Top of Blue Mountain

Photograph

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The Blue Mountains Museum and Archive

Top of the Hill: Black and white photo of what is now known as “Swiss Meadows” which is situated at the top of Blue Mountain during the winter. A barbed wire fence can be seen running through the center of the photo which breaks up the background and foreground. Another small hill can be seen in the background on the left-hand side. There are also a small number of trees within the background of the photo.
Top of the Hill

Black and white photo of what is now known as “Swiss Meadows” which is situated at the top of Blue Mountain during the winter. A barbed wire fence can be seen running through the center of the photo which breaks up the background and foreground. Another small hill can be seen in the background on the left-hand side. There are also a small number of trees within the background of the photo.

Name/Title

Top of Blue Mountain

Entry/Object ID

2008-042-037

Description

Black-and-white photographic print showing an early landscape view of the top of Blue Mountain, looking toward the area that would later be developed as the modern residential community of Swiss Meadows. Foreground: A rustic, farm-style barbed-wire fence runs horizontally across the immediate forefront of the frame. Directly behind this boundary is a wide, open agricultural field. Midground: A second wire fence delineates the far edge of the first field, opening up into a secondary open pasture or field that leads toward the escarpment edge. Background: Beyond the open clearings, the terrain rises into a prominent rocky outcrop, culminating in a sheer, dramatic cliff face of the Niagara Escarpment. A layer of bright white snow is visible capping the plateau just above the cliff line. On the back of the photograph, hand written in pencil, is "Top / Where Swiss Meadows / Is Now / Taken Mid 1940 / Geo. Foster".

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Photographic Print

Subject Place

Escarpment

Blue Mountain

City

The Blue Mountains

County

Grey

State/Province

Ontario

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Made/Created

Artist

Foster, George

Notes

Date: mid-1940

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Back of the print

Transcription

"Top / Where Swiss Meadows / Is Now / Taken Mid 1940 / Geo. Foster".

Language

English

Dimensions

Height

25.2 cm

Width

20.2 cm