A collection of items related to the McNeil family. Two prints, one b&w photograph of Yellowknife, the other a coloured image of a smoke plume. Two Christmas cards from the N. W. T., one from Bob Kennedey and one from R. W. McNeil (son Bob), specifically from the Ptarmigan Mine in Yellowknife. One loose sepia photograph of Pearl McNeil and husband(?) in Edmonton, and a small notebook belonging to Pearl containing names, addresses, and five-digit phone numbers. The cover reads "The First National Bank, Albany, Oregon"
McNeil FamilyThis archival collection is composed of textual and graphic materials related to the Hudson's Bay Company, the fur trade in Canada, and early European settlement in Canada. The collection includes correspondence between high-ranking employees at Hudson's Bay Company fur trade posts, personal correspondence between settlers or Hudson's Bay Company employees and their families, and Hudson's Bay Company reports, proclamations, contracts, and others records. The involvement of Indigenous peoples in the Canadian fur trade is also described throughout this collection. With a few exceptions, most items within the collection were created during the early- to mid-1800s.
A rosary and booklet containing instructions, prayers, and the twenty mysteries including artworks, packaged in a plastic baggie. The booklet and baggie both include contact information for Our Lady Queen of Peace Foundation Inc. A note on the baggie reads "This is a free gift."
Our Lady Queen of Peace Foundation Inc.An advertisement calendar for "Public Lunch, Wong Pong Prop., Best Eating Place in Town" in Olds, Alberta. Two logos for different Buckingham tobacco products are printed in the bottom left and right corners. Art print is a painting of a woman in a chair with a little boy holding a toy elephant and sitting in her lap while they both look at a yellow bird singing in a hanging cage. It is captioned "Mother's Hour" and the artist's signature has been slightly cropped out but the surname may be "Hintermeister." The print can be lifted from the bottom and underneath is a "List of Premiums" that can be paid for with certain collectable cigarette cards. Calendar contains moon phase information.
Wong Pong ProprietorsAn advertisement calendar for Cardston Investment Company Limited, "Complete Insurance and Real Estate Service." The art print is captioned "Tight Dally and Loose Latigo," and shows a scene of two cowboys trying to wrangle a steer. A strip of paper residue indicates where the calendar pad was attached, but it is no longer present. The area that would have been behind it shows the months in a 4x3 grid and information on the art print and the artist, Charlie Russell.
An advertisement calender for "Revillon Frères Trading Company Limited, 10356 101st Street Edmonton, Alta." Lists 10 locations as Eastern and Western Agencies. Art print is a painting of two men preparing to launch a canoe, one with a large sack (presumably camping gear) and captioned "Far from Human Haunts." Calendar contains moon phase information.
Revillon Frères Trading CompanyLithograph on cardboard depicting a street of an unknown town. Written on the back is "a mining town in the Rockies".
A card featuring information and a photographic print of Arthur Thibaudeau, a 25 year old French-Canadian globe trotter and potential con artist, who claimed to be walking around the world in answer to the challenge of the Revel Athletic Association of Paris, France (a fictional organization). The card claims he had walked more than 52,000 miles on foot and had 24,000 miles left to win the "World's Championship" and the $100,000 prize. Sales of these cards were his "only means of subsistance" and provided purchasers with the rules of the competition.
De Montfort PressLithograph showing the base of a giant tree with two men standing by it. Printed writing on front reads "A Giant of Vancouver" and handwritten notes read "Material for a dugout canoe" and "3 inches wide" [for reprinting purposees?].
A reproduction of a drawing by Robert Fink. The drawing features a horse-drawn cart with a cart full of presumably hay, and a man in a hat riding in the cart. The stamp on the back indicates that the print is reproduced from the collection in Allegra’s Mews Gallery in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Fink, Robert M.An advertisement calender for "McKercher's, Everything for the Farm and Home, Olds, Alta." Two John Deere logos printed on both the left and right sides. Art print is a painting of a young woman with a loose finger wave hairstyle, and captioned "Joyce" in the bottom left and "Made in U. S. A." in the bottom right. Calendar contains moon phase information.
McKercher'sAn advertisement calendar for "J. H. Kemp, Implements, Trucks, Autos and Wholesale Oils, Olds, Alta." Features a logo for "McCormick-Deering International Harvester Farm Machines." Art print is a painting of a young Norwegian peasant girl holding a wooden bucket and standing in a meadow among fjords, captioned "In the Land of the Midnight Sun" by Hans Dahl. Calendar contains moon phase information. "4/48" is written on the back.
Kemp, Jack H.A guide to hotels, resorts, "bungalow camps," and destinations in the Rocky Mountains, published by Canadian Pacific Railways in 1928. The pages of the booklet are folded in half vertically as a group in order to tuck inside a cover half their size. It includes b&w photographs, coloured art prints, and information on activities, sights, and other offerings available at various locations along the Canadian Pacific route.
Canadian Pacific Railway