Mertie West sits in a chair on a lawn at the Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise, 1947

Title: Mertie West sits in a chair on a lawn at the Chateau Lake Louise, 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

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 sitting in a chair on the lawn of the Chateau Lake Louise hotel in Banff National Park. A walkway stretches back from the bottom edge and along the left edge. A grass lawn extends to the right of it. Mertie West sits in a chair on the lawn at center. She looks to the camera. A few empty chairs sit in a row to the right of her. Behind and to the left of Mertie, several other guests lounge in chairs on the lawn. A tiered and ivy-covered terrace stretches up and back along the back right edge of the lawn. Atop the terrace, the hotel stands in partial view, rising beyond the top frame. The Painter Wing enters frame from right and extends towards the left. Six arched windows line the lowest level and balconies line a few of the upper levels. To the left of the hotel, pines stand in the background. 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

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs
Names: West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Location: Alberta--Lake Louise
Longitude: 51.417487
Latitude: -116.218015
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Leisure--Canada--Lake Louise
Hotels--Canada--Lake Louise
Banff National Park (Alta.)

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1998_2288_006
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j38r9
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.