Print preview Close

Showing 177 results

Description
Calgary, AB
Print preview View:

PE004738 - Program for the City of Calgary’s Commemoration Services on the occasion of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation.  

The program for the City of Calgary’s Commemoration Services on the occasion of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation.  Held in Victoria Park, Calgary, AB on June 2, 1953.  Printed in Canada by John D. McAra of Calgary.  The program’s front cover features a photograph of Queen Elizabeth II printed in purple ink.  The back cover features the City of Calgary’s coat of arms, also printed in purple.  The program consisted of events held at 12:30pm and later at 8pm, with speeches, music, dances, prayer, and fireworks.

PE001273 - "Calgary: Alberta's Capital"

Vol. 49, No. 13,550 (July 29, 1893) of the Saturday Globe. The feature article “Calgary: Alberta’s Capital” provides, despite its title, a broad overview of the province of Alberta, including Edmonton, and small towns such as Olds. Accompanying photographs depict various scenes from the province, including prairie landscape shots, agriculture, and town buildings.

In addition to the feature article, a number of brief miscellaneous articles and stories are carried on the last page of the newspaper. A number of advertisements for products and businesses are also present.

PE004688 - Wine List and Cocktail Menu for the Calgary Elks Club

A menu in the shape of a tasseled fez hat.  Burn marks and drink stains on the front cover.  This menu is the Wine List and Cocktail Menu for the Calgary Elks Club located in the Elks Building in Calgary, AB.  It is bound with two staples.  Inside the front cover is a B&W photographic collage of the inside of the Elks Club, while the collage inside the back cover features photographs of teepees, city skyline, a dinosaur sculpture and the Banff Springs Hotel.  The menu is eight (8) pages of alcoholic drinks.  Printed by Foothill Printers Limited.

PE001125 - Silver Inn Restaurant Menu

Menu for the Silver Inn Restaurant, located in Calgary, Alberta. In addition to menu offerings, the item also includes the restaurant’s phone number, address, and opening hours. Menu is chiefly composed of Chinese cuisine.

PE000666 - Collection of documents related to the creation of the nurses registry in Calgary during the Second World War

Collection of documents related to the creation of the nurses registry in Calgary during the Second World War.

  • Typed letter to “The graduate nurses of Calgary” from Kathleen Connor, Chairman of the Calgary District #3 Alberta Association of Registered Nurses, dated Feb. 5, 1942. Introduces the idea of creating a community nursing registry in order to support the war effort.
  • Typed documents with the heading “The following is condensed from the Report of the Committee on the Formation and Re-Organization of Registries, Province of Ontario, Ottawa, 28th March, 1940.”
  • Recommended by-laws of the Nurses Registry of Calgary District #3, typed, with the name “Mrs. F. Honeywell written in handwriting. No date.  

PE001944 - Separate Spaces art exhibition poster

Poster for the Separate Spaces art exhibition held at the Second Storey Gallery in Calgary AB from Jan 16-27, 1985. Artists featured: Peter Ackerman, Mirian Fabijan, Amy Gogarty, Deborah Brown-Ridley and Norman White. Poster appears to be an original screen print.

From http://www.truck.ca/blog/1985/1/16/seperate-space:
In late November, 1984, Second Story Gallery was forced to cancel their 1985 exhibition schedule due to a lack of funds. As a result, five of the artists scheduled to show got together and organized an alternative exhibition. What evolved was a cooperative effort between Suzanne Agopsowicz, Director of Second Story Gallery, Miriam Fabijan, Exhibition Coordinator, and four other Calgary artists - Peter Ackerman, Amy Gogarty, Deborah Bornw-Ridley, and Norman D. White. In order to accomodate all the artists involved, the studio spaces were incorporated with the gallery to enlarge the exhibition area. Each artist has selected her/his own space - hence the title: Separate Spaces. A wide variety of work and varying concerns will be presented.

Second Storey Gallery

PE004860 - Alexandra Hotel promotional poster

Poster promoting the Alexandra Hotel. The slogan is written on the top centre, and reads “When in CALGARY stay at the Alexandra Hotel” with the hotel name printed in large type. At the centre of the poster there is a 16 x 12.5 cm b&w photograph of the hotel and a caption that reads “Fire-proof.” Amenities and rates are listed on the bottom. 

