14 Facts About Harry Buckwalter

Harry Hale Buckwalter, sometimes credited as Harry H Buckwalter or Henry H Buckwalter, was an American photographer, journalist, photojournalist, and silent film director and producer.

Harry Hale Buckwalter was born in Reading, Pennsylvania to Andrew Collins and Mary Elizabeth Buckwalter.

Harry Buckwalter left for the American West at the age of 16.

Harry Buckwalter's photos were first reproduced by artists using wood block illustrations, and later in halftone as printing technology in the region advanced.

In 1894, Buckwalter teamed with balloonist Ivy Baldwin for a series of aerial photographs of Colorado.

Baldwin's balloon was not capable of lifting both men, so Harry Buckwalter made a solo ascent launching from Elitch Gardens in Denver.

In 1895, Harry Buckwalter took interest in X-ray technology, after its discovery by professor Wilhelm Rontgen earlier that year.

The X-rays along with the testimony of Harry Buckwalter and Tennant proved that there was a fracture in the leg.

Harry Buckwalter began making travelogues for railway companies documenting the scenes of the West, where he experimented and made improvements to high speed camera shutter designs.

In 1900, Harry Buckwalter started a collaboration with the director and producer William Selig, a filmmaker in Chicago and became the Western agent for Selig Polyscope Company, selling and distributing Selig projectors and films to theaters in the region.

In 1905, Harry Buckwalter was invited to film and document President Theodore Roosevelt's hunting trip in western Colorado.

In 1910 Harry Buckwalter Films became part of General Film Company.

Harry Buckwalter's last known film, a documentary on the construction of the Panama Canal, was shot in 1913, while he was simultaneously carrying out a photographic report on the subject.

Harry Buckwalter died on March 7,1930, at the age of 63.