helen fulmer wells fonds : photographs

Photographs series. -- [ca.1880]-1972. -- ca.1100 photographs : prints, negatives. -- 4 photograph albums (370 prints). -- Series pertains to Fulmer family, friends, trips and activities; as well as Banff and area locations, scenery, personalities and events.  Includes Banff Winter Carnival, Banff Indian Days, snowshoe tramps, views of Banff and area, Banff Avenue, dwellings, buildings and hotels, including Banff Springs Hotel and Lake Louise Chalet; also Anthracite, Alberta. -- Constitutes Series II of the Helen Fulmer Wells fonds.

V675 / 1 (1 to 25)  PA

Photographs. -- [ca.1880]-1950. -- 25 photographs : prints; 30 x 36 cm or smaller. -- Pertain to Fulmer and Petrie families, also Fred Wells; Banff locations and events, including Banff Avenue, buildings, ice palace, royal archway, ski jump, community and school picnics, Christmas cantata;

Chateau Lake Louise, 1936?; Marble Canyon Bungalow Camp, 1950; mountain scenics, including hand-coloured views by George Noble. -- Title taken from envelope. -- 7 prints oversize. -- Some stored in oversize.

 

V675 / 2 (1 to 4) PA

Cochrane snaps. -- [early 1880s] -- 4 photographs : prints; 12 x 16 cm or smaller. -- Title taken from envelope.

 

V675 / 4 - (1 to 22 ) PA

Sid Unwin's pictures. -- [ca.1909]-1914. -- 22 photographs : prints. -- Pertain to Valley of the Ten Peaks, Emerald Lake, Kicking Horse Canyon, Lake O'Hara, Giant Steps, Mount Robson area. -- Title taken from envelope. -- Portion attributed to Sid Unwin; one view attributed to Mary Schaffer.

 

V675 / 5 (1 to 16) PA, NA

Buffalo park. -- 1909-1918. -- 16 photographs : prints, negative. -- Pertain to ski jumping, animal paddock, animals, Edith Clarke feeding deer. -- Title taken from envelope.

 

V675 / 6 (1 to 5) PA

Minnie C. Fulmer's birthplace, Holstein, Ontario. -- 1910. -- 5 photographs : prints. -- Title taken from envelope.

 

V675 / 7 (1 to 12) NA

Negatives Fulmer old home. -- [ca.1910] -- 12 photographs : negatives. -- Fulmer family and home. -- Title taken from envelope.

 

V675 / 8 (1 to 53) PA, NA

CPR hotel pictures, odd pictures Banff area. -- 1911-1970. -- 53 photographs : prints, postcards, negatives; some colour. -- Pertain to Fulmer family, Peyto family, Garrett family, Mrs. Soole, Banff Springs Hotel, scenes in Banff and area. -- Title taken from envelope.

 

V675 / 9 (1 to 49) PA

Observatory pictures, some snowshoe tramps, winter and summer, picnics and views from Sulphur. -- 1913-1969. -- 49 photographs : prints. -- Pertain to Sulphur Mountain and observatory, Sundance Canyon, Tunnel Mountain, toboggan slide, Fulmer family. -- Title taken from envelope.

 

V675 / 10 (1 to 12) PA

Very old Fulmer mixed snaps. -- 1914-1917, 1924. -- 12 photographs : prints. -- Pertain to Fulmer family and friends, Banff and area. -- Title taken from envelope.

 

V675 / 11 (1 to 35) PA, NA

Fulmer's old Banff Avenue home. -- 1914-1940. -- 35 photographs : prints. -- Pertain to Fulmer and Petrie families and Fulmer home. -- Title taken from envelope.

 

V675 / 12 (1 to 7) PA

Extra material found. -- 1914-1946. -- 7 photographs : prints. -- Views pertain to buffalo, Connaught Tunnel, Lake Minnewanka, Alice Fulmer, Jack Stanley, Connie Astley, Three Sisters, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Castle Mountain. -- Title taken from envelope.

 

V675 / 13 (1 to 45) PA

Early day Indian snaps. -- 1914-1937, 1962. -- 57 photographs (39 prints, 18 negatives) -- Pertain to Banff Indian Days parades and events, Indian Grounds, Pearl Moore judging parade. -- Title taken from envelope.

 

V675 / 14 (1 to 27) PA, NA

Photographs. -- 1914-1966. -- 27 photographs : prints. -- Pertain to Banff area, including Bow Falls, Spray River and bridge, Eau Claire lumber camp, Fulmer family, Olive Garrett. -- Title based on material.

