Mertie West poses in front of a glacier in the Columbia Icefield, Alberta, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West poses in front of a glacier in the Columbia Icefield, Alberta, 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

Photograph of Mertie West posing in front of a glacier in the Columbia Icefield at either Jasper National Park or Banff National Park. Mertie West stands in the foreground at center and looks to the camera. A stone-strewn landscape surrounds Mertie and stretches back towards the glacier. Other sightseers walk away from the camera, behind and to the right of Mertie. Beyond Mertie, the toe of a large glacier sits at center. It extends back, and up to the left. In front and to the right of the glacier, a lake of glacial meltwater sits. A snow covered mountain rises to the right of the glacier.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2307. Banff trip June 1947. June 28, 1947. Bus trip Jasper to Lake Louise. Mertie West at a view point. Another view point. Columbian Ice Field. Chalet at Ice Field. Mertie West on step. Mertie West in front of ice field. Falls in Athabaska [sic] river en route. 2 films Mertie West and our bus en route. 8 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

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Columbia Icefield (B.C. and Alta.)
Glaciers--Canada
National parks & reserves--Canada