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Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
-
Biographical Note
- Other Descriptive Information
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
-
Detailed Description of the Collection
- Chapter I. From Babb to Banff
- Chapter II. Banff
- Chapter III. Lake Louise
- Chapter IV. Valley of the Ten Peaks and Yoho Valley
- Chapter V. Lake O'Hara
- Chapter VI: Field and the Trilobites
- Chapter VII. The Kicking Horse and the Banff-Windermere Road
- Chapter VIII. Kusckanook, the Kootenay, and the Okanagan. The Cariboo Highway.
- Chapter X. Vancouver
- Chapter X. Vancouver Island
- Chapter XI. The Chuckanut, the Columbia, and the Dalles-California Highway
- Chapter XII. Lakeview and Home
- Names and Subjects
Canada and Western United States Road Trip photograph album, 1927
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Canada and Western United States Road Trip photograph album
- Dates
- 1927 (inclusive)19271927
- Quantity
- 1 album with 232 photographic prints (1 box) ; sizes vary
- Collection Number
- PH1326
- Summary
- Album of photographs of a trip through western Canada and western United States in 1927
- Repository
-
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
-
Access to original photographs restricted. Permission of curator required for viewing. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
There are two women pictured throughout the album. One is unidentified, and the other is identified as Jessie B. The initials J.B.W. are written on the inner cover of the album and may refer to Jessie B. The letters BH.FA appear on the cover page of the album. Since the album ends in northern California, it is likely they lived there and that was where their trip started.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This album documents a road trip taken by two women in summer 1927. The photographs begin in Montana, go through British Columbia, Canada, and end in California. There are 12 chapters in the album. Each chapter begins with a poem that describes the events and locations pictured in that chapter. The album begins in Babb, Montana. Some of the other locations include Banff National Park, Kootenay National Park,Yoho National Park, Revelstoke National Park, and the Historic Columbia River Highway.
Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top
This album was clearly part of a set of two albums documenting a road trip. The first album did not come with the collection. This album is labeled Volume II, Canada, Summer 1927. The complete geographic scope of the trip, and complete dates of the trip are unknown.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Chapter I. From Babb to Banff Return to Top
The chapter starts with a poem which describes the trip from Babb, Montana to the Exshaw, Alberta entrance of Banff National Park.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | item | ||
1 | 1a | Meadow in Montana with mountains in the
distance
Hand-colored print.
|
Summer 1927 |
1 | 1b |
Woman standing in a Montana field of
hedysarum flowers
Hand-colored print.
|
Summer 1927 |
Chapter II. Banff Return to Top
The chapter starts with a poem which describes the trip from Banff, Alberta to Marble Canyon, British Columbia.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | item | ||
1 | 2a | Bow River and hills |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 2b | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 3a | Lake Minnewanka and mountain |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 3b | Gibraltar Rock with trees and water |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 4a | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 4b | Bow River running through Sundance Canyon |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 4c | Woman standing on a log bridge in a canyon (probably
Sundance Canyon) |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 5a | Woman at hot springs in Banff |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 5b | Hot springs with cave in Banff |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 6a | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 6b | Bow Falls, on the Bow River |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 7a | Mountains
Written in album: Writing Desk Mountains.
|
Summer 1927 |
1 | 7b | Trees and mountains in Banff |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 7c |
Four teepees (tipis) on a bluff
Photo has been placed in a sleeve and moved to an envelope at
the front of the album.
|
Summer 1927 |
1 | 8a | Vermillion Lakes and Mount Rundle |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 8b | Sheep grazing on a hillside |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 9a | People on wooden steps at entrance to Johnston
Canyon |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 9b | Johnston Canyon with wooden bridge |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 10a | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 10b | Rock pool hot springs in Banff |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 11a-b | Waterfall at Johnston Canyon |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 12a-b | Waterfall at Marble Canyon |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 13a | Black bear in a forest clearing |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 13b | Close-up of black bear in a forest clearing |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 14a | Castle Mountain seen from Trans-Canada
Highway |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 14b | Close-up of black bear in a forest clearing |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 15a | Person on bridge over Marble Canyon, at a
distance |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 15b | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 16a | Waterfall and bridge at Marble Canyon |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 16b | Indian Paint Pots mineral springs at Kootenay National
Park |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 17a | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 17b | Jessie B. standing on the deck of Crystal Springs Bath
House |
Summer 1927 |
Chapter III. Lake Louise Return to Top
The chapter starts with a poem which describes the trip to Lake Louise.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | item | ||
1 | 18a | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 18b | Woman outside Chateau Lake Louise
Written in album: The Swimming Pool.