 

V675 / 15 (1 to 20) PA, NA

Lake Minnewanka (Devil's Lake). -- 1914-1970. -- 22 photographs (18 prints, 4 negatives) : 2 items colour. -- Pertain to Lake Minnewanka and area, Fulmer family, Olive Garrett, Bankhead foundations. -- Title taken from envelope.

 

V675 / 16 (1 to 36) NA

Odd negatives. -- [ca.1914-ca.1970] -- 36 photographs : negatives; 6.5 x 11 cm or smaller. -- Pertain to Sulphur Mountain observatory, Boy Scouts camp at Hillsdale, showshoeing in Banff and area. -- Title taken from envelope.

 

V675 / 17 (1 to 14) PA

Photographs. -- 1914-1972. -- 14 photographs : prints. -- Pertain to Cascades of Time gardens, Tunnel Mountain, Mount Rundle, Helen Wells, Alice Fulmer, Nora Drummond Davis' fireplace, other views of Banff and area. -- Title based on material.

 

V675 / 18 (1 to 27) PA, NA

Rundle pictures. -- 1915-1919. -- 29 photographs (27 prints, 2 negatives) -- Pertain to Helen and Alice Fulmer on various climbs up Mount Rundle with Childe family and Mrs. McConnell; also views from the top of Rundle. -- Title taken from envelope.

 

V675 / 19 (1 to 4) PA

Changes at 221 Beaver St. -- 1915, 1954. -- 4 photographs : prints. -- Fairholme Cottage on Beaver Street, home of Fred Wells family. -- Title taken from envelope.

 

V675 / 20 (1 to 6) PA, NA

Park Dairy. -- 1915-1960. -- 7 photographs (6 prints, 1 negative) -- Moffatt's Dairy, Banff CPR station. -- Title taken from envelope.

 

V675 / 21 (1 to 50) PA

Pictures, west of Banff. -- 1915-1971. -- 50 photographs : prints, postcards; some colour. -- Views from around Banff and Yoho National Parks, including Vermilion Lakes, Mount Edith, Elkhorn cabin, Johnston Canyon, Pilot Mountain, Hillsdale area, Jenning's tree, Sundance Canyon,

Boy Scouts of Canada camp, cottage above Lake Agnes, Lake Louise, Takakkaw Falls, natural bridge. -- Title taken from envelope.

 

V675 / 22 (1 to 90) PA

More old bldgs & houses of Banff taken by Fred Wells. -- 1915-1972. -- 90 photographs : prints, some colour. -- Views include various Banff dwellings (identified), curling rink, Mather home and rink, school, firehall. -- Title taken from envelope. -- Correspond to negatives in V675/32 (NA).

 

V675 / 23 (1 to 14) PA

N. B. Sanson photographs. -- 1917-1940. -- 14 photographs : prints. -- Pertain to black bear and cub, Johnston Canyon, Mount Rundle, Twin Falls, Sinclair Canyon. -- Title taken from envelope. -- Attributed to Norman Sanson.

 

V675 / 24 (1 to 57) PA, NA

Winter carnivals, ice palaces. -- 1917-1969. -- 60 photographs (46 prints, 11 negatives, 3 postcards) -- Banff Winter Carnival, ice palaces, sculptures, events. -- Title taken from envelope.

 

V675 / 25 (1 to 99) PA, NA

No. 2 envelope, club snowshoe tramps. -- 1918-1919. -- 105 photographs (92 prints, 13 negatives) -- Snowshoe trips. -- Title taken from envelope.

 

V675 / 26 - 1 to 20 (PA, NA)

Anthracite pictures. -- 1918-1919. -- 20 photographs (13 prints, 7 negatives) -- Pertain to Anthracite, Johnson Lake, Edith Wells, Helen and Alice Fulmer and friends. -- Title taken from envelope.

 

V675 / 27 (1 to 26) PA, NA

Banff Ave pictures. -- 1918-1971. -- 26 photographs (20 prints, 2 negatives, 4 postcards) -- Pertains to Banff Avenue buildings, liquor store, Royal Canadian Legion, Red Onion, Harmony Drug Store fire, Alpine Hotel fire, Sanitarium Hotel fire, Gordon Thompson, Bob Liggat, Radium Hot Springs Lodge, Brewster Hall, Jack Campbell, Fred Wells. -- Title taken from envelope.

