File consists of 31 postcards collected by Annie (Creagh) Wiseman between ca.1920-1940. Postcards pertain to natural views and tourist attractions in Banff, Lake Louise, the Great Divide, Kicking Horse Canyon and other nearby areas. Some postcards are annotated with correspondence sent between Anni…
Annie (Creagh) Wiseman (1891-1972) was born in Deptford, England, where she married Stanley Wilfred Ernest Wiseman. The couple had one daughter, Ethel, before moving to Winnipeg. The family returned to England following the outbreak of World War I, in which Stanley served as a Private in the 61st Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Annie and Ethel later returned to Winnipeg, where Stanley joined them following a serious injury which he sustained in active duty. In Winnipeg, Annie and Stanley had two more children: a daughter (Hilda) and a son (Stanley).
Stanley Sr. worked as a foreman for Canadian Pacific Railway, which enabled Annie to travel throughout the Canadian Rockies and other regions by train for free or a reduced price. Annie collected postcards from her travels, which included numerous visits to Banff National Park. Annie, Stanley Sr. and their two youngest children permanently settled in Victoria, B.C. in 1935.
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File consists of 31 postcards collected by Annie (Creagh) Wiseman between ca.1920-1940. Postcards pertain to natural views and tourist attractions in Banff, Lake Louise, the Great Divide, Kicking Horse Canyon and other nearby areas. Some postcards are annotated with correspondence sent between Annie, her children (including Hilda and Ethel), and friends of the Wiseman family.
View of a row of seven trees in the foreground with a valley beyond. The base of seven thin trees can be seen with dark brown bark becoming ochre-coloured near the trees' lower branches. The trees' leaves are bright yellow. The trees cast shadows towards the viewer coloured grey-green, ochre and or…
View of a row of seven trees in the foreground with a valley beyond. The base of seven thin trees can be seen with dark brown bark becoming ochre-coloured near the trees' lower branches. The trees' leaves are bright yellow. The trees cast shadows towards the viewer coloured grey-green, ochre and orange-red. The grass about the trees and in the valley is a yellow-green with touches of ochre, orange-red and grey-green. In the middleground, to the left of centre, zigzags a river (whose banks are defined by lines of brown and white). A forest of dark brown and dark green surrounds the river on the left and from behind. The background is an undefined area of green, indicating the base of the mountains lining the valley.
The foreground is a hill in colours of autumn, yellow and brown with green coniferous trees. In the background is a mountain range, blue with green trees on the lower slopes in the centre of the picture.
The foreground is a hill in colours of autumn, yellow and brown with green coniferous trees. In the background is a mountain range, blue with green trees on the lower slopes in the centre of the picture.
In the forground there are some trees on the right and one big one on the left. On the ground between the trees are different colors of weeds and flowers. In the background there are two mountains very triangle shaped. One is brown and the other on the left is smokey blue. The sky is a very pale bl…
In the forground there are some trees on the right and one big one on the left. On the ground between the trees are different colors of weeds and flowers. In the background there are two mountains very triangle shaped. One is brown and the other on the left is smokey blue. The sky is a very pale blue.
Colour: blue greys. The central image is a mass of blue grey ice which takes up the middle two quarters. The upper and lower quarters being white patches of snow on a brown grey ground.
Colour: blue greys. The central image is a mass of blue grey ice which takes up the middle two quarters. The upper and lower quarters being white patches of snow on a brown grey ground.
Colour: blue, green. Central image is a fan shaped glacier emptying into a pool of warm blue water surrounded by green grass along the bottom and a third the way up. Beyond the glacier to the left is rock mountain side which goes off the left side. In the upper right corner is sky which meets dista…
Colour: blue, green. Central image is a fan shaped glacier emptying into a pool of warm blue water surrounded by green grass along the bottom and a third the way up. Beyond the glacier to the left is rock mountain side which goes off the left side. In the upper right corner is sky which meets distant slopes.