Mertie West stands at the edge of Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West stands at the edge of Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, 1947

Photographer

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

Date Created

June 28, 1947

Date

1947-06-28

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 Mertie West standing along the water's edge at Moraine Lake in the Valley of Ten Peaks in Banff National Park. Mertie West stands in the foreground at center. She stands in profile and faces left. Behind her at right, a pine tree stands and others stand on the shore in silhouette. Moraine Lake extends from the left and back behind Mertie at right, disappearing behind the near shore. A few of the Ten Peaks rise from the opposite bank of Moraine Lake and are covered with snow. Four punched holes line the bottom edge at right.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2288. Color Banff trip June 1947. June 28, 1947. Lake Louise. Lake Louise Hotel. Mertie West in chair on terrace in front of hotel. Tepee on grounds near horse corral. Mertie West below hotel on edge of Lake Kouise [sic]. Mertie West on shore of Moraine Lake. 2 films 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

Alberta--Banff National Park

Longitude

51.324347

Latitude

-116.184176

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Lakes & ponds--Canada--Banff National Park
Valleys--Canada
Banff National Park (Alta.)
Sightseers--Canada--Banff National Park
Rocky Mountains