Mertie West stands near the sightseeing bus at Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West stands near the sightseeing bus at Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park, 1947

Photographer

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

Date Created

June 30, 1947

Date

1947-06-30

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Mertie West posing beside her tour bus while visiting Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park. Mertie West stands at center. A blanket is draped around her as she looks to the camera. Behind and to the left of her sits the tour bus. It enters frame at left and stretches back. It is viewed from the side and faces the back of the image. Along its side, it reads, "[...] Tours Co. JASPER." Several other passengers are gathered behind and to the right of Mertie, just beyond the bus' passenger door. Pines stand in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2305. Banff trip June 1947. Emerald Lake June 30. Mertie West in red blanket at Emerald Lake. A tributary stream of Kicking Horse river en route to Yolo [sic] Natl Park. Takarawa [sic] falls in Yolo [sic] park. Lodge at Yolo [sic] Natl Park. 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

British Columbia--Yoho National Park

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Yoho National Park (B.C.)
Tourists--Canada--Yoho National Park
Buses--Canadian--Canada--Yoho National Park