Road Trip 1954

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.

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