Mertie West sits by a window overlooking Lake Louise at Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West sits by a window overlooking Lake Louise at Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise, 1947

Photographer

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

Date Created

June 29, 1947

Date

1947-06-29

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Mertie West sitting beside a picture window at Chateau Lake Louise and looking out at the landscape. In the foreground, Mertie West sits in a chair at right. She sits in profile, facing left, but looks through the picture window behind her. A small table stands along the lower left edge and curtains hang down beside the window, along the right edge. The picture window spans the width of the image and extends beyond the top frame. A view of the adjacent landscape is framed by the window. The landscaped grounds of the hotel lie beyond the window, lining its bottom edge. Further back, Lake Louise stretches across the image. At the far end of the lake, mountains rise to the right and left. Victoria Glacier sits above Lake Louise at center.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2292. Banff trip June 1947. Lake Louise Hotel June 29, 1947. 2 films Mertie West at writing desk in Hotel lobby. 2 films Mertie West at window overlooki [sic] overlooking Lake Louise, and one of the lake from the lobby out the big window. 4 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

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Guests--Canada--Lake Louise
Windows--Canada--Lake Louise
Glaciers--Canada
Hotels--Canada--Lake Louise
Louise, Lake (Alta. : Lake)
Banff National Park (Alta.)
Lobbies--Canada--Lake Louise