PE001217 - Where to Go – and What to Do While Visiting Calgary

Advertising brochure, issued by the Tea Kettle Inn of Calgary, Alberta, which promotes Calgary as a tourist destination. The brochure includes background on Calgary in general, and detail on particular tourist attractions in the city. A substantial portion of the item, however, concentrates on promoting the Tea Kettle Inn specifically to tourists, including a photo of the Inn’s kitchen and an illustration of the business’ exterior.

PE001053 - WOG•WM Souvenir Album

Printed souvenir album from the No. 2 Wireless School in Calgary. The booklet contains five group portraits, and a list of personnel. The separate photographs are identical to one of the group portraits in the booklet.

PE001090 - Victorian-Era Photograph Album

Photo album containing images from Western Canada, England and (possibly) India. Of particular interest in the context of the Prairie Ephemera collection are the 68 photos set in Western Canada – likely near Calgary, on the Bow River – which primarily depict cattle ranching, with images of cattle, horses, family groups, as well as a single photo of a pair of aboriginal persons in traditional dress. The remaining 61 photos depict locations, people and animals in England, as well as including several images of Indian army soldiers on parade or drill.

PE001566 - [Photographs and printed ephemera documenting an Alberta soldier's service in World War I]

Although several captions list the individual pictured as "self" or "myself," the creator of the album does not appear to be explicitly identified. Nonetheless, several pieces of ephemera in the album - including passes and a voucher for a railway ticket - refer to a S.W. Kerley. One item carrying Mr. Kerley's name is accompanied by the caption "My last ration book in Blighty." Internal references suggest that the soldier served with the 31st Battalion, Alberta Regiment, and a S.W. Kerley is included in the nominal roll. For more information on the Regiment, please see its entry in the Canadian Great War Project Web site (available online at http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com/Regimental/31stBattalion.asp [accessed on 10 December 2018]).

The album documents the experiences of an Alberta soldier during World War I from recruitment to his return from Europe. The majority of photographs capture Mr. Kerley and his fellow soldiers in a variety of settings from training in Alberta to the battlefields of Europe. The album contains portraits of soldiers taken in Calgary, Medicine Hat, Edmonton, Bramshott, England, as well as in Germany and Belgium. Many of the soldiers are identified at least by surname and, in some cases, more fully. There are also images of major Canadian battlefields such as Arras-Cambrai Road, Ypres, Passchendaele, and Vimy Ridge.

The 31st Battalion did not return to Canada until May of 1919, remaining in Germany to serve as part of the occupying forces. The album also documents this phase of the war, containing four photographs dated January 1919 with the accompanying captions "Outpost duty in Germany." Several pieces of ephemera also appear to be from Mr. Kerley's service during the occupation. These include the address of a German family, laundry lists, and a theatre programme from Namur, Belgium, dated 4 March 1919.

As with the photographs and postcards, the printed ephemera document many aspects of Mr. Kerley's military service. The album contains materials from the ship voyages to and from Europe, including menus, a concert programme, and a card listing berth and mess information. There is also a card from the Canadian Pacific Railway for soldiers travelling in Canada following repatriation.

Mr. Kerley also collected a number of miscellaneous souvenirs from his time in Europe, including currency and an identity card used by French and Belgian workers during the German occupation. Documents specifically related to his military service - such as a menu from a 1917 Christmas dinner, a programme from the Canadian Corps Championship (a multi-sport athletic competition held on 1 July 1918), and German and Canadian field-letter cards - are also present.

In a few cases, captions indicate the provenance of individual items, some of which appear to have been taken as souvenirs of combat. Several photographs are listed as having been found on battlefields. For example, three photographs are accompanied by these captions:
• “German N.C.O.’s found on an N.C.O. during the Amiens Drive, Aug.-1918”
• “’A German Fraulein’ found on a Hun soldier found at Neuville Vitasse”
• “Found this photo laying beside this soldier’s body after our capture of Rosiers on the Somme – 1918 Aug.”

Kerley, W.?

