Visitors gather around an animal's cage at Stanley Park Zoo, Vancouver, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Visitors gather around an animal's cage at Stanley Park Zoo, Vancouver, 1947

Photographer

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

Date Created

July 1, 1947

Date

1947-07-01

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.
A poorly lit photograph of visitors to Stanley Park Zoo gathering around one of the animal cages. A woman walks through the foreground along the right edge. A wide walkway extends back on an angle from right to left. In the near distance at center, a throng of people stand on the near side of a fence. All stand with their backs to the camera as they face towards a cage. The cage sits on the other side of the fence and stretches back on an angle, parallel to the walkway. Mertie West walks behind the spectators. She stands, left-of-center, and faces the camera as she carries a coat. A girl walking through the foreground at left looks to the camera. Four punched holes line the bottom edge at right.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2285. Color Banff trip June 1947. Vancouver, B.C. July 1, 1947. The zoo at Stanley Park. Mertie West carrying her coat at left. Bed of purple iris in park. The park lake. The bathing beach. 2 films Mertie West in Rose garden. 6 films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972

Location

British Columbia--Vancouver

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Stanley Park (Vancouver, B.C.)
Sightseers--Canada--Vancouver
Zoos--Canada--Vancouver