Walter Bird Photo «Silhouette» 1938, Original Vintage Photogravure
This gravure is considered «rare». The sepia sheet fed gravure was printed in the U.K. by Van Dyck Printers Ltd. The image isn’t made in a darkroom. Rather, the photographer’s negative is transferred onto a copper plate, which is used to print or engrave the image with ink.
Pacific Rockies Byron Harmon Photogravure Sinclair Canyon Banff-Windermer Road
SINCLAIR CANYON. Whose rocky walls form an appropriate gateway to the Kootenay National Park. Nearby are the famous Sinclair Hot Springs.
Canadian Pacific Rockies Byron Harmon Vandyck Takakkaw Falls Yoho Valley
TAKAKKAW FALLS. Not a thin wisp of water swaying and twisting in the wind but a stupendous thundering cataract that thrills one by its majestic power.
Canadian Pacific Rockies Byron Harmon Vandyck Hells Gate Fraser River Canyon
HELL’S GATE, FRAZER RIVER CANYON. Where a churning red-colored mountain river seeks channel to the sea.
Canadian Pacific Rockies Byron Harmon Vandyck Lake Louise & Victoria Glacier
LAKE LOUISE AND VICTORIA GLACIER. Acknowledged to be one of Nature’s Scenic Masterpieces.
Canadian Pacific Rockies Byron Harmon Vandyck Mt. Burgess, & Emerald Lake
Mount Burgess is noted as being rich in fossils.
Canadian Pacific Rockies Byron Harmon Vandyck Photogravure MT Temple 11,626 FT
MOUNT TEMPLE. Altitude, 11,626 feet. It is the objective of many mountain climbers. A very fine panoramic view is seen from the top.
Canadian Pacific Rockies Byron Harmon Vandyck Photogravure Falls, Johnson Canyon
JOHNSON CANYON. A very attractive beauty spot on the Banff-Lake Louise Highway. At the upper end of the canyon this pretty waterfall sparkles in the sunshine and sings most soothingly.
Canadian Pacific Rockies Byron Harmon Vandyck Photogravure MT Assiniboine
MOUNT ASSINIBOINE. This is undoubtedly the most imposing mountain in the Canadian Rockies. At its base is a lake of marvellous blue; upon its shoulders are draped glaciers and snowfields of ice; its summit towers up to a height of 11,860 feet in the upper air, far above the sea of peaks by which it is surrounded.
Canadian Pacific Rockies Byron Harmon Vandyck Photogravure The Spiral Tunnel
SPIRAL TUNNELS. On the Canadian Pacific Railway between Lake Louise and Field. A marvel of Engineering Skill. Note the several levels of railway line.