T. J. Hileman

(Tomar Jacob) Hileman (1882–1945) was an American photographer born in Manor Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania,[1] who is renowned for his photos of Glacier Park in Montana, and Blackfoot people.

[2] Appointed the official photographer for the Great Northern Railway in 1924, Hileman took photos of Glacier National Park and Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada, moving bulky camera equipment by packhorse, even at times perching on a narrow ledge to get just the right image on film.

Some 107 of these photos were purchased by the Glenbow Museum in Canada, where they comprise part of their collection relating to Blackfoot history.

[3] These photos are especially valuable to researchers for their examples of Kainai and South Peigan styles of clothing, hairstyles, ornaments, and housing.

Subsequent photos in the ensuing decades, which have been taken from the same vantage point, show evidence of a steady state of retreat for that glacier.