Fonds whyte-622 - Georgia Engelhard fonds

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Georgia Engelhard fonds

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WHYTE whyte-622

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278 photographs (277 prints, 1 copy negative). -- 1 photograph album (72 prints)

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Georgia Engelhard, 1906-1986, was a mountaineer, photographer and writer based at New York, USA and Switzerland. Engelhard first visited the Canadian Rockies on a trip with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies at the age of nineteen. She became a well-known climber, making thirty-two first ascents in the Rocky and Purcell Mountains. From 1936 on, Engelhard climbed internationally with Oliver Eaton (Tony) Cromwell, whom she married in 1947. The Cromwells lived in Zermatt, Switzerland for the last thirty years of their lives.

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Prints were returned to Eaton Cromwell Jr., Engelhard's step-son, by Monkmeyer Press Photo Service, New York, N. Y., which was clearing out Georgia Engelhard's file. Album was inherited by Eaton Cromwell Jr. and Mary Cromwell.

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Fonds consists mainly of Georgia Engelhard's mountaineering photographs pertaining to her climbing career in the European Alps, Canada and the United States, 1940s to 1950s. Photographs are in three series: ; I. Georgia Engelhard photographs, 1940s-1950s, 277 prints; technical and scenic views pertaining to mountaineering in Switzerland, the Canadian Rockies, Italy and the Teton Mountains, U.S.A. European views pertain to the Zermatt region of Switzerland, the Matterhorn, Val d'Herens and the Dolomites (Italy). Includes many photographs illustrating climbing techniques and guide training. Canadian views pertain to the Lake Louise area, Victoria Glacier, Mount Athabasca and other locations. Prints are mainly in numbered series, the contents of which are interrelated. II. My Album / Edward C. Porter : album of seventy- two black and white photographs by Porter of climbing and peaks in the Lake O'Hara, Lake Louise, Yoho, Bow Valley, Glacier National Park regions, also several United States locations and fine art studies. Album inscription, dated 1954, contains technical details and dedication to Georgia Engelhard. III. Portrait of Georgia Engelhard, 1934, in copy negative form.

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Acquired by gift and loan for copy, 1988-1990

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  • Language is English

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No restrictions on access;Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

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Album related by provenance to Edward C. Porter photographs (V760)

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Record No. V751<br><br>

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