfitter, expanding to the Banff area in 1930s. Hunter travelled extensively throughout the world.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of selected colour transparencies mainly pertaining to Hunter's world travels, including Africa, 1961, northern India and region, 1967, Norway, 1974, and New Zealand and Australia, date unknown. Also, scenic views of the Canadian Rockies. Selected from total of 1633 slides. Accompanied by one photograph of Kootenai Brown.
Also contains one photograph album previously belonging to Charlie Hunter consisting of ca.211 b&w photographs depicting Canadian Rockies tours and packing trips.
Album contains ca.211 black and white photographs pertaining to backcountry trail rides through the Canadian Rockies (1930s), belonging to guide Charlie Hunter. Individuals in the photographs include Caroline Hinman and Lillian Gest. Images depict tour groups in the Rockies, some portraits of indiv…
Charlie Hunter (1888-1982) of Pincher Creek, Alberta, worked as a guide for Jim Boyce in the 1920s and 1930s, and was especially associated with Caroline Hinman's tours.
Don Schoening (1918-2018), Charlie Hunter's nephew, worked as a wrangler for his uncle on Hinman's trail rides in Banff National Park in 1934 and 1936. Schoening also ran the pack trains that carried the building supplies for Skoki Lodge in 1936.
Scope & Content
Album contains ca.211 black and white photographs pertaining to backcountry trail rides through the Canadian Rockies (1930s), belonging to guide Charlie Hunter. Individuals in the photographs include Caroline Hinman and Lillian Gest. Images depict tour groups in the Rockies, some portraits of individuals and various landscape shots (forests, mountain views, etc.)
Pages of album interleaved with acid-free tissue paper to prevent further damage to attached photographs. Use caution when handling as small fragments of paper may fall off of outer binding.
A racing car that is being driven by a man in a mask is racing a train it appears that is in the background. There is a fence between the two. In the BLC is says “A RACE FOR LIFE,” and in the BRC “BY ME”
A racing car that is being driven by a man in a mask is racing a train it appears that is in the background. There is a fence between the two. In the BLC is says “A RACE FOR LIFE,” and in the BRC “BY ME”
On the first side, there are two mostly complete drawings of horses in dynamic poses. There are two partial drawings of horse heads, as well as a doodle that is difficult to discern. The drawing on the other side appears to be oriented the other way. It is a pencil drawing of a train cars.
On the first side, there are two mostly complete drawings of horses in dynamic poses. There are two partial drawings of horse heads, as well as a doodle that is difficult to discern. The drawing on the other side appears to be oriented the other way. It is a pencil drawing of a train cars.
A pencil sketch of a train moving towards the viewer, from the centre of the paper to the left side of the paper. Paper is very delicate and translucent.
A pencil sketch of a train moving towards the viewer, from the centre of the paper to the left side of the paper. Paper is very delicate and translucent.
Pencil drawing of five Banff area scenes, each enclosed in a hand-drawn rectangle. There are three scenes in the top row. The far left scene has a figure in a cart or wagon pulled by oxen. In the middle scene, a train appears to run from viewer’s left to right with smoke billowing above it. In the…
Pencil drawing of five Banff area scenes, each enclosed in a hand-drawn rectangle. There are three scenes in the top row. The far left scene has a figure in a cart or wagon pulled by oxen. In the middle scene, a train appears to run from viewer’s left to right with smoke billowing above it. In the far right scene, figure sit in a vehicle that appears to drive from left to right, with mountains in the background. In the middle row, a scene spans the entire length of the page. A stick figure occupies the foreground, while a teepee village is in the centre of the middle ground and a castle (possibly the Banff Springs Hotel) is in the right-middle ground. Mountains are in the background. The scene on the bottom row is labeled CAVE AND BASIN in the top left corner of the rectangle. Figures stand in front of a building with mountains in the background. One figure appears to be tending to a fire on the ground.
A ink and pencil drawing of a train moving towards the viewer while a plane shoots at it from the air. An urban skyline with spire is in the background.[brc, outside of internal frame] THEY GOT OUR ENGINE!!![WM] HOWARD SMITH VICTORY BOND
A ink and pencil drawing of a train moving towards the viewer while a plane shoots at it from the air. An urban skyline with spire is in the background.[brc, outside of internal frame] THEY GOT OUR ENGINE!!![WM] HOWARD SMITH VICTORY BOND
Pencil drawing of two separate scenes. The upper scene shows an alternate view of plane shooting at a train, enclosed in a hand-drawn rectangle. The lower image is a close-up of a German plane. [below top image, within rectangle] THEY GOT OUR ENGINE!!![trc in circle] 4; ?; 5[underlined][blc in a ci…
Pencil drawing of two separate scenes. The upper scene shows an alternate view of plane shooting at a train, enclosed in a hand-drawn rectangle. The lower image is a close-up of a German plane. [below top image, within rectangle] THEY GOT OUR ENGINE!!![trc in circle] 4; ?; 5[underlined][blc in a circle] 5
A roughly rendered pencil drawing of a hospital train. Various patients, some on crutches, nurses, soldiers, and porters are shown. A porter pushes a wheeled cart with box labelled DIAPERS. Soldier scratches his head as he looks at the box.
A roughly rendered pencil drawing of a hospital train. Various patients, some on crutches, nurses, soldiers, and porters are shown. A porter pushes a wheeled cart with box labelled DIAPERS. Soldier scratches his head as he looks at the box.