Mertie West stands near the edge of Lake Louise and looks across the lake, Lake Louise, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West stands near the edge of Lake Louise and looks across the lake, Lake Louise, 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 near the water's edge at Lake Louise in Banff National Park. The photograph appears to tilt downward to the right. Grasses stretch across the foreground, lining the edge of Lake Louise. Mertie West stands in the near distance, left-of-center. She stands with her back to the camera and looks towards the lake in the distance. Beyond Mertie, Lake Louise stretches across the foreground. Tall mountains rise from distant banks at left and right. Beyond and between the mountains, a snow-covered Victoria Glacier is visible in the distance at center. 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--Lake Louise

Longitude

51.416291

Latitude

-116.216429

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Landscapes (Representations)
Glaciers--Canada
Louise, Lake (Alta. : Lake)
Banff National Park (Alta.)
Rocky Mountains