PE001679 - Diary of Trip Through Canada

Diary and scrapbook written, compiled and bound by Anna Coombs, documenting her 1909 trip from London, England, through parts of Canada and the U.S. Describes visiting Quebec, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton and Banff, among other locations. Describes her experience of the journey, including the landscape and social life in Western Canada. Anecdotes include an account of visiting a Doukhabour village (pp. 36-7), and an incident where the car that the party is travelling in catches fire and is destroyed while travelling down a straw-covered road (pp. 37-38). Latter half includes a scrap book with postcards, brochures, time-tables, railway maps, etc. glued to the pages.

Coombs, Anna

PE001299 - Welcome to Calgary

Advertising brochure from the HBC, which promotes the HBC department store in Calgary, as well of general tourism in Calgary. The brochure contains information on the types of items carried by the Bay department store and recommendations for tourist activities in Calgary, as well as customs' information for American visitors to Canada.

PE004784 - Knox United Church Choir, Calgary, Diamond Jubilee Concert Program

Program titled, "Knox United Church Choir, Calgary, Diamond Jubilee Concert, In Celebration of the Sixtieth Anniversary of Knox Church and in Honour of Mr. Clifford Higgin who has served as Organist and Choirmaster for Twenty-one Years. Tuesday, November Sixteenth, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Three at Eight-Fifteen." Cover contains a large b&w picture of Clifford Higgin. Program contains a biography of Clifford Higgin, advertisements, and the program for the night.

PE002036 - Edmonton Bulletin Calgary Banff trip winners, 1935

Depicts around 50 boys, and some men, likely their chaperones, who were the winners of a contest put on by the Edmonton Bulletin in 1935 for carriers of their newspaper to win a three day trip to Calgary and Banff. They are posed in front of a Canadian Pacific train at the station, and several of the boys are holding up copies of an Edmonton Bulletin page with a headline describing the contest: “Three Glamorous, Care-free Days at Calgary-Banff for Bulletin Carrier-Salesmen.” All of the winners are wearing matching Edmonton Bulletin hats. A caption on the back identifies some of the winners.

McDermid Studios

PE004841 - Receipt to International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Top of receipt reads: "International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers-1200 15th Street N.W. Washington 5, D.C." It has been issued to H. M. Wilson, initiated on October 22, 1919 and last paid in August, 1954. It states it’s for pension and death benefits, and is signed by the international secretary. There is an address stamped on the back, sending the receipt to Mr. A. E. Fearey, Financial Secretary, Lu. #348, P.O. Box 154, Calgary, Alberta.

PE000428 - Regulations for the sale of lands in the C.P.R.'s irrigation block

Document listing the regulations for the sale of irrigable and non-irrigable lands in the western section of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company’s irrigation block and for the supply of water for said irrigation lands. Signed J.S. Dennis, Superintendant of Irrigation. Calgary, Alberta.

One of two documents written by J.S. Dennis of the Irrigation Department of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. See also PE000459

Dennis, J. S.

PE004833 - Brochure celebrating the opening of a second Bank of Toronto branch in Calgary

Brochure titled: Our Second Branch in Calgary. Details the opening of a new Bank of Toronto branch in Calgary, on 8th and 4th.  Lists its services, such as Business Banking, Oil Banking, and Personal Accounts. A small section details the professional profile of the new branch manager, Mr. P. W. Atkinson. When fully opened, brochure contains a large b&w aerial photograph of downtown Calgary from 5000 ft. (Photo taken by Photography Survey Corporation). Front and back covers are light green, with interior pictures detailed in green as well.

PE001081 - Morris Safe & Lock Co. Documents

Documents from, or associated with, the Morris Safe & Lock Co., pertaining to their business affairs with Canadian organizations in Calgary and Saskatchewan. Included amongst the documents are:

  • Correspondence, typed and written, by Norris Safe & Lock Co. employees and by customers of the company on business matters and transactions. Relevant newspaper extracts are attached to two of these.
  • Bills from the City of Calgary, John Jones Alberta Paint Shop, and Tasker Transfer Company
  • Cheques from the Dominion Bank
  • An Alberta Government Telephone notice that payment is in arrears.

PE000791 - Early Calgary Department Store share certificate

The share certificate indicates the share amount of the company Price Jones, which was founded in the 1860s in Newton, Wales. It sold locally produced Welsh flannel and eventually expanded and became the first mail-order shop in the world (Queen Victoria was known to be a customer), and issued catalogues in Canada as well. In 1911 the company erected a store in Calgary but it ultimately went out of business in 1916. 