 

V675 / 28 (1, 2) PA, NA

Photographs. -- 1925. -- 4 photographs (2 prints, 2 negatives) -- Pertain to painted panels on Homestead Hotel.  Paintings are of Lake Minnewanka, attributed to a Mr. Bissett or a Mr. Vicks. -- Title based on material.

 

V675 / 29 (1 to 11) PA

Photographs. -- 1930-1972. -- 11 photographs : prints, postcard. -- Pertain to Homestead Hotel, Sanitarium Hotel fire, Tunnel Mountain, fish hatchery. -- Title based on material.

 

V675 / 30 (1 to 10) PA

Pictures 123 Muskrat St. -- 1940-1962. -- 10 photographs : prints. -- Pertain to Minnie Fulmer's garden. -- Title taken from envelope.

 

V675 / 31 (1 to 45) PA

Banff pictures, old houses & bldgs taken by Fred Wells. -- 1945-1972. -- 45 photographs : prints; 1 col. -- Banff dwellings, all identified, 1972; also moving of Moore house and Jack White house. -- Title taken from envelope. -- Correspond to negatives in V675 / 32 & 34 (NA)

 

V675 / 32 (1 to 100) NA

Negatives of old homes & bldgs in Banff. -- [1972?] -- 100 photographs : negatives. -- Includes views of Banff Avenue business, dwellings, Mountainholm Hotel fire, Indian Trading Post, other. -- Title taken from envelope. -- By Fred Wells? -- Correspond to prints in V675 / 22 & 31 (PA).

 

V675 / 33 (1 to 15) NA

Banff west negatives, mixed. -- [before 1975] -- 15 photographs : negatives; 6.5 x 11 cm or samller. -- Mainly scenic views along road west of Banff. -- Title taken from envelope.

 

V675 / 34 (1 to 34) PA, NA

Negatives to be developed. -- [before 1975] -- 34 photographs : negatives, print. -- Views include Mather skating rink, Banff residences, Bow River, moving of Pearl Moore house, Nora Drummond Davis, Helen Wells, Lake Louise area. -- Title taken from envelope.

 

V675 / PD - 1

Memory book. -- 1911-1936; predominant 1911-1915. -- 1 photograph album (59 prints) -- Pertain to Fulmer family, friends and activities. Includes hiking, walking, picnicking and tobogganing in Banff and area, also buggy and auto trips.  Friends include members of Reid, Buck, Gibb and Troop families. -- Photographs have been annotated by Helen Fulmer; later ones (1936) may have been annotated by her daughter Sylvia Vosburgh.

 

V675 / PD - 2

Photograph album. -- 1916-1919. -- 1 photograph album (126 prints) -- Pertains to Mather family hikes, climbs and walks in the Banff and Lake Louise areas.  Destinations include Tunnel Mountain, Cave and Basin and Sundance Canyon, 40 Mile Creek, Devil's Canyon and Lake Minnewanka, Mount Rundle, Mount Norquay, Mount Edith and Lake Louise area.  Companions included Andrew and Bessie Sibbald and members of the Gibb family. -- Annotations by Helen Fulmer. -- Includes 2 loose prints.

 

V675 / PD - 3

Photographs album. -- 1918-1922. -- 1 photograph album (89 prints) -- Pertains to hikes and climbs by Fulmer family and friends in the Lake Louise area.  Includes Lake Agnes and tea house, Bridal Falls, Mirror Lake, Lake Louise Chalet, Wapta Lake.  Companions include members of the

Garrett and Astley families, as well as Cameron Stockand, chore boy at Lake Agnes tea house. -- Annotations by Helen Fulmer.

 

V675 / PD - 4

Photograph album. -- 1914-1937. -- 1 photograph album (96 prints) -- Includes postcard views of the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains, 30 items; Fulmer family and friend hikes and snowshoe trips to locations near Banff; mountain landscape panorama views by Norman Sanson, 1918-1919, 19 items; scenic views near Banff; Coronation parade in Banff, 1937, 21 items. -- Includes 2 loose prints.

 

V675 / 3 (1 to 50) PA, NA

Old pictures. -- 1887-1973. -- 50 photographs : prints, negatives, postcards; originals and copies; some colour. -- Views include Cave and Basin, Bow River Bridge, Bow River, Fulmer family and home, North West Mounted Police, Banff Avenue, Sanitarium Hotel, Bell Irving cabin, Bear

Street, buffalo paddock, Beach House Hotel, Astley family, Minnie Davidson, Banff Kinettes; Armstrong, Reid and Harris family members. -- Title taken from envelope.

 

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