LILLIAN GEST FONDS : ACTIVITIES SERIES : PHOTOGRAPHY PRINTS AND NEGATIVES; PUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS
Photography sub-series. -- [ca.1912-1981. -- ca.7400 photographs : transparencies, prints, negatives, published photographs. -- 12 photograph albums (ca.4200 prints). -- 45 motion pictures. -- ca.10 cm of textual records. -- Sub-series consists of: I. Transparencies, 1939-1981; II. Photograph albums, 1919-1958; III. Motion pictures, 1928-1942; IV. PRINTS AND NEGATIVES, [ca.1912]-1980; V. PUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS, [ca.1930-ca.1980], n.d. Sub-series documents Gest's visits and travels in the Canadian Rockies and elsewhere; mountaineering and recreation; Alpine Club of Canada; Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; natural and human history; the mountain landscape. Images are well identified. -- Title based on contents of sub-series. -- Condition of photograph albums is fragile. -- Trip-based arrangement retained in photographs. -- Microfilm copies are available for albums. Reference video copies are available for some films. -- Inventory of photographs is available. -- Constitutes Sub-series II.C. of the Lillian Gests fonds.
PRINTS AND NEGATIVES Extra pictures 1925 and -- . -- [ca.1925] -- 29 photographs : prints; b/w, 7 x 11.5 cm. and 5 x 7 cm. -- Horsetrips, camps, scenery, unidentified. -- Location : V225 / PA 1 - 29. [Photographs]. -- 1923-1959. -- 6 photographs : prints; b/w. -- Trips, scenery, identified, most with dates. -- Location : V225 / PA 30 - 35. [Photographs]. -- [ca.1945] -- 24 photographs : prints; col, 5.5 x 8cm. -- Pack trips, mountain scenes, trips, Banff, Banff Indian Days. -- Removed from small photofile. -- Location : V225 / PA 36 - 59. [Photographs]. -- 1945-1948. -- 22 photographs : prints; col, 5.5 x 8 cm. -- Mountain trips in Canada and United States, friends and family. -- Location : V225 / PA 60 - 81. [Photographs]. -- 1945-1948. -- 12 photographs : prints; col, 55. x 8 cm. -- Trips, scenery, friends, Canadian Rockies; unidentified. Removed from small photofile. -- Location : V225 / PA 82 - 93. [Photographs]. -- 1946-1951. -- 9 photographs : prints; col, 7.5 x 11 cm. -- Mountain trips, Lake O'Hara and region, friends and family. -- Location : V225 / PA 94 - 102. [Photographs]. -- 1976-1980. -- 3 photographs : prints; col, 8.5 x 12.5 cm. or smaller. -- Outdoor portraits of Lillian Gest. -- Location : V225 / PA 103 - 105. [Photographs]. -- [ca.1912, ca.1932] -- 4 photographs : prints; b/w, 20 x 25 cm. -- Alpine Club cabins at Lake O'Hara. Photos by Canadian Pacific Railway. -- Location : V225 / PA 106 - 109. [Photographs]. -- 1915-1952. -- 15 photographs : prints; b/w, col, 30 x 55 cm. or smaller. -- Packtrains, alpine flora, Lake O'Hara, unidentified mountain scenes, Lake Louise, Alpine Club of Canada and American Alpine Club annual dinners. -- Location : V225 / PA 110 - 124. 1935 negatives. -- 1935. -- 16 photographs : negatives; 6.5 x 10.5 cm. or smaller. -- Mainly climbing and summit views, Gest and others; also some packtrips. -- Location : V225 / NA 1 - 16. Negatives, Chris Haesler for Alpine Journal Dec 1940. -- 1940. -- 24 photographs : negatives; 6.5 x 10.5 cm. -- Includes pack trips, Abbot Hut, scenics, camps, groups, guides, Lillian Gest and Christian Hasler. -- Location : V225 / NA 17 - 40. [Photographs]. -- 1 photograph : negative; 7.5 x 11 cm. -- Christian Hasler and Polly Prescott on summit of unnamed peak. See Canadian Alpine Journal, 1940, p.170. -- Location : V225 / NA 41 -- [1940]
PUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS Selected Real Photographs, Canadian Pacific Railway. -- [ca.1930] -- 1 photograph : postcard set; 20 images. -- Photographed and published by Byron Harmon, Banff, Canada. -- Location : V225 / PG 1. 20 Real Photographs, Hand-Coloured of Canadian Rocky Mountains, En Route Canadian Pacific Railway. -- [ca.1930] -- 1 item: postcard set; 20 images. -- Published by Camera Products, Vancouver, Canada. Notes on back cover by [Lillian Gest?]. -- Location : V225 / PG 2. [Postcards]. -- [ca.1960-ca.1980] -- 9 photographs : postcards; col, 10.5 x 15 cm. or smaller. -- Rocky Mountains scenic views, buildings, personalities and facilities by Peter Whyte, Don Harmon and Stephen Hutchings. -- Location : V225 / PG 3 to 11. [Postcards]. -- [n.d] -- 6 photographs : postcards; 10.5 x 14.5 cm. or smaller. -- European mountain scenes. -- Location : V225 / PG 12 to 17.
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