Yellowstone 1954

[Jeff Fillmore]

A couple Kodachrome Slides I ran across this afternoon- Taken in 1954 in Yellowstone by my Grandfather with an Argus C4 which I still have. The car is a '54 Pontiac by the way- my dad was inside feeding the bears marshmallows. 🙄

 

[Don Parsons]

Your granpa got out of the car???!!! Was he nuts????!!!

 

[crawdiddy]

Those are great photos. The black bear looks like a guy in a bear suit!

It was such a simple time, wasn't it?

 

[colyn]

I remember when we made the trip to Yellowstone in 1960 in a 55 Pontiac. Wish I had that car now...

 

[LeicaTom]

Really Kool...I love when old photos/slides are posted here 🙂

Tom

 

[zenlibra]

I love to see people's old family photos, it's our living history.

 

[Jeff Fillmore]

Thanks all- I had to edit the original post. I realized I scanned them backward.

 

[dmr]

OMG that brings back memories! We went out to Yellowstone when I was 8 or so and I do remember the bears climbing up on cars like that begging for food. They seemed very tame. Everybody was feeding them even though they told you not to!

I still have (somewhere) some old B&W photos of Old Faithful taken with my Starflash. 🙂

(Yeah, that one looks like a guy in a bear suit, maybe a Letterman stunt.) 🙂 🙂

 

[martin s]

Really Kool...I love when old photos/slides are posted here 🙂

Tom

Maybe we should open a n/nw thread? I have a few to post also, 6x6 slides from 1970 and earlier my grandfather took.

Great thread btw, I really like those!

martin

 

[ruby.monkey]

Your granpa got out of the car???!!! Was he nuts????!!!

He just had faith in his bait. 😉

 

[Brad Bireley]

These are Great!!!!

 

[Olsen]

It was absolutely 'nuts' to venture out of the car in a situation like that. Bears are unpredictable and difficult to read. Last time I was in Yellowstone (1991) a tourist had just been attacked by a bear and bitten in the face (they usually do that). When the guy woke up again at the hospital, he had asked; 'do I have any brains left?' according to the local radio.

We have just had two recent fatal bear attacks here in Scandinavia. A hunter with dog in Sweden and a Finish policeman out jogging in Finland.

 

[morgan]

Back then, in simpler times, bears were less angry. They had more space. 🙂

 

[Ronald_H]

Great to see those old pics. Closest thing we have to a time machine.

 

[shadowfox]

It was such a simple time, wasn't it?

Well said, Dan. This thread and the photos made my day 🙂

Thanks for sharing, Jeff.

 

[Bnack]

the second image is particularly entertaining to me... "ohh there? You can't get there from here."

 

[morgan]

the second image is particularly entertaining to me... "ohh there? You can't get there from here."

That's hilarious. I agree, the second image just cracks me up.

 

[Nikon Bob]

Yea, wonderful old photos alright. A classic example of what not to do with bears, then or now.

Bob

 

[Prosaic™]

Nice pictures.

 

[xayraa33]

Thanks all- I had to edit the original post. I realized I scanned them backward.

that is too bad, I like seeing 1954 RHD Pontiacs..