Waterton Lakes National Park
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- Date Range
- August 1928
- Accession No.
- 20121107003
- Scope and Content
- View of a group at the mountain finder display on the Prince of Wales Hotel hill looking south above Upper Waterton Lake.
- Date Range
- August 1928
- History Biographical
- William John Oliver, 1887-1954, was born in Ash, Canterbury, Kent, England. He became interested in photography after winning a camera and in 1910 he emigrated to southern Alberta. He began his photography career working as a camera assistant at the Frederick B. Cooper Photographic Studio in Calgary. In 1911 he went to work for The Albertan and opened his own studio in 1912 under the name W.J. Oliver Photographic Studio. He later joined the Calgary Herald as staff photographer. The studio became extremely successful and his work eventually took him outside the Calgary area. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s he travelled across Canada taking photos and films for the National Parks Branch (among others) including these which he took in Waterton Lakes National Park in 1928 and others which he took in 1934.
- Scope and Content
- View of a group at the mountain finder display on the Prince of Wales Hotel hill looking south above Upper Waterton Lake.
- Notes
- File found in 2012 Year end box #5
- Accession No.
- 20121107003
- Collection
- Archive
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