Scenes from Kodachromes
Byron Harmon (photographer)
[1904-1942]
9.4 x 14.0 cm
IA 36565
Kodachrome was one of the first widely-used colour films, introduced by the Eastman Kodak Company in 1935. Here, Kodachrome film was used to create colourful pictures of the Canadian Rockies. Printed as postcards, the pictures were sold as souvenirs of one’s travels. They could be preserved as a set, as was the case with this particular example, or sent through the mail.
Many of the photographs taken with Kodachrome film were printed as slides. To see examples of Kodachrome slides, visit the Anonymous Project. Created by Lee Schuler, the website features digitized slides that “preserve this collective memory and give a second life to the people forgotten in these timeless moments captured in stunning Kodachrome film.”