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Provenance:Baker (family)
Title:Baker family fonds : [ca.1902-ca.1916, 1926]
Dates:Copies made in 1984
Physical desc.:75 photographs : copy negatives
Bio/Admin History:Sydney Baker, 1880-1948, was an outfitter and photographer at Banff, Alberta and Glacier, British Columbia, Canada. Baker married Elizabeth "Bessie" Simpson Walker in Banff, ca.1902. Syd Baker operated the Canadian Pacific Railway concession at Glacier House from 1905 until 1915, while Bessie had a curio tent there. Children, Muriel (1907-1976), Jack (1911-ca.1992) and Hiram (b.1914) accompanied the Bakers on a 1926 trip through Syd Baker's 1902 trapping / guiding territory. After 1915, Baker lived in Vancouver, where he operated a photography business and bookstore.
Scope/Content:Fonds pertains to Baker family, Glacier House and area, ca.1902-1916; also pack trip, Laggan to Jasper and Kootenay Plains, Alberta, 1926. Many views are unidentified. Album was assembled by Sydney Baker.
Title source:Title based on accession record
Acq. source:Acquired by loan for copy, 1983
Language:Language is English
Originals:Photographs are copies of originals retained by lender
Restrictions:No restrictions on access ; Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
Finding aids:Finding aids and reference tools: modern reference prints
Record No.:V770
Repository:Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Archives and Library
Names:Baker (family)
Topic:Family and personal life ; Sports, recreation and leisure

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