On July 31, 1954, freelance photographer Rosemary Gilliat and her girlfriends, Anna Brown, Audrey James and Helen Salkeld, packed up Helen’s Plymouth station wagon and began their 12,391-kilometre road trip across Canada. During the next 38 days, they crossed five provinces and four states, travelling through Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Washington, Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota, and returning to Ottawa on September 6. This is part two of the road trip photos.
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Source: BiblioArchives/LibraryArchives Canada
Who likes washing dishes anyway...Kenora, Ontario, August 4, 1954
Makeshift bath in Prairies. Audrey James washing up,
Portage-la-Prairie, Manitoba, August 5, 1954
Helen Salkeld and Anna Brown feeding pigs,
Portage-la-Prairie camp, Manitoba, August 5, 1954
Anna Brown, Audrey James, Helen Salkeld and two
cowboys, Brandon, Manitoba, August 6, 1954
Anna Brown getting dressed at a campsite, vicinity of
Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, August 7, 1954
Main street in a small town in the Prairies, Saskatchewan, August 7, 1954
Audrey James walking on a bridge
in southern Saskatchewan, August 8, 1954
Anna Brown at the Salkeld family farm,
Eston, Saskatchewan, August 9, 1954
Anna Brown and ferry operator Mr. Weekes on Lancer Ferry,
South Saskatchewan River, August 10, 1954
Saskatchewan Prairie town, August 10, 1954
Helen Salkeld, Anna Brown and Audrey James setting up
their camp by the Oldman River, Alberta, August 10, 1954
Audrey James and Anna Brown by the
Oldman River, Alberta, August 11, 1954
Source: BiblioArchives/LibraryArchives Canada