The Banshee (Sailboat) and 3 Canoes
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- Fonds / Collection
- Jarvin
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Date
- 1938-1938
- Accession Number
- 995.2
- Scope and Content
- Black and white postcard showing the sailboat "Banshee"; a canoe and motorboat in the background; 2 rowboats / 5 people and 2 swimmer in foreground and what appears to be a platform with a diving board and several people
- Fonds / Collection
- Jarvin
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Fonds Number
- 002-95
- Item Number
- 17
- Accession Number
- 995.2
- Date
- 1938-1938
- Physical Description
- 3.5x5.5" Photograph
- Physical Condition
- Good except for a black mark in upper left hand corner
- Four brown spots on back and blue mark on back (in Mylar)
- Scope and Content
- Black and white postcard showing the sailboat "Banshee"; a canoe and motorboat in the background; 2 rowboats / 5 people and 2 swimmer in foreground and what appears to be a platform with a diving board and several people
- Writing on front: "Banshee"
- Percy Adair - skip; Latham Jensen and Ken Penley - crew
- Notes
- Writing on back: circa 1938
- The Banshee, built in Calgary by A.B. Himmelman
- Himmelman family had the "Bluenose" cabin at Sylvan
- Owner and skipper of Banshee was Percy Adair who had only one leg and needed a crew
- In this photo, the crew sitting on deck were two 17-year-olds, Ken Penley and Latham Jensen
- Lakeshore Drive and Main Street
- Recreation, boating, sail, canoe