Descriptive Summary
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
Photograph Collection
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-3000
Phone: 435 797-8248
Fax: 435 797-2880
Email: scweb@usu.edu
US_P0129
Western travel album photograph collection
1903-1906
1 box
1.0 linear ft.
One hundred and sixty silver gelatin developing-out
paper snapshots plus one printed item, 8 x 5.5 cm. to 12 x 16.5 cm. in size, probably
compiled by a couple that are only known by their initials, Y.W.B. and M.H.B. The album
documents the travels of Y.M.B. and M.H.B. and their friends in 1904 through the
Canadian Rockies in British Columbia and Alberta including Banff, Yoho, and Glacier
National Parks. Also included are photographs from the Garden of the Gods, Cripple
Creek, and Manitou Springs in Colorado, the Great Salt Lake in Utah, Yellowstone
National Park in Wyoming, boating in Massachusetts, and the St. Louis World's Fair of
1904. There are a few additional family snapshots dating from 1903 to 1906.
Collection materials are in English.
Restrictions
Open to public research.
Copyright
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Permission to publish material from the Western travel album photograph collection must
be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections
Department Head.
Western travel album photograph collection, 1903-1906. (P0129). Utah State University.
Special Collections & Archives Department.
This album was purchased from Amalgre Books of Bloomington, Indiana, in November of 1996
(Catalog 15, lot #658).
Register completed by Peter Schmid, May 1997, and revised by Daniel Davis, September
2003.
Organized numerical by photo number.
The Western Travel Album was probably compiled by a couple who are only known by their
initials, Y.W.B. and M.H.B., and consists of one hundred and sixty silver gelatin
developing-out paper snapshots plus one printed item, 8 x 5.5 cm. to 12 x 16.5 cm. in
size. The album documents the travels of Y.M.B. and M.H.B. and their friends in 1904
through the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia and Alberta including Banff, Yoho, and
Glacier National Parks. Also included are photographs from the Garden of the Gods,
Cripple Creek, and Manitou Springs in Colorado, the Great Salt Lake in Utah, Yellowstone
National Park in Wyoming, boating in Massachusetts, and the St. Louis World's Fair of
1904. There are a few additional family snapshots dating from 1903 to 1906.
The captions (including misspellings) in quotation marks were taken directly from the
album. The notations in parenthesis are not part of the original caption.
Images
Louisiana
Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)--Photographs.
Canada,
Western -- Photographs.
Sault Ste.
Marie (Ont.)--Photographs.
Banff
(Alta.)--Photographs.
Banff
National Park (Alta.)--Photographs.
Yoho
National Park (B.C.)--Photographs.
Glacier
National Park (B.C.)--Photographs.
Great Salt
Lake (Utah)--Photographs.
Manitou
Springs (Colo.)--Photographs.
Yellowstone
National Park--Photographs.
Photograph albums.
Container List
1
Western Travel Album Photograph
1903-1906
Image #'s 1:105 through 1:140 "with Stu Lovelands at Wauwinet (?)", probably in
Massachusetts, ca. 1904. Image #'s 1:141-1:161 are scences from Yellowstone
National Park, Wyoming, ca. 1904.
1:001
"S.S. Alberta (a cruise ship) Sault Ste. Marie
Aug 17th 1904." Ontario, Canada
1904
1:002
"Sleeping Giant (an island) Aug 17 Thunder
Bay." Ontario, Canada
1904
1:003
"S.S. Alberta in lock at Sault Ste. Marie."
Ontario, Canada
1904
1:004
"View of Soo rapids from Sault Ste. Marie on
the S.S. Alberta." Ontario, Canada
1904
1:005
"View of Banff." Alberta, Canada
1904
1:006
"Y.W.B. and Mr. Smith on banks of Bow River
Banf." Alberta, Canada
1904
1:007
"Irish Wolf Hounds - at Calgary." Alberta,
Canada
1904
1:008
"Bow River Rapids." Alberta, Canada
1904
1:009
"Bow River Falls." Alberta, Canada
1904
1:010
"View from Hotel (probably the Banff Springs
Hotel) Window of Bow River. " Alberta, Canada
1904
1:011
"On Mt. Tunnel M.H.B. (on horseback) - Banf."