PE000924 - "United Farmers of Alberta Annual Convention, 1916 - Calgary - Annual Address"

Booklet titled: "United Farmers of Alberta Annual Convention, 1916-Calgary-Annual Address." Below this is written: "Delivered by S.S. Dunham. L.L.B., Lethbridge-Second Vice-President." 

Cover is printed on light brown paper with blue flecks. Front cover features a black decorative border surrounding an image of a torch entwined with a ribbon alongside the title. The back cover contains only the union label for printing, and notes: Quick Print, Calgary. The interior contains fifteen (15) pages denoting the address given by S.S. Dunham at the annual U.F.A. Convention in Calgary. There is also a b&w portrait of S.S. Dunham on the second page.

PE000978 - "Military Ball Given in Honour of HRH The Prince of Wales" program

Program titled: "The Armouries, Calgary, Alberta, Military Ball Given in Honour of HRH The Prince of Wales by Brig. Gen. H.F. McDonald, C.M.G., D.S.O. and Officers of M.D. NO. 13. September sixteenth, nineteen hundred and nineteen." Front cover also includes the Alberta Coat of Arms. Interior of the program contains a list of dances to be performed and the accompanying music, with the opposite page containing blank spaces for writing engagements and rendezvous. Back cover is blank.

PE004838 - Annual Southern Alberta Pioneer & Old Timers’ Assn Round-Up and Banquet Programs

1st Annual Program titled: "First Annual Dinner and Round Up of the members of Southern Alberta Pioneers’ & Old Timers’ Association. Palliser Hotel, Calgary, Alberta, Wednesday, January 18th, 1922, 7 o’clock p.m." Front cover has an ink drawing of a bison’s head in the center, along with a smaller drawing of a farmstead scene in the bottom left corner. Back page contains the publisher’s mark: Western Printing & Lithographing Co., Ltd, Calgary Alberta, and has the continuation of the farmstead scene from the front cover onto the bottom right corner of the back cover. Interior is blank, but contains an insert listing the names and lyrics of songs to be sung during the night.
4th Annual Program titled: "The Southern Alberta Pioneers’ and Old Timers’ Association/The Southern Alberta Women’s Pioneer and Old Timer Association Fourth Annual Round Up and Moochican, Palliser Hotel, Calgary, Alberta, Thursday, January 22nd, 1925." Front cover also contains the Toast List for the night, and the names of the musicians. An ink drawing of the head of a bison separates the two titles at the top of the page. The back cover contains the main verse and chorus for Auld Lang Syne, and indicates it was printed by The Star Printing Works Ltd. The interior contains a list of song lyrics for various songs sung during the evening.
27th Anuual Program titled: "Welcome! Old Timers, 27th Annual Round-Up, Southern Alberta Pioneer & Old Timers’ Association, Thursday, November 13th, 1947, Palliser Hotel, Calgary." Front cover contains a drawing of a cowboy on a rearing horse. Back cover contains, at the top, a small ink drawing of a cowboy roasting a sausage over a campfire, with his horse grazing in the background. Below this are lines for writing names and addresses of friends, along with a place for autographs. Below this is the note: "Because we pioneered the West together we are happy to present this program. Hudson’s Bay Company, Calgary. (1876)." Interior contains the menu for the night, along with the list of events.
28th Annual Front cover states: "Southern Alberta Pioneer & Old Timers’ Assoc.-Palliser Hotel-6:15 p.m.-28th Annual Round-Up-Thursday, November 18th, 1948." Contains a large b&w drawing of a cowboy on a rearing horse, and also contains a poem by W.J. (Bill) Wilde. Back cover contains an ink cartoon of a cowboy roasting a sausage over a campfire, with his horse in the background. It’s captioned: "The Pioneers appreciate the courtesy the Palliser Hotel has shown us these 28 years. Our thanks for the success of this affair goes to Mr. R. M. Deyell, Mgr. and Mr. Goe. Allora, Maitre and their genial staffs." Below this it reads: "Because we pioneered the West together we are happy to present this program. Hudson’s Bay Company, Calgary. (1876)." The interior of the program contains multiple poems by various authors, and a list of the events for the night.
29th Annual Program titled: "Southern Alberta Pioneer & Old Timers Assn.-Palliser Hotel-6:15 p.m.-29TH Annual Round-up & Banquet-Thursday, November 24th, 1949." Front cover contains a drawing of a cowboy riding a bucking horse. Back cover contains an ink drawing of a First Nations male and his horse, with mountains in the background. It’s captioned: ‘Because we pioneered the West together we are happy to present this program. Hudson’s Bay Company, Calgary, (1876).' Interior of the program contains a story written by Bill Wilde, and the list of events for the night.
31st Annual Program for "The Southern Alberta Pioneers’ and Old-Timers’ Association…31st Annual Round-Up, 1951." Contains five (5) pages detailing the proceedings of the Annual Round-Up, held November 15, 1951. Details the Annual Meetings and Election of Officers, membership dues listing, date and time for the Annual Church Service, a short biography of John Fisher, guest speaker for the event, and greetings from the men’s and women’s presidents. Program is printed on light yellow paper, and contains both text and images.
31st Annual: Front cover reads: "Southern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers’ Association 'Pioneers of 1890' 1951 31st Annual Round-up, Thursday, November 15th, 1951, Crystal Room, Palliser Hotel-Calgary, 6:15 pm." Front cover also contains a b&w photograph of a man in a suit, captioned ‘John Fisher,’ “Mr. Canada” himself. Back cover contains a cartoon of a chuckwagon on the move with a caption: ‘Because we pioneered the West together we are happy to present this program. Hudson’s Bay Company, Calgary, (1876).' The interior contains no additional pages, with the writing printed on the inside of the front covers. The inside front page has a poem titled: ‘They Came with Only Faith in God, As Across These Virgin Lands they Trod,’ by Bill Wilde. The interior of the back cover provides the itinerary for ‘The Pioneers of 1890 Get Together.’

