Airplane
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- Date Range
- 1920
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 20151083099
- Physical Description
- Black and white photograph
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified bi-plane that landed on the Blakiston Flats at Waterton Lakes National Park in 1920. Pilot Jock Palmer was known to visit the area and sell five minute rides to anyone will to pay $5 for the experience of flying in the mountains.
- Date Range
- 1920
- Description Level
- Item
- Creator
- Harwood Family
- Physical Description
- Black and white photograph
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- History Biographical
- Arthur "Pop" Harwood came to Waterton Lakes National Park circa 1914 where he was employed in a variety of jobs before becoming the postmaster, a position he held until the 1950s. He had one son, Stephen, who was an avid photographer and outdoorsman who became a mechanic with the park, married and raised one son, Marvin. See fond description for more detail.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified bi-plane that landed on the Blakiston Flats at Waterton Lakes National Park in 1920. Pilot Jock Palmer was known to visit the area and sell five minute rides to anyone will to pay $5 for the experience of flying in the mountains.
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 20151083099
- Collection
- Archive
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