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Jeff Fillmore
08-23-2009, 16:58
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. :rolleyes:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2643/3850684950_d18bf75b2e_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2657/3850683320_874348e0e3_b.jpg
Don Parsons
08-23-2009, 17:21
Your granpa got out of the car???!!! Was he nuts????!!!
crawdiddy
08-23-2009, 17:43
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
08-23-2009, 17:55
I remember when we made the trip to Yellowstone in 1960 in a 55 Pontiac. Wish I had that car now...
LeicaTom
08-23-2009, 18:26
Really Kool...I love when old photos/slides are posted here :)

Tom
zenlibra
08-23-2009, 18:31
I love to see people's old family photos, it's our living history.
Jeff Fillmore
08-23-2009, 19:18
Thanks all- I had to edit the original post. I realized I scanned them backward.
dmr
08-24-2009, 05:59
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
08-24-2009, 06:32
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
08-24-2009, 06:38
Your granpa got out of the car???!!! Was he nuts????!!!
He just had faith in his bait. ;)
Brad Bireley
08-24-2009, 06:43
These are Great!!!!
Olsen
08-24-2009, 06:48
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
08-24-2009, 06:53
Back then, in simpler times, bears were less angry. They had more space. :-)
Ronald_H
08-24-2009, 06:55
Great to see those old pics. Closest thing we have to a time machine.
nikonhswebmaster
08-24-2009, 06:56
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.

Apparently jeff's father and grandfather survived?
shadowfox
08-24-2009, 08:45
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
08-24-2009, 09:12
the second image is particularly entertaining to me... "ohh there? You can't get there from here."
morgan
08-24-2009, 09:25
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.
Double Negative
08-24-2009, 12:29
That is so cool! Nice shots. I love the car and the 'chrome.

I didn't make it there until 22 years after you. :D
Nikon Bob
08-24-2009, 12:40
Yea, wonderful old photos alright. A classic example of what not to do with bears, then or now.

Bob
Prosaic™
08-24-2009, 12:58
Nice pictures.
xayraa33
08-24-2009, 13:01
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..
crawdiddy
08-24-2009, 13:03
Nobody said "a fed bear is a dead bear" until the early 1970s.
chris00nj
08-29-2009, 13:06
How dangerous... your Dad probably wasn't even in a car seat! How did he survive?!
athos
09-12-2009, 15:32
Hi, greg...

I no longer have my old Argus AF but I still have my 1954 Pontiac, Chieftian Deluxe, four door, flathead straight eight with Hydromatic and six-way MANUAL seat. We summer in Tampa near the north end of Dale Mabry. I envy your year-round status.
dave lackey
10-28-2009, 14:25
Dang...sure does look like a guy in a bear suit!:eek:

Great pics!
Novem
11-12-2009, 11:40
It makes me think of when I went there as a kid also, but the first thing that came into my head was the first or second Faces of Death movie....oh that was messed up! that footage will be burned into my memory long after I cant even remember my own name.
Dave Wilkinson
11-12-2009, 11:47
Jellystone?....isn't that where Yogi Bear lived? (remember him? ) :D
lewis44
11-12-2009, 12:13
Yellowstone 1994.

You got me going through and scanning some old stuff

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2163/2335504519_0fc66c305c_b.jpg

On the road from Yellowstone to Cody
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3339/3633071098_63b6e9ca3a_b.jpg
fergus
11-12-2009, 14:22
Jellystone?....isn't that where Yogi Bear lived? (remember him? ) :D

And let's not forget Boo Boo :)
gdi
11-12-2009, 14:33
Those are great shots - you have to love the old Kodachromes.

And, BTW, here is some footage that shows just how dangerous these animals can be. Be careful out there....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FARnbRBWKGg
Michael Markey
11-12-2009, 14:35
From this side of the pond ..they look great also.Hope that you project them :)
wgerrard
11-12-2009, 14:52
Here's what I always wonder about feeding bears: What happens when the food runs out? Do the bears go away? Do you say, "No more food, Mr. Bear" and watch them amble away politely?

Those who have been to Cape Town and driven down to the cape will have seen the baboons who can get rather upset if no one throws food at them. There's video someplace of a several essentially tearing a car apart.
fergus
11-12-2009, 14:58
Here's what I always wonder about feeding bears: What happens when the food runs out? Do the bears go away? Do you say, "No more food, Mr. Bear" and watch them amble away politely?

The well-mannered bears wait patiently for food...
robklurfield
11-12-2009, 18:08
"Do I have any brains left?" Great question coming from a guy who seems to have none to begin with.

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.
robklurfield
11-12-2009, 18:09
I love the shots even if grandpa did some that we modern folk consider to be foolhardy.
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. :rolleyes:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2643/3850684950_d18bf75b2e_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2657/3850683320_874348e0e3_b.jpg
kipkeston
11-12-2009, 18:19
This is surprising. I don't think bears do this anymore. Not to mention I think if anyone saw you feeding a bear, someone would have the rangers on your ass. Great shots.