Byron Harmon

Byron Hill Harmon (b. 1876 Tacoma, Washington – d. 1942)[1] was a pioneer photographer of the Canadian Rockies.[2][3] He was a charter member and the official photographer to the Alpine Club of Canada at its outset in 1906. His collection of more than 6500 photographs provide the best glimpse of the Canadian Rockies in the early 20th century. The collection is now housed at the Whyte Museum in Banff, Alberta.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies: Biography: Byron Hill Harmon, 1876-1942
  2. ↑ Holt, Faye Reineberg. Canada's Rocky Mountains: A History in Photographs, p. 81 (2010) ("The best known of Canada's mountain photographers")
  3. ↑ Cronin, J. Keri. Manufacturing national park nature: photography, ecology, and the wilderness, p. 58 (2011) ("Harmon, one of the most famous and prolific photographers in the history of the Canadian Rocky Mountains parks ...")
  4. ↑ (3 June 1978). Mountain Man, Windsor Star

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