Mertie West sitting at a writing desk in the lobby of Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West sitting at a writing desk in the lobby of 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 at a writing desk in the lobby of the Chateau Lake Louise. A chair upholstered in a floral print sits in the foreground at center and faces left. Beyond it, Mertie West sits in the near distance, left-of-center, at a writing desk. Mertie sits in profile, facing left. The desk, obscured by a plant in the foreground, stands propped against a wall at left. The left wall is lined by large, arched windows and stretches back towards center. Behind and to the right of Mertie, the lobby extends into the background. An arched entryway stands at the far end of the lobby at center and a decorative ceiling hovers over the lobby at right.

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

Longitude

51.417604

Latitude

-116.217423

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Guests--Canada--Lake Louise
Hotels--Canada--Lake Louise
Desks
Lobbies--Canada--Lake Louise