Glacier National Park in 1940 and 3-D: The found Kodachrome of Clyde A. McCoy
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Clyde A. McCoy in Glacier National Park. McCoy's collection of 3-D images were discovered at a garage sale decades ago in Nebraska by history professor Michael A. Amundson, who brings them for a show and tell July 29.
Lost for 50 years, a collection of 3-D images of Glacier National Park surfaced in the early 1990s at a garage sale in Lincoln, Nebraska. Northern Arizona University history professor Michael A. Amundson scooped them up and began a decades-long quest to detail the life of the photographer, Indiana lawyer Clyde McCoy, as well as revisit the sites McCoy photographed.
Join the Northwest Montana History Museum on July 29 for a rare pre-World War II visual feast of historic views in Glacier National Park in multidimensional splendor. Learn about how serendipity can shape a life’s trajectory, how an intrepid Midwestern photographer made his way into remote backcountry then met a mysterious end in Detroit, and how an email can go unanswered for 11 years and then lead to significant discoveries.
Doors open at 5 p.m. for history happy hour in Hollensteiner-Stahl Hall. The presentation starts at 6 p.m. Reserve space online at nwmthistory.org or come to the museum. $10 for members, $20 for nonmembers. Payment due at time of reservation. 3-D glasses provided.
The Northwest Montana History Museum is located at 124 Second Ave. E., Kalispell; 406-756-8381.