A bear climbs on top of a trash can, Yellowstone National Park, 1942

Item Overview

Title

A bear climbs on top of a trash can, 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 climbing on top of the elevated, fenced platform containing a trash can in a cabin encampment near Old Faithful. The trash can platform stands in the near distance, right-of-center. A bear stands atop the top rungs of the platform, hovering over the trash can. About 3 cabins stand in a small clump on the left side of the image. A car (partial view) is parked behind the cabin at center. Additional cabins stand in row as they recede into the distance at right.

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