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RP Alberta Canada Banff Spring Hotel Bow River ca1930
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Over the next few weeks we will be offering some terrific scenic and commercial view of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in and around the Alberta Canada area. Up for auction today we have this wonderful photograph of The Banff Springs Hotel . The photo is 9" by 7" once framed and mounted on heavy card stock. We don't know who the photographer was, although we suspect that this photo may have been commissined from the Canadian Pacific Railtroad in the 1930s. The Banff Springs Hotel is a former railway hotel constructed in Scottish Baronial style, located in the Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. The hotel, designed by architect Bruce Price,[1] was built between spring of 1887 and 1888 by the Canadian Pacific Railway, at the instigation of its President, William Cornelius Van Horne. The hotel was publicly opened on June 1, 1888[2] and rebuilt in the 1920s after a fire. Under the stewardship of its current owner, Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, the hotel has recently had an extensive renovation which, however, has not changed its original grandeur. A significant feature of the change has been the addition of a world class spa. An original construction flaw, the siting of the entrance and lobby on the river side, has also been corrected in this renovation. (The architect is said to have declared "you built my hotel backwards!") The hotel is within a spectacular setting in the Rocky Mountains, just above the Bow Falls , close to thermal springs. It is within walking distance of the resort community of Banff . The main view from the hotel is across the valley and towards Mount Rundle , frequently cited in geology books for its exposed and tilted ancient seabeds. The original wooden hotel burnt down in 1926, and was rebuilt larger and in its current form in 1928. In 1968, the hotel was winterized and has been open year-round since. Some have compared its past operating schedule to the fictional Overlook Hotel from Stephen King's book The Shining in that, like the Overlook Hotel, it was quite large and grand, located in a remote wilderness area prone to impressive snowfall every winter, and only open in spring through autumn months. The Banff Springs Hotel is one of the premier resort hotels of the world. The golf course in the river valley is also noted worldwide. Halfway up the internal staircase closest to the Bow Falls may be found a noted painting of William Davidson felling trees on the Miramichi River in colonial times. Davidson was the first European settler in that area, and grew up in Moray, close to Banff , Scotland . photographers of the area: George Noble, 1879-1965, was a professional photographer at Banff , Alberta , Canada . Noble was born in Woolwich , England w he apprenticed as a photographer. He came to Banff in 1909 to operate a photographic business for his uncles, George and Bill Fear, who owned a curio business. In 1919, Noble bought the photographic business and, in 1932, acquired the remainder of the Fear Brothers business. He built a new studio and shop, which offered portraiture, photo- finishing and framing services and sold photographic supplies, camera equipment and English china. In addition to portraiture, George Noble and employees, such as photographer Bill Jamieson, produced a wide range of documentary, scenic and commercial views. Noble's shop offered black and white and hand-coloured prints of local events and Rocky Mountain views. George Noble was an active member of the community, serving on both the Banff School Board and the Banff Board of Trade for many years. Upon his retirement in 1957, his business was acquired by a group of investors which included Bill Jamieson, lab-technician and photographer for the Noble business from 1936 to 1957. The George Noble photographic records were transferred with the business to new owners in 1957 Scope/Content: Fonds consists of a broad-ranging commercial negative collection that includes four series: I. Scenic and documentary views, 2839 items; i...
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