|
Summer 1927 |
1 | 19a | Mount Lefroy seen from the Plain of Six Glaciers
|
Summer 1927 |
1 | 19b | Chateau Lake Louise surrounded by lake, mountains, and
trees |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 20a | Mount Lafroy
Hand-colored print.
|
Summer 1927 |
1 | 20b |
Moraine and ice caves
Photo has been placed in a sleeve and moved to an envelope at
the front of the album.
|
Summer 1927 |
1 | 21a | Mount Lefroy seen from the Plain of Six
Glaciers |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 21b | Glacial moraine |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 22a | Victoria Glacier and Lake Louise |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 22b | Woman hiking with Mount Lefroy in background
Written in album: To the tea house.
|
Summer 1927 |
1 | 22c | Chateau Lake Louise surrounded by lake, mountains, and
trees |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 23a | Woman standing in pine forest
Photo has been placed in a sleeve and moved to an envelope at
the front of the album.
|
Summer 1927 |
1 | 23b | Woman sitting on bluff overlooking Lake
Agness |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 24a | The Beehive and other mountains |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 24b | The Beehive mountain and Mirror Lake |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 25a | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 25b | The Beehive mountain and Bridal Veil Falls |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 26a | Lake Agnes Tea House, lake, and mountains |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 26b | Woman standing next to Lake Agnes |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 27a | Mountainside with trees and brush
Written in album: The Marmot.
|
Summer 1927 |
1 | 27b | Lake Agnes with mountains and trees |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 28a | Valley of the Ten Peaks |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 28b | Hanging glaciers at the Valley of the Ten
Peaks
Photo has been placed in a sleeve and moved to an envelope at
the front of the album.
|
Summer 1927 |
1 | 29a | Moraine Lake and Valley of the Ten Peaks |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 29b | Summer 1927 |
Chapter IV. Valley of the Ten Peaks and Yoho Valley Return to Top
The chapter starts with a poem which describes the trip to the Valley of the Ten Peaks and Yoho Valley.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | item | ||
1 | 30a | Moraine Lake and snowy mountains |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 30b | Valley of the Ten Peaks |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 31a | Moraine Lake and snowy mountains |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 31b | Snowy mountains behind pine trees |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 32a | Switchbacks in Yoho Valley road surrounded by pine
trees |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 32b | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 33a-b | Pine trees in front of Takakkaw Falls |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 34a | Yoho River and Takakkaw Falls |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 34b | Emerald Lake in front of pine trees and
mountains |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 34c | Yoho Valley
Photo has been placed in a sleeve and moved to an envelope at
the front of the album.
|
Summer 1927 |
1 | 35a |
Woman on horse in wooded valley, leading a second
horse
Written in album: On the way to Lake O'Hara.
|
Summer 1927 |
1 | 35b-c | Lake and pine trees in front of mountain |
Summer 1927 |
Chapter V. Lake O'Hara Return to Top
The chapter starts with a poem which describes the trip from Emerald Lake to Lake Oesa.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | item | ||
1 | 36a | Log cabins on the wooded shore of Lake O'Hara with
mountains in the background |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 36b | Cabin in the trees next to Lake O'Hara with mountains in
the background |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 36c | Lake O'Hara, trees, and mountains |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 37a | Cabin in the trees, next to Lake O'Hara, with mountains
in the background |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 37b | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 38a | Lake O'Hara, trees, and mountains |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 38b | Lake O'Hara, trees, and mountains
Hand-colored print.
|
Summer 1927 |
1 | 39a-b | Lake O'Hara, trees, and mountains |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 40a-c | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 41a-b | Lake O'Hara, trees, and mountains |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 42a | Lake O'Hara, trees, and mountains |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 42b | Trees and mountains near Lake O'Hara |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 43a | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 43b | Lake O'Hara, trees, and mountains |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 43c | Trees and mountains near Lake O'Hara |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 44a | Woman standing on rocks in forest of Lyall's
Larch |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 44b | Lake McArthur with mountains in background |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 45a |
Woman leading a horse down a rocky hillside
Written in album: Coming down from Lake McArthur.
