| Provenance: | Ashdown, Walter
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| Title: | Walter Ashdown fonds
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| Dates: | 1919-[ca.1975]
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| Physical desc.: | 26 cm of textual records. -- 54 photographs : prints. -- 2 photograph albums (309 prints). -- 13 motion pictures
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| Bio/Admin History: | Walter Ashdown, 1890-1975, was a chauffeur at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Ashdown emigrated to Canada in 1904 and farmed for several years before becoming a private chauffeur, ca.1913, to prominent Calgarians prior to the First World War. He served as a dispatch rider and driver in France, returning to Canada in 1919. The following year he commenced employment with Brewster Transport Co., retiring ca.1970. During his long career, Ashdown was Brewster's chauffeur to celebrities, including royalty, politicians and actors. His 1930 drive of 81 miles in 82 minutes to deliver life-saving equipment to the Monarch Mine near Field, B.C. was widely publicized. In 1970, Ashdown received an award for one million accident-free miles.
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| Scope/Content: | Fonds consists of personal and professional correspondence, 1954-1971; personal papers, 1919-1972; professional papers, 1930-1971; newsclippings and ephemera, n.d. 1952-1972; photographs and motion pictures, ca.1930-ca.1975. Photographs were created and collected by Walter Ashdown and pertain to Ashdown, family, friends and associates; travels and activities; Brewster Transport Company; buses and touring cars; Banff people, places and events. Motion pictures, ca.1959-ca.1970, n.d., are home movies with several subjects on each reel, including Walter Ashdown, family and friends, activities, mountain views and wildlife.
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| Title source: | Title based on contents of fonds
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| Acq. source: | Acquired by donation, 1970-1975
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| Language: | Language is English
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| Restrictions: | Some restriction/s on access
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Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
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| Finding aids: | Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
motion picture summaries
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microfilm copies of albums
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| Record No.: | M126 / V28
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| Repository: | Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Archives and Library |
| Names: | Ashdown, Walter
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| Topic: | Commerce and industry
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Family and personal life
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Transportation
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