PE004679 - Menu card for Town & Country Coffee Shop

Menu card for Town & Country Coffee Shop in the Greyhound Building in Calgary, AB.  The menu was printed by Hickey & Jones in Calgary on ivory card stock now showing numerous grease and coffee stains.  The front cover has an illustration of a friendly cowboy, and has  a visible indent on the top edge from a paperclip.  Inside are numerous Coffee Shop Specials, Salads, Sandwiches, Desserts, Beverages and Juices, and selections “From Our Soda Fountain.”  Sundaes include Cubanana (35 cents), 2 Good 2 be 4 Gotten (35 cents), Stop and Go (35 cents), and the “Awful Awful” Sundae / Awful Big, Awful Good (40 cents).  

PE004683 - Menu card for Pelican Fish & Chips

Menu card for Pelican Fish & Chips in Calgary, AB.  This menu card has rounded corners and has a full-colour picture of a bowl of ice cream on the front.  Underneath it reads “Crystal Ice Cream.”  The back cover shows an illustration of three kids at a soda fountain counter with text encouraging parents to send their kiddies for ice cream.  Small printing says the menu was lithographed in the U.S.A. by The Weiller Co. in Philadelphia.  Inside is the name of the restaurant, address 35 Fourth St. N.E., and the names of management, Jack Anderson and Jack King.  They serve a long list of sandwiches and dishes served with french fries.

PE004687 - Menu for The Safari Tea Stop

Menu for The Safari Tea Stop located at 507 – 8th avenue southwest Calgary, AB.  The cover is a copper foiled textured paper printed with dark brown ink.  The front cover is an illustration of a bare-chested man wearing a turban holding with one hand a diamond shape containing the word “Safari” while the other hand holds a knife.  Along the bottom are the words “Afternoon Tea Menu.”  The back cover is covered with a description of “The Bengal Safari” romantically detailing a hunting party adventure in India to which “Your Guides” have been C. W. Ainsworth and B. J. Harrison.  The cover and menu paper are punched with two holes but whatever cord or ribbon bound them is lost.  The menu paper is textured and sand-coloured.  It opens in a bi-fold door design and each menu item is framed in its own hanging wood sign illustration.  Along the top is a border of overlapping illustrations of exotic adventure.  