|
Summer 1927 |
1 | 46a-b | Seven Sisters Waterfall |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 46c | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 47a | Woman perched on a cliff face |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 47b | Looking down on Lake Oesa, with mountains in
background |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 47c | Woman standing in front of a waterfall |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 48a-b | Foothills near Abbot Pass |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 48c | Lake in valley surrounded by mountains |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 49a-b | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 50a | Water in a valley, pooled and flowing over
rocks |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 50b | Lake at the base of mountains |
Summer 1927 |
Chapter VI: Field and the Trilobites Return to Top
The chapter starts with a poem which describes the trip to Mt. Stephen and the town of Field.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | item | ||
1 | 51a | Woman sitting on cliff in front of mountains and trees
at Field, British Columbia |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 51b | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 51c | Woman standing on wooded mountain trail |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 52a | Summer 1927 |
Chapter VII. The Kicking Horse and the Banff-Windermere Road Return to Top
The chapter starts with a poem which describes the trip to Lake Windermere and the Fairmont Hot Springs.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | item | ||
1 | 53a | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 53b | Mountain valley at Kicking Horse Pass |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 54a-b | Canadian Pacific Railway train on a Spiral Tunnel
track |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 55a | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 55b | Mountains and the Natural Bridge over Kicking Horse
River |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 56a | Two women at the Natural Bridge over Kicking Horse
River |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 56b | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 57a | Member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police with a
chained black bear |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 57b | Small black bear chained to a post |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 58a-b | Iron Gates cliffs at Sinclair Canyon |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 59a-b | Iron Gates cliffs at Sinclair Canyon |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 59c | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 60a | Woman on bridge over Sinclair Creek |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 60b | Sinclair Creek and cliffs |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 61a | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 61b | Sinclair Canyon
Hand-colored print.
|
Summer 1927 |
1 | 62a | Radium Hot Springs |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 62b | Cliffs and trees along Columbia River |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 63a | Lake Windermere with hills and mountains in
background |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 63b | Woman swimming at Fairmont Hot Springs |
Summer 1927 |
Chapter VIII. Kusckanook, the Kootenay, and the Okanagan. The Cariboo Highway. Return to Top
The chapter starts with a poem which describes the trip from Kuskanook to Vancouver.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | item | ||
1 | 64a | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 64b | Kuskanook Ferry Landing |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 65a | Kuskanook Ferry Landing |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 65b | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 66a | Kootenay Lake |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 66b | Boats, cabin, and wooded hills at Kootenay
Lake |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 67a | Woman and car next to a forest road
Hand-colored print.
|
Summer 1927 |
1 | 68a | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 68b | Lake and mountains at Eagle Valley |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 69a-b | Silvertip Falls |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 70a | Woman standing next to a waterfall |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 70b | Houses along a dirt road |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 70c | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 71a | Waterfall on the Columbia River |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 71b | Columbia River running through wooded
mountains |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 72a | Revelstoke and Columbia River with mountains in
background |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 72b |
Horse-drawn carriage on road with buildings
Photo has been placed in a sleeve and moved to an envelope at
the front of the album.
|
Summer 1927 |
1 | 73a | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 73b | Mountain road in Mount Revelstoke National
Park |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 73c | Columbia River valley in Mount Revelstoke National
Park |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 74a | Prince of Wales commemorative plaque at Mount Revelstoke
National Park |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 74b | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 75a | Meadow next to a forest in Mount Revelstoke National
Park |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 75b | Woman on meadow path in Mount Revelstoke National
Park |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 76a | Woman on meadow path in Mount Revelstoke National
Park |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 76b | Woman next to log cabin in meadow in Mount Revelstoke
National Park |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 77a |
Two women at a lookout in Mount Revelstoke National
Park
Photo has been placed in a sleeve and moved to an envelope at
the front of the album.
