Bow River Valley, viewed from a roof at the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Bow River Valley, viewed from a roof at the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, 1947

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

June 29, 1947

Date

1947-06-29

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

According to the negative sleeve, this set of photographs is captured in color. The scans of these images are in black and white.
Photograph of the Bow River Valley in Banff National Park, as viewed from a rooftop at the Banff Springs Hotel. In the lower left corner, the pool area of the hotel enters frame and is viewed from above. Beyond it, pines line the near landscape. The Bow River Valley stretches into the distance. The Bow River flows back at center. Mountains rise up from the valley floor on either side of the river. In the far distance, mountains stand at center. Four punched holes line the bottom edge at right.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Color 2282. Banff trip June 1947. [handwritten:] JUNE 29 [end handwritten] 1 Looking down Bow Valley from roof 2 2 films of valley from roof 3 2 films of swimming pool and terrace 4 1 film of two Toronto girls from rear [handwritten and underlined:] 6 FILMS [end handwritten and underlined] Banff Hptel [sic] June 29, 1947

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Banff Springs Hotel

Location

Alberta--Banff

Longitude

51.164575

Latitude

-115.561054

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Landscapes (Representations)
Bow River (Alta.)
Banff National Park (Alta.)
Bow River Valley (Alta.)
Rocky Mountains