PE004691 - Menu card for The Skyline restaurant

Menu card for The Skyline restaurant located at Macleod Trail, No. 2 Highway in Calgary, AB.  “Canada’s Finest Curb Service Restaurant and Golf Range.”  The cover is printed to look like cream leather and features an illustration of the restaurant on the front.  The back cover has a list of Fountain Specialties made with Palm Quality Products.  The front cover is cut away along the top right edge to show the name of the restaurant underneath. Inside, bound to the spine with two staples, is a small square booklet of Dinner entrees and facts both about the restaurant and Calgary.  Inside the back cover are printed two photographs of life-sized dinosaur sculptures captioned with information about the Calgary Zoo.   Printed by Albertan Job Press Ltd.

PE001935 - Art of Aboriginal Australia exhibition poster

Poster advertising the Art of Aboriginal Australia exhibition shown at the Glenbow-Alberta Art Gallery in Calgary from September 22 – October 20, 1974. Sponsored by Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd., a tobacco company. Background is a photograph of statuettes from the exhibition.

Glenbow Museum

PE000418 - Joint meeting for the Canadian Western Union, 1930

B&W captioned print, a group photograph of three organizations under the Canadian Western Union: the Brotherhood Locomotive Firemen, Enginemen, and the Ladies Society. The three organizations met for a joint meeting in July 1930 in Calgary, Alberta. Photograph is of a large group of people with a few children in front of a medium sized white wooden building. Photographed by W. J. Oliver.

PE001662 - Attendees at the North-west Mounted Police Veterans’ Annual Banquet, Calgary, 1925

Black and white group portrait of NWMP veterans gathered for their annual banquet in the Hudson’s Bay Company dining room. 69 men, posed in 4 rows. Captioned beneath: N.W.M.P. Veterans Annual Banquet. Calgary, Alta. Watermark in lower right corner: Collins & [G?]illies, 1925

Partial identifications (L-R):
Back row: Fred Bosten; unknown; unknown; unknown; Sergeant Ralph S. Kendall; unknown; unknown; Daniel “Peache” Davis; James E. Cullen; unknown; F.A. Caswell; George Aspinall; unknown; F. Debenham; unknown; unknown; unknown; unknown; unknown.
4th row: unknown; unknown; Mr. Royce; George Ambrose; unknown; J.R. Royce; unknown; unknown; Julien Nash; Alfred Earnest Cross; Percy Tucker; unknown; Mr. Ritchie.
3rd row: Harold Riley; unknown; unknown; unknown; Jock Manson; unknown; Mr. Summers; Mayor George Webster; unknown; Jimmy Moore; unknown; Mr. Graham; A.R. Brooke; E.B.D. Mitchell; unknown; unknown.
Front row: George Bass; Tony Grogan; Mr. Johnston; Inspector Spalding; unknown; unknown; unknown; unknown.

Collins & Gillies

PE002026 - Women members of the Calgary Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes lodge, group portrait

Depicts women members of the Calgary Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes lodge, lined up on the stairs in front of a stone building with decorative columns. The women in the front row are dressed alike, in white dresses with sashes. Caption reads “Officers and Member of L.A. No. 3 to Noble Lodge, R.A.O.B.”

Central Studio, Calgary

PE001101 - Canadian Pacific Railway Company’s Irrigation System in Alberta

An informational booklet, distributed at the International Irrigation Congress in Calgary, on the Canadian Pacific Railway’s efforts to construct irrigation works in southern Alberta, and to a lesser extent, on the company’s effort to facilitate land sales and the development of farming in the same region. Some commentary is also included, from the perspective of the company, on irrigation law, and on the establishment of the Western Canadian Irrigation Association.

PE000932 - Program for Mother's Day Service 1924

The program's front cover is filled with a green and white picture of an older woman sitting in a chair reading. She is positioned in front of a set of windows, and is surrounded by tables and books. A note written in pencil on the top right corner  states “Calgary” 20-. The cover reads at the top: "Mother’s Day Service Sunday, May 11th, 1924." Below the picture is simply the word Mother. The interior of the program indicates the order of service, including hymns and recitations. The back cover continues the order of service. A note on the bottom of the back page states: Prepared for and distributed by The Religious Education Council of Alberta, 302 I.O.O.F. Building, Calgary.

