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Banff Winter Carnival fonds
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ca.350 photographs : prints. -- 18 textual records
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Banff Winter Carnival, also known as Winter Sports of the Canadian Rockies, was the first post-war winter sports programme held in Banff, Alberta. The organization had Banff directors, Calgary directors and Directors-at-large from Alberta and outside the province. A wide variety of social and sports events took place under the organization's direction.
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Banff Winter Carnival photographs, 1950s, are mainly publicity photographs and order proofs by British Photographic Laboratories (Bill Gibbons); some by Alpine Films. Content includes Carnival Queen contests, parades, activities, including masquerade ball, other. Textual records of the Winter Sports of the Canadian Rockies organization, 1945-1946, include minutes, reports, letters, news reports, press clippings, pamphlets, programmes, posters and leaflets. These records are in the form of a scrapbook and loose items. Many items pertain to involvement of Ethel "Tillie" Knight.
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Physical condition
Condition of textual material is fair to good; photographs are poor to good
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Acquired by donation, 1992
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- Language is English
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No restrictions on access;Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
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http://archivesalberta.org/findingaids/whyte/BanffWintCarn/BWC_main.htm
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Associated materials
Related to material in Banff Winter Festival fonds. Negatives for many of the photographs can be found in the Bill Gibbons fonds.
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Record No. M13 / V427<br><br>
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- Banff Winter Carnival (Subject)