Tipi standing on the Chateau Lake Louise grounds near the horse corral, Lake Louise, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Tipi standing on the Chateau Lake Louise grounds near the horse corral, 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 a teepee standing on the grounds of the Chateau Lake Louise hotel in Banff National Park. The hotel grounds stretch across the foreground and mid-ground. Pathways wind through the mid-ground. On the far side of a walkway, right-of-center, a teepee stands. Behind and to the left of it, 3 pine trees stand together in a clump. Pines stand clustered behind the teepee at right as well. A building stands in the distance at left. Pines dot the landscape as it extends back towards the mountains in the far distance. 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

Location

Alberta--Lake Louise

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Tipis--Canada--Lake Louise
Hotels--Canada--Lake Louise
Banff National Park (Alta.)