|
Summer 1927 |
1 | 77b | Man, woman, and log cabin at a lookout in Mount
Revelstoke National Park |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 78a | Eva Lake in Mount Revelstoke National Park |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 78b | Tea house on wooded cliff in Capilano Canyon |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 79a | Waterfall and stone cliff |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 79b | Woman standing next to forest road |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 80a | Man, dock, and dock house with mountains in
background |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 80b | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 80c | Car on rocky road with pine trees |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 81a | Dock at lake surrounded by mountains |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 81b | River running through wooded mountain valley |
Summer 1927 |
Chapter X. Vancouver Return to Top
The chapter starts with a poem which describes the trip to Vancouver.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | item | ||
1 | 82a | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 82b | Bridge spanning a river in wooded valley |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 82c | Car next to a tunnel |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 83a | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 83b | Snake hedge in tea house garden in North Vancouver
|
Summer 1927 |
1 | 84a | Woman on wooded mountain path in West
Vancouver |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 84b | Woman sitting on rocks outside cabin |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 85a | People swimming at Horseshoe Bay in West
Vancouver |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 85b | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 85c | People, dock, boats, and wooded hill at Horseshoe Bay in
West Vancouver |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 86a | Woman on rocks at top of Grouse Mountain |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 86b | Woman descending Grouse Mountain |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 86c | Woman standing in clearing with trees |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 87a | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 87b | Road in a forest |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 87c | Two people outside octagonal bastion at Nanaimo, British
Columbia |
Summer 1927 |
Chapter X. Vancouver Island Return to Top
The chapter starts with a poem which describes the trip to Vancouver Island.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | item | ||
1 | 88a | Interior of bastion at Nanaimo, British
Columbia |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 88b | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 89a | House and garden with lily pond at Butchart Gardens in
Victoria, British Columbia |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 89b | House and manicured lawn at Butchart Gardens in
Victoria, British Columbia |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 89c | Butchart Gardens in Victoria, British
Columbia |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 90a-b | Sunken garden at Butchart Gardens in Victoria, British
Columbia |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 91a | Trees and flowers in a garden in Victoria, British
Columbia |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 91b | Trees and pond in a garden in Victoria, British
Columbia |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 92a-b | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 92c | Bridge and trees in Victoria, British
Columbia |
Summer 1927 |
Chapter XI. The Chuckanut, the Columbia, and the Dalles-California Highway Return to Top
The chapter starts with a poem which describes the trip to Lake Summer, Oregon.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | item | ||
1 | 93a | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 93b | Latourell Falls |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 93c | Water pooling under Latourell Falls |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 94a | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 94b | Wahkeena Falls |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 95a | Oneonta Creek at Oneonta Gorge |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 95b | Horsetail Falls |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 96a | Waterfall and trees on the Columbia River
Highway |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 96b | Waterfall on the Columbia River Highway |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 97a | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 97b | Horsetail Falls |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 98a | Exterior of circular tunnel on the Columbia River
Highway |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 98b | Interior of circular tunnel on the Columbia River
Highway |
Summer 1927 |
Chapter XII. Lakeview and Home Return to Top
The chapter starts with a poem that describes the trip from Oregon back to the participants' home, which includes a car breakdown.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | item | ||
1 | 99a | Fort Rock, Oregon surrounded by plain |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 99b | Woman and man eating breakfast outside in La Pine,
Oregon |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 100a | Two men, a woman, and a dog outside log cabin near
Summer Lake, Oregon |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 100b | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 101a | Person fishing in stream in a forest |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 101b | Man named Chris standing outdoors |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 101c | Person standing next to beaver dam in a
forest |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 102a-b | Several people on horses at a rodeo in Lakeview,
Oregon |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 103a | Woman eating a picnic lunch in a Nevada
meadow |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 103b | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 104a | Car in front of Pioneer Monument at Donner Memorial
State Park in Truckee, California |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 104b | Donner Party memorial cross in Truckee,
California |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 105a | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 105b | Woman standing on Donner Memorial Bridge in Truckee,
California |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 106a | View of mountains, trees, and Donner Lake from Donner
Memorial Bridge |
Summer 1927 |
1 | 106b | Summer 1927 | |
1 | 107a | Mount Shasta and field |
Summer 1927 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- National parks and reserves--Canada--Photographs
- National parks and reserves--Northwest, Pacific--Photographs
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
- Voyages and travels--Photographs
Geographical Names
- British Columbia--Description and travel--Photographs
- California--Description and travel--Photographs
- Canada--Description and travel--Photographs
- Canada--Description and travel--Poetry
- Montana--Description and travel--Photographs
- Northwest, Pacific--Description and travel--Photographs
- United States--Description and travel--Poetry