"The Northwest Prohibition Farce" Calgary Tribune Clipping

“The Northwest Prohibition Farce” newspaper clipping from the Calgary Tribune and dated July 18, 1888.
An editorial piece protesting the exemption granted the Canadian Pacific Railway from the permit-based liquor laws of the time.
“In another column will be found the announcement that permission has been granted to the Canadian Pacific Railway hotel in Banff to import and sell wine and beer as a beverage, and the Mounted Police authorities have received instructions not to interfere with them in the carrying on of that business. . . . The Government at Ottawa (by whom the Lieutenant-Governor of these Territories has unquestionably been authorized in this case) seem to be under the impression that the people of this country are a lot of serfs and nincompoops who have no conception of the rights of freemen . . . ”

PE000683 - Soo-Spokane Route train schedule

Train schedule for the Soo-Spokane Route run by the Spokane International Railway. Centrefold is a map of the route which runs from Portland, Oregon up through Calgary, Alberta and Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and down to St. Paul, Minnesota. Includes time schedules of the international route and of connecting train lines, as well as a description of the trains and equipment in use.

PE004908 - Hotel Royal in Calgary, AB leaflet

Promotional Leaflet for the Hotel Royal, in Calgary, AB. It is divided in two sections: the left side features a photograph of the hotel while the left side contains its address and nearby amenities. The proprietor is listed as Rob. C. Thomas on the bottom right corner.

PE000902 - "Premier Truck Cabs and Bodies - Anthony Steel Dump Truck Bodies - D. Ackland & Son Limited - Winnipeg - Calgary - Chevrolet" booklet

Title reads: "Premier Truck Cabs and Bodies - Anthony Steel Dump Truck Bodies - D. Ackland & Son Limited - Winnipeg - Calgary - Chevrolet." Cover contains an ink drawing of a speeding truck with a farm scene in the background. Title and drawing are done in green ink. Interior contains descriptions and drawings of different truck parts and accessories available for purchase. A note on the back page says the booklet was printed by Birt Printing Co., Ltd, and compiled by W.H. Hart. There is an included page printed on thin green paper noting the Premier Truck, Cab and Body Price list at D. Ackland & Son, Limited, Winnipeg.

PE000778 - Souvenir Album Folder of Western Canada.

Nine (9) photographs depict images of Winnipeg, Brandon, Edmonton, Calgary, Moose Jaw, a standard passenger train, the train on the Canadian Pacific Railway, close-up of the Canadian Northern Railway Standard Passenger Train, and buffalo in the park at Wainwright, Alberta. These photographs are enclosed in a brown envelope containing various imagery typical of Western Canada. Printed by Hough Litho Limited (Toronto).

PE004990 - Album of Southern Alberta Life

Many photos have fallen out or been removed from this photo album.  Contents include:

  • Calgary Stampede with Edward, Prince of Wales (3),
  • Ranching/farming, particularly with sheep (18),
  • Aboriginal (4),
  • Horses (7),
  • Military (2),
  • Miscellaneous.

PE001573 - W.J. Oliver photographs of the Calgary Stampede

Born in England, William John Oliver (1887-1954) settled in Calgary and worked as a staff photographer for local newspapers. He also operated his own studio. Oliver's work explored many themes, but during the 1920s and 1930s he shot extensively at the Calgary Stampede. For more information, please see the biographical entry in the Glenbow Museum's W.J. Oliver fonds (available online at http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesMainResults.aspx?XC=/search/archivesMainResults.aspx&TN=MAINCAT&AC=QBE_QUERY&RF=WebResults&DL=0&RL=0&NP=255&MF=WPEngMsg.ini&MR=5&QB0=AND&QF0=Main%20entry+%7C+Title&QI0=W.%20J.%20Oliver%20fonds [accessed on 9 December 2018]).

These 7 photographs document the Calgary Stampede rodeo, capturing cowboys competing in several events: bronc riding (5), chuckwagon racing (1), and calf roping (1).

PE001563 - Photographs: [Images of Calgary and surrounding area]

Born in Ontario, Harry Pollard (1880-1968) was the son of a photographer and established his own studio in Calgary in 1899. Although based in Alberta, his work documented people and places across Canada and around the world. From 1924 until his retirement in 1954, Pollard worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway producing promotional photographs and films of the various ocean cruises that the company operated. For more information, please see the biographical entry in the Provincial Museum of Alberta's Harry Pollard fonds (available online at https://hermis.alberta.ca/paa/Details.aspx?ObjectID=PR0125&dv=True&deptID=1 [accessed on 10 December 2018]).

