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Author:
Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927  Search this
Walcott, Mary Vaux 1860-1940  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: Neg. 4" x 5" film; Type of Image: Landscape; person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Landscape
Person, candid
Place:
Alberta
Canada
Banff National Park (Alta.)
Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.)
Skokie Mountain
Canadian Rockies
Skokie Mountain Camp
Date:
1925
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
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. His wife Mary Vaux Walcott, who studied and painted North American wildflowers, accompanied Walcott on his trips to the Canadian Rockies.
See also Neg. #s 1505, 1505a, 1505c, 1505d, and 1505e for similar scenes
Summary:
Snow scenes about Walcott's Skoki Mountain camp, August 22, 1925. Camp at south foot of Skoki Mountain was 11 miles in a direct line northeast of Lake Louise Station on the Canadian Pacific Railway, Alberta, Canada. A person appears to be setting up a camera.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7004, Charles D. Walcott Papers
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Alberta, Canada  Search this
Canada  Search this
Camp sites, facilities, etc  Search this
Camps  Search this
National parks and reserves  Search this
Snow  Search this
Scientific expeditions  Search this
Standard number:
Walcott 1505b
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_11355