About this time last year I posted photographs of Banff, in the Canadian Rockies, from the late 19th to early 20th centuries. Now, Banff is one of my favourite places in the whole world, so here's another lot-- this time from the 1950s, and in full colour!
Note: I previously identified these photographs as shot on Kodachrome (albeit Kodachrome in unusually bad condition) but it's since been pointed out to me they can't be--not just the fading and bits of colour shift, very rare in Kodachrome, but even the square format in this time period. They're in fact non-Kodachrome film in unusually good condition. Thanks to those who pointed that out!
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| National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canad |
A man photographs two women in a canoe on the Bow River, 1952. Source
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| National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada |
Women clambering over rocks at Lake Minnewanka [mis-identified in the LAC caption as "Morraine Lake"--thanks to a commenter for pointing this out!], 1951. Source
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| National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada |
Art students painting hoodoos, 1957. Source
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| National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada |
Women in a field of poppies near Lake Louise, 1951. Source
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| National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada |
The swimming pool at Cave and Basin, 1948. Source
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| National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada |
A man photographs two women in the garden of the Administration Building, with the main street of the town of Banff behind, 1952. Source
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| National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada |
Riders pause on the banks of the Bow River, 1953. Source
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| National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada |
Women skiing on Lake Moraine Road, 1951. Source
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| National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada |
A child feeding mountain sheep on the Banff-Lake Louise road (there are still always sheep here--but don't feed them!) 1952. Source
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| National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada |
A woman paints near the Bow River, 1953. Source
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| National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada |
Women coming stupidly, horrifyingly close to a black bear, 1951. Source
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| National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada |
Autumn in Banff, 1951. Source
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| National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada |
People in front of the Indian Trading Post (which is still there), 1952. Source
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| National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada |
Women posing with an Elmer Fudd sign in the gardens of the Administration Building, 1951. Source
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| National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada |
Skier Shirley Cain in front of Castle Mountain, 1951. Source
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| National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada |
A couple looking down the Peyto Valley, 1953. Source
2 comments:
great photos! But I think the photo labeled two girls at moraine lake is actually taken at lake minnewanka?
You're right, it's definitely Lake Minnewanka, not Morraine... the LAC caption says Morraine, but I should have known better, I've been to both dozens of times! Fixed, thank you!
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