A typed text report on Banff 14 pages long - the text has been heavily edited throughout with white-out and additional pieces of paper glued overtop of written text. Accompanying the text are 26 images and 4 maps, two of which are hand-drawn as overlays of the others.
The report follows the story o…
2 cm of textual records (32 pages ; 21.6 x 27.9 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
A typed text report on Banff 14 pages long - the text has been heavily edited throughout with white-out and additional pieces of paper glued overtop of written text. Accompanying the text are 26 images and 4 maps, two of which are hand-drawn as overlays of the others.
The report follows the story of a family named West from Calgary visiting their cousins, the Cunninghams, in Banff sometime in the late 1960s, which is also when it is believed the report was written. It is unclear if the families are real or fictitious. The report describes in some detail the history of the area, features around town, environment, commerce, wildlife, and community and ends with a series of questions, presumably posed to students. The accompanying prints relate to the topics in the report and are numbered to correspond correctly - some prints have typed text notations attached either to the back or the front along an edge. Two prints show the town of Banff from the top of Tunnel Mountain and a Mylar sheet has been laid overtop of each with landmarks, streets, and buildings noted in blue ink. Contents of the images include the afore mentioned aerial views, the Administration Building grounds, shops along Banff Avenue (which clearly show shop-front windows, signs, cars, and peoples' outfits), the original Whyte Museum building, the Banff High School, the Cave & Basin cave and pools, various wildlife, and Banff Indian Days.
Notes
Some prints came from the Canadian Government Travel Bureau, as indicated either in the typed notations or stamped on the back of the print.
ca. 17,580 photographs: negatives, prints, and transparencies. -- 1 photograph album (ca. 150 prints). -- ca. 12.5 cm textual records. -- 42 reels of film
File pertains to 52 b&w prints of various scenic views around British Columbia. Includes views overlooking towns, skiing, beaches, A-frame cabins, highways, rivers, portraits, and the inner harbour & Empress Hotel in Victoria.
File pertains to 52 b&w prints of various scenic views around British Columbia. Includes views overlooking towns, skiing, beaches, A-frame cabins, highways, rivers, portraits, and the inner harbour & Empress Hotel in Victoria.
Colour: grey, white. A row of snow roofed brown and grey buildings go from the lower left to the right side two thirds up in a crescent line and diminishing in size. Along the lower edge at the left are bare branches, at center is a small building, at right is the corner of a snowy roof. At th righ…
Colour: grey, white. A row of snow roofed brown and grey buildings go from the lower left to the right side two thirds up in a crescent line and diminishing in size. Along the lower edge at the left are bare branches, at center is a small building, at right is the corner of a snowy roof. At th right side is the edge of a lake, a dock with a boat tied up on either side. There are two buildings near the dock and to ? here and thre in front of the buildings. In the upper third is the vague outline of trees. Snow falls in big flakes all over the picture.
Colour: black and white. Looking down one sie of a street from right to left.At the right side is a store front shadowed by tree branches in the upper right corner. Along the street are three stands to the left of the first building. At the third building, two men lean a ladder against it. The sky …
Colour: black and white. Looking down one sie of a street from right to left.At the right side is a store front shadowed by tree branches in the upper right corner. Along the street are three stands to the left of the first building. At the third building, two men lean a ladder against it. The sky is slightly shaded in the upper left corner.
Colour: blue, grey, brown. At the lower edge, the roof of the building can be seen. The end of a building is in the lower left corner. Behind this, out from the left side, are two other buildings and a dock with one boat tied up. The water appears at the night. Half way up across the picture is a h…
Colour: blue, grey, brown. At the lower edge, the roof of the building can be seen. The end of a building is in the lower left corner. Behind this, out from the left side, are two other buildings and a dock with one boat tied up. The water appears at the night. Half way up across the picture is a hill of trees. The sky is blue on the night with a large cloud coming in from the left.
Colour: black on white. Four smoke houses and five totems stand along the lower shore of water. In the upper right corner are rock cliffs and in the upper left corner are distant trees.
Colour: black on white. Four smoke houses and five totems stand along the lower shore of water. In the upper right corner are rock cliffs and in the upper left corner are distant trees.
Colour: blue, green. In the lower right corner is a green bank with buildings running along the edge. A boat is anchored there. The water fills most of the print. The far shore of hills and mountains beyond is in the upper quarter.
Colour: blue, green. In the lower right corner is a green bank with buildings running along the edge. A boat is anchored there. The water fills most of the print. The far shore of hills and mountains beyond is in the upper quarter.
A two-colour print of light and dark blue, a street scene, 2 church spires to the left, a large block building, and smaller buildings in front of that, a flowering bush at extreme right, mottled sky.
A two-colour print of light and dark blue, a street scene, 2 church spires to the left, a large block building, and smaller buildings in front of that, a flowering bush at extreme right, mottled sky.