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Banff Springs Hotel and Mt. Rundle, Alberta – Historic Reproduction

Banff Springs Hotel and Mt. Rundle, Alberta, [between 1900 and 1906] — historic photograph
Banff Springs Hotel and Mt. Rundle, Alberta, [between 1900 and 1906]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: Banff Springs Hotel and Mt. Rundle, Alberta, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Banff Springs Hotel and Mt. Rundle, Alberta

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The Banff Springs Hotel sits at the foot of Mount Rundle in the Canadian Rockies, and this glass negative captures the building against that dramatic peak. The Canadian Pacific Railway opened the hotel in 1888 as a luxury resort for travelers crossing the country by rail, and its château-style towers became a symbol of the railway's push to draw tourists into the mountains. Made by the Detroit Publishing Company between 1900 and 1906, the view belongs to a large body of promotional photographs that helped popularize western landscapes and grand hotels for eastern visitors.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1906]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. no. 014588. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsHotels. Mountains.Canada--Alberta--Rundle, Mount.Canada--Alberta--Banff National Park.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan820 × 640 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-59128

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