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Walcott, Charles D.
Burgess Shale (B.C.)
Paleontology
Canada
Photography, Panoramic
National parks and reserves
Mountains
Mountains
Scientific expeditions
Rocky Mountains
Yoho Valley (Alta.)
Mount Balfour (Alta.)
Mount Daly (Alta.)
Mount Ogden (Alta.)
Takakkaw Falls (Alta.)
Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.)
Photographic print
Landscape
Panoramic photographs
Looking Across Yoho Valley toward Takakkaw Falls
Catalog:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Title:
Looking Across Yoho Valley toward Takakkaw Falls
Date:
1913
Author/Creator:
Walcott, Charles D. 1850-1927.
Contained In:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7004, Charles D. Walcott Papers
Summary:
Charles Doolittle Walcott's panoramic image is looking across Yoho Valley toward Takakkaw Falls, Daly Glacier on the left Mount Balfour and to the right Mount Daly, the ridge of Mount Ogden and in the distance to the right Cathedral Crags and the peaks south of Kicking Horse Canyon. Walcott used a Cirkut Outfit Camera to capture the image.
Notes:
Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850-1927), fourth Secretary of the Smithsonian (1907-1927), was a paleontologist whose research focused on North American Cambrian fossils. He conducted field work in the United States and Canada, and, in 1909, while in the Canadian Rockies near Field, British Columbia, discovered what has come to be known as the Burgess Shale. The shale contained fossils that provided the foundation for study of the Cambrian Period in Western North America. Neither Walcott nor the scientific community realized the importance of this discovery, but the Burgess Shale came to be recognized as one of the most important geologic findings of the 20th century. Walcott is equally well-known for his method of photographing topographies for scientific documentary purposes, producing stunning images of these majestic landscapes.
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Physical_Description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: Neg. #10 film; Type of Image: Landscape; Panoramic photographs; Medium: Photographic print
Negative Number:
Walcott 988b
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For permission to reproduce or publish, contact osiaref@si.edu or call 202-633-5870. To order reproductions, call 202-633-1933 or contact photos@si.edu.
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988b.jpg
Subject:
Burgess Shale (B.C.)
Paleontology
Canada
Photography, Panoramic
National parks and reserves -- Alberta
Mountains -- Alberta
Mountains -- British Columbia
Scientific expeditions -- Canada
Rocky Mountains
Yoho Valley (Alta.)
Mount Balfour (Alta.)
Mount Daly (Alta.)
Mount Ogden (Alta.)
Takakkaw Falls (Alta.)
Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.)
Form/Genre:
Photographic print
Landscape
Panoramic photographs
Contact Information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
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