Bow River Valley, viewed from Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Bow River Valley, viewed from Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, 1947

Photographer

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

Date Created

June 30, 1947

Date

1947-06-30

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 looking from the Banff Spings Hotel towards the Bow River Valley in Banff National Park. The grounds of the Banff Springs Hotel are barely visible below, in the lower left corner. Beyond the hotel grounds, Banff National Park stretches into the distance. Bow River flows through the valley at center. Pines grow along the base of Tunnel Mountain, which rises along the left edge. At right, pines obscure the view of another mountain rising along the right edge. Additional mountains stand in the distance at the far end of Bow River Valley at center. Four punched holes line the bottom edge at right.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2284. Color. Banff trip June 1947. Banff June 30, 1947. Storks on roof of boarding house in Banff. Looking up Banff street toward Park headquarters and Adm bldg. Bow valley from hotel. Bow valley and terrace from hotel. Bow river. Mertie West in red blanket at Emerald Lake. 6 films

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

51.164841

Latitude

-115.561253

Resource type

still image

Subjects

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