View of Stanley Park, Vancouver, 1947

Item Overview

Title

View of Stanley Park, Vancouver, 1947

Photographer

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

Date Created

July 1, 1947

Date

1947-07-01

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

An out-of-focus photograph of Stanley Park, as viewed by H. H. West while passing through Vancouver. Tree branches hang down from the top edge of the image in the foreground. A group of park visitors sits in partial view along the bottom edge. Beyond them, a meadow stretches into the distance. Other visitors can be seen sitting in the meadow or playing. A structure stands along the back edge of the meadow at left and a body of water is visible lining the meadow's edge at center and right.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2311. Banff trip 1947. Vancouver July 1, 1947. Hudson Bay Company store. Ambassador hotel where we slept. Georgia Hotel where we stopt [sic] going north June 24, Man picking up ice from street in front of Can Pac R R depot. View in Stanley Park. Mertie West feeding ducks in lake Stanley Park. Mertie West in lawn at the park. 7 films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

British Columbia--Vancouver

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Stanley Park (Vancouver, B.C.)
Leisure--Canada--Vancouver