Alberta, Canada
1904
1:012
"Aug 23rd 1904 Bow River - Banf." Alberta,
Canada
1904
1:013
"Bow River Bridge Banf." Alberta, Canada
1904
1:014
Mountain View near Banff. Alberta, Canada
1904
1:015
"On top Sulphur Mt. Y.W.B. & Mr. Smith
(with horse)." Sulfur Mountain, Alberta, Canada
1904
1:016
Mountain view near Banff. Alberta, Canada
1904
1:017
"Y.W.B. & Mr. Smith on bank of Sulphur
Pool (probably at the Banff Springs Hotel) Banf Aug 22nd 1904." Alberta,
Canada
1904
1:018
"Y.W.B. & Mr. Smith in sulphur pool
(probably at the Banff Springs Hotel) - Banf." Alberta, Canada
1904
1:019
"View from top of Sulphur Mt. Aug 23rd 1904."
Alberta, Canada
1904
1:020
"First view of Lake Louise Aug 23rd 1904."
Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
1904
1:021
"View on way to Lake Agnes & Mirror."
Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
1904
1:022-025
Digitized images
undated
1:022-23
"Lake Louise." Banff National Park, Alberta,
Canada
1904
1:024
"Lake Agnes = Lake in the Clouds Aug 1904
(printed cut-out)." Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
1904
1:025
"Lake Louise." Banff National Park, Alberta,
Canada
1904
1:026
"Moraine in front of Victoria Mt. at Lake
Louise." Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
1904
1:027-028
"Abbots Pass." Banff National Park, Alberta,
Canada
1904
1:029
"View from the Saddle Back Mt. at Lake Louise."
Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
1904
1:030
"Y.W.B. on horseback, Saddleback Mt." Banff
National Park, Alberta, Canada
1904
1:031
"View of Victoria on way to Lake Agnes
& Mirror." Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
1904
1:032
"Mr. and Mrs. Arents & Y.W.B. on shore
of Emerald Lake." Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
1904
1:033
"M.H.B. (on horse) on top Saddle Back Mt."
Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
1904
1:034
"Takakkaw Falls, Yoho Valley Aug 1904." Yoho
National Park, British Columbia, Canada
1904
1:035
"Y.W.B. (on horseback) returning from Yoho
Valley." Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada
1904
1:036
"Y.W.B. in canoe at Emerald Lake." Yoho
National Park, British Columbia, Canada
1904
1:037
"Mr. Arents Y.W.B. & Guide at Summit
Lake returning from Yoho Valley." Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada
1904
1:038
View out of train window. Canadian Pacific
Railroad
1904
1:039
"Y.W.B. on Emerald Lake." Yoho National Park,
British Columbia, Canada
1904
1:040
"M.H.B. (on horseback) on Mauds Climbing toward
Asulkan Pass." Glacier National Park, British Columbia, Canada
1904
1:041
"View from the top of Asulkan Pass. Aug 29th
1904." Glacier National Park, British Columbia, Canada
1904
1:042
"Climbing the Glacier." British Columbia,
Canada
1904
1:043
"Asulkan Glacier." Glacier National Park,
British Columbia, Canada
1904
1:044
"Lunch on top of Asulkan Pass 8700 feet high."
Glacier National Park, British Columbia, Canada
1904
1:045
"Climbing Asulkan Pass. Y.W.B. & M.H.B.
& Guide." Glacier National Park, British Columbia, Canada
1904
1:046
"Mrs. Arents and Y.W.B. at the Great Glacier."
Glacier National Park, British Columbia, Canada
1904
1:047
"Y.W.B. on the Great Glacier at Glacier - Aug
1904." Glacier National Park, British Columbia, Canada
1904
1:048
"Mr. Smith on station at Glacier." Glacier
National Park, British Columbia, Canada
1904
1:049
"Mr. J.D.S. at Glacier." Glacier National Park,
British Columbia, Canada
1904
1:050
"Mr. and Mrs. Arents on the Great Glacier at
Glacier Aug 29th 1904." Glacier National Park, British Columbia, Canada
1904
1:051
"C.P.R." View out of Canadian Pacific Railway
window
1904
Probably British Columbia, Canada.
1:052
"Victoria 1904" Y.W.B. with a woman and another
man in carriage. British Columbia, Canada
1904
1:053
View of lake and wharf. Probably British
Columbia, Canada
1904
1:054
Two men and a woman on a path in woods.
