Glacier National Park in 3D — Northwest Montana History Museum presentation features found 1940 Kodachrome photographs

Lost for 50 years, a collection of 3D images of Glacier National Park surfaced in the early 1990s at a garage sale in Lincoln, Nebraska.  

Northern Arizona University history professor Michael 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. 

On July 29, Amundson will present 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. Amundson will also revisit the sites McCoy photographed — 3D glasses provided.  

Amundson holds a doctorate in history from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and has written books about the “nuclear West,” rephotography in Wyoming and cowboy songs. He teaches courses on the history of the American West and public history at Northern Arizona University.  

Doors open at 5 p.m. at the Northwest Montana History Museum for “history happy hour” in Hollensteiner-Stahl Hall. The presentation starts at 6 p.m. Cost is $10 for members, $20 for nonmembers. Reserve a spot online at nwmthistory.org or at the museum, 124 Second Ave. E. For more information, call 406-756-8381. 

    Northern Arizona University history professor Michael Amundson at Goat Haunt in Glacier National Park. Amundson presents "Glacier National Park in 1940 and 3-D: The Found Kodachromes of Clyde A. McCoy" at the Northwest Montana History Museum. (Courtesy photo)