A bear sniffs at a piece of trash while roaming between the cabins, Yellowstone National Park, 1942

Item Overview

Title

A bear sniffs at a piece of trash while roaming between the cabins, Yellowstone National Park, 1942

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

June 23, 1942

Date

1942-06-23

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of a bear sniffing a piece of trash on the ground as he wanders between the housekeeping cabins near Old Faithful. A cabin lines the right frame in the foreground. Beyond it and to the left, the bear stands over a piece of trash, sniffing at it. To the left of the bear, an elevated, fenced platform contains a trash can. Behind the trash can at left, another cabin stands in partial view. A woman stands in front of a car behind the trash can and to the right of the cabin at left. Pine trees line the space between the rows of cabins which extend into the distance.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1586. Yellowstone trip 1942. Tuesday, June 23, 1942. The housekeeping cabins at Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone. We had one of these cabins and here are 4 pictures of the bears at and around the garbage cans. 4 films. [Note: In all instances of the year date, 1942, the last digit (2) is handwritten over a typed 3.]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

Yellowstone National Park

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Trash cans
Cabins--Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Bears--Wyoming