Camera Workers, 1858-1950

The British Columbia, Alaska and Yukon Photographic Directory, 1858-1950

Harmon, Byron Hill[1, 2, 3]

Male 1876 - 1942  (66 years)


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  • Name Harmon, Byron Hill 
    Birth 9 Feb 1876  Tacoma, WA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year 1903-193-?  Banff, AB Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Where Active (Non-Specific Address) 191-?-192-?  BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Visits 
    Death 10 Jul 1942  Banff, AB Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Association Byron Harmon View Company (Relationship: Photographer; Owner) 
    Person ID I1219  Camera Workers | H, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 16 Nov 2023 

  • Photos
    Byron Harmon stereo, copyright 1908.
    Byron Harmon stereo, copyright 1908.
    The photograph depicts a winter scene at Glacier, BC, and is part of the photographer's "Canadian Alpine Series".
    Byron Harmon stereo, copyright 1908.
    Byron Harmon stereo, copyright 1908.
    The photograph depicts an ice cave in the Yoho Glacier, and is part of the photographer's "Canadian Alpine Series".

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial; Cinematographer.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: One of the premier mountain photographers of the 1910s-1920s, he made extensive trips through the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains of Alberta and BC.
    • FORMATS: Postcards; stereographs.
    • IDENTIFYING MARKS: name on stereograph print mount front; stereograph print mount may be titled, numbered and copyrighted with a date; stereograph card verso may be marked "Byron Harmon View Co.", titled, numbered and copyrighted with a date.

  • Sources 
    1. [S9] COLLECTION: ABA.
      Byron Harmond fonds (whyte-272)

    2. [S1021] edited by Carole Harmon and the Peter Whyte Foundation, Harmon (1978), (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1978), TR654 H37.

    3. [S1022] edited by Carole Harmon, Harmon (1992), (Banff, Alta.: Altitude Pub., 1992), TR654 H368.