Probably British Columbia, Canada
1904
1:055
Moonrise over a lake. Probably British
Columbia, Canada
1904
1:056
Lake or river
undated
1:057
"C.P.R. 1904" View out of Canadian Pacific
Railway Window. Probably British Columbia, Canada
1904
1:058
"San Francisco. 1904/5" Street scene in San
Francisco, California during a parade, probably Independence Day
1904-1905
1:059-070
Rock formations, waterfalls, and men and women
on horses at the Garden of the Gods and vicinity. Colorado
1904
1:068
Man (Y.W.B.?) on horse. Colorado
1904
1:071-081
Unidentified snapshots and landscapes including
a lodge, a railroad, a mule, and waterfalls
1904
1:082
"St. Louis (World's) Fair 1904." Entrance (?)
to the Fair. Missouri
1904
1:083
Men and women on a minature train. St. Louis
World's Fair, Missouri
1904
1:084
A canal with gondola. St. Louis World's Fair,
Missouri
1904
1:085
Night scene. St. Louis World's Fair, Missouri
1904
1:086-090
"Vic (?) Schmyler 1903-1905." Home interiors
1903-1905
1:091-095
"Josephine Bells Mrs. Brown Hobir." Two women
with infant
1904
1:096
"Farm. Jerry. England" Two puppies eating
1904
1:097
"Y.W.B." On horse
1904
1:098
One side of house
1904
1:099
Man with two-horse carriage
1904
1:100
Three women and man (Y.W.B.?) with puppy
1904
1:101
River channel
1904
1:102
Man with one-horse carriage on bridge across
river
1904
1:103
River channel
1904
1:104
Man (Y.W.B.?) with two-horse carriage
1904
1:105
Man (Y.W.B.?) in a boat
undated
1:106
Two men and two women in a boat
undated
1:107
Men and women sitting on a rowboat
undated
1:108
Boy standing beside rowboat with shotgun and
two dead birds
undated
1:109
Two children in front of a house
undated
1:110
Small girl on the beach
undated
1:111
Two women and man (Y.W.B.?) sitting on a
rowboat
undated
1:112
Sailboat
undated
1:113
Man and women in boat
undated
1:114-117
"Yougaleog (?)" Adolescent boy
1906
1:118
Three men in rowboat. Probably in
Massachusetts
1904
1:119
Man (Y.W.B.?) with a two-horse carriage
1904
1:120
Group of men and women snowshoeing in winter
1904
1:121
"Theo (?) D. Halls" with family in car
1904
1:122
Shack with snoeshoes and skis in snow
1904
1:123-124
View of river
1904
1:125-128
"Caro Shields at Bemmington (?)" Woman with two
small children in a one-horse cart
1904
1:129
"Y.W.B. in Salt Lake Utah." Y.W.B. reading
Union Pacific pamphlet while floating in the Great Salt Lake. Utah
1904
1:130-131
Y.W.B. floating in the Great Salt Lake. Utah
1904
1:132
Woman floating in the Great Salt Lake. Utah
1904
1:133
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone showing upper
falls. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
1904
1:134
Y.W.B. (?) on a horse, probably near Manitou
Springs, Colorado
1904
1:135
Mountain scene probably near Manitou Springs,
Colorado
1904
1:136
Two men in carriage in front of the Ellis Motel
at Manitou Springs, Colorado
1904
1:137
Two women on horseback, probably near Manitou
Springs, Colorado
1904
1:138
Works at Cripple Creek mine in Colorado
1904
1:139
Mountain scenery, probably near Manitou
Springs, Colorado
1904
1:140
Four-horse wagon and passengers
1904
1:141
Two men and a woman resting
undated
1:142
Man standing next to geyser
undated
1:143
Waterfall
undated
1:144
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
undated
1:145
"Yellow Stone Park." Three bears
undated
1:146
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
undated
1:147
Riverbed (?)
undated
1:148
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
undated
1:149
Buffalo in an enclosure
undated
1:150
Three men holding a string of
trout
undated
1:151
Carriage in a river
undated
1:152-154
Geyser (Old Faithful?)
undated
1:155-161
Y.W.B. and guide boating and fishing, probably
in a tropical area
1904