The album contains views of Calgary and of various local buildings, churches, and residences. Agricultural and ranching scenes, including photographs of prize livestock and produce, are also present.

Pollard, H.

Photograph of women on horseback

Photograph of Indigenous women in full regalia on horseback, almost all facing away from the camera. They are likely from the Nakoda (Stoney) or Niitsitapi/ Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot) Nations. Writing on reverse reads "Squaws; Note travois".

Photograph of three teepees

Photograph of several teepees, mostly focused on one with a bison motif. They are likely of the Nakoda (Stoney) or Niitsitapi/ Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot) Nations.

PE001991 - Alberta chickens postcard from G.M. Burgoyne

Postcard from G. M. Burgoyne in Calgary to Rev. J. G. Goddard in Liverpool, England. Mentions a trip to Banff and a stop in Calgary prior to returning home to Ponoka. Image is a composite photo depicting a train car with a load of giant chickens. Caption reads “A carload of extra fine Alberta chickens. No. 87.”

Burgoyne, G. M.

PE000564 - Pamphlet promoting Liberal Family Allowance plan and letter from Calgary West candidate Charles C. Matthews

Campaign pamphlet with the heading “Building a NEW SOCIAL ORDER in Canada…” Illustration on front page shows a smiling family of five above the words “Liberal FAMILY ALLOWANCES provide food, education, health, security.” Pamphlet promotes the new Liberal Family Allowance plan as “the biggest step forward in our march to postwar prosperity!” Includes typed letter from Calgary West Liberal Candidate Charles C. Matthews asking voters for support in the upcoming election, with the heading “Let’s Stay Prosperous.” Authorized by the National Liberal Federation – Ottawa, printed by Albertan Job Press Ltd.

PE001681 - Calgary City Police reward flyer

Flyer issued by L.S. Partridge, Chief of the Calgary City Police, advertising a “$2000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for breaking, entering and theft ad the Canadian National Express, Calgary, Alberta, during the night of June 23rd, 1962. And for the recovery of the monies stolen.” Dated June 27, 1962.

Partridge, L. S.

Clayborne Stewart letters, greeting cards, photos and other documents

Documents relating mostly to the later life of Clayborne Stewart, who lived in Red Deer, Alberta. Includes a collection of letters and cards documenting his 1946-7 courtship and subsequent marriage with his second wife, Louise (legal name Zenobia) nee Taylor. The two exchanged letters while Louise was living in Calgary and Clayborne in Red Deer; many of Clayborne's letters to Louise and other correspondence are collected here. Stewart worked as an army cook in Red Deer, and attended an army cook training course at Camp Borden in Ontario in 1953; the file also includes letters written from Clayborne to Louise during this time.

PE004681 - Menu for White Spot Restaurant

Menu card and laid in sheet for White Spot located at 1101 – 4th street west in Calgary, AB.  Printed on white card stock, the front cover features an illustration of the restaurant and street in black ink with red accents.  Several small stains and some wear appear on the back cover, which is decorated with a smaller illustration in similar style for a Shamrock Grill restaurant located at 1048 – 21 avenue south east.  This smaller illustration has the name J. Bowen.  The list of menu items is decorated with red cartoon figures including a chef and a chicken (who says “alas my poor brother” next to the White Spot Specialty of Chicken in the Rough).  A few corrections to the menu have been handwritten in red pen.  Sunday Specials for November 28 are typewritten on a piece of orange paper and added to the menu card with a paperclip. 

PE004686 - Menu for Eamon’s Drive-Inn Restaurant

Menu card for Eamon’s Drive-Inn Restaurant located on the Banff Highway seven (7) miles west of Calgary, AB.  Printed in burgundy and green on cream-coloured card stock.  The back cover has two photographs, one of the restaurant interior highlighting the large windows looking out on the Rockies, and a second of the outside of the restaurant with striped awning and numerous parked 1950s-era cars.  Inside is an a la carte menu with a Combination Salad struck through and the price of Calgary Ginger Ale adjusted.

Results 1 to 100 of 177