William H. Albee, wife Ruth, and dog in front of cabin [copy photograph 1935], British Columbia, 1930

Item Overview

Title

William H. Albee, wife Ruth, and dog in front of cabin [copy photograph 1935], British Columbia, 1930

Date Created

1930

Date

1930

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

A copy of a previously taken photograph of William Hamilton Albee, Sr., and wife Ruth Estelle Sutton Albee with their golden retriever in front of a wood cabin in British Columbia, Canada. The couple both carry supplies for their backpacking trip across the Northern British Columbian wilderness. Mr. Albee wears flannel and carries a pack and rifle strung from his shoulder. A spectacled Mrs. Albee also wears a pack and rifle. A pack is additionally strung around their golden retriever's back. The Albees were believed dead in 1930 during their 1100 mile hike, but returned in 1935 to Los Angeles with two toddlers in tow. For five years, they primarily lived off the land, frequently interacting with natives indigenous to the region.
Related to article, "Adventure Couple Back: End Five Years in Far North, Pair Once Believe to Have Perished Return With Two Children," Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 1935]

Caption

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2612-- Mr + Mrs WM H Albee, 10-20-35, [stamped:] OCT 29 1935
Handwritten on label of photo copy: Mr and Mrs William H Albee (cabin British Columbia)
Handwritten on nitrate negative: 10-17-35

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Albee, William Hamilton, Sr., 1906-2009
Sutton, Ruth Estelle, 1909-2005

Location

British Columbia

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Hiking--British Columbia
Backpacking--British Columbia
Missing persons--California--Los Angeles