1912 Fred Kiser Prints - Glacier National Park Montana-Part 1

1912 Fred Kiser Prints - Glacier National Park Montana-Part 1

ARTIST: Fred Kiser
CIRCA: dated 1912
SIZE: 10" x 12"
SERIES: See America First
LOCATION: Glacier National Park Montana
TITLE: Wild Flowers, Red Eagle Lake Country

I have a group of these so I'm going to break it into 4 posts. This first will contain most of the information.

Picked these up last summer in an estate sale. The sale was an elderly antique dealer that had closed shop in late 60s or early 70s. These were from his personal hoard. All the pieces in the sale were 1700s to 1960s. It was boxes and boxes of digging..lots of fun!

These are very old and shows signs of wear. Eventually I will have them cleaned and framed. I am still researching them. I'm going to reach out to the Oregon Historical Society. They have a large collection of Kiser photographs.

There are many different places you might see these images including, books postcards, posters and more. They are famous scenes and have been used many times over the years.

"After the War, Kiser started the Scenic America Company to sell his colorized prints using the slogan “See America First.” Under this company name, he sold prints and developed film at Crater Lake throughout the 1920s."

HISTORY AND TRAGEDY
"Brothers Fred and Oscar Kiser began taking scenic photographs as a hobby, which evolved into a business in 1902. Their early career was boosted when they were named the official photographers for Portland’s Lewis and Clark Exposition in 1905.

The brothers were in business together until Oscar died of accidental drowning in late 1905. After Oscar’s death, Fred became a premier photographer of mountain landscapes, and one of the most successful commercial photographers in the country during the first decades of the twentieth century.

Kiser’s photographs of Crater Lake helped publicize the lake, and his work photographing northwestern Montana contributed to the creation of Glacier National Park. Additionally, Kiser worked as a photographer for the Great Northern Railway and took photos of the construction of the Columbia River Highway in the years prior to World War I." - Summarized from The Oregon History Project at ohs.org