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Visitors traveling between Lake Louise and Banff stop to look at goats on a mountainside, Banff National Park, 1947

Description:
Photograph of sightseers and vehicles stopping on the road between Lake Louise and Banff to look at mountain goats. A road spans the width of the bottom frame and narrows as it extends back through center. Cars park in partial view along the roadside at far left and right. The car at left is viewed from the front and the car at right is viewed from the rear. Ahead of the car at right, a sightseeing bus is parked. On the rear of the bus, it reads, "ROCKY MT. TOURS C[...]." At left and across the road from the bus, several sightseers cluster together in the near distance. They stand with their backs to the camera as they glance up at a mountainside at right to look at goats. The mountainside rises alongside the road at right and extends beyond the frame.
Date:
June, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Visitors traveling between Lake Louise and Banff stop to look at goats on a mountainside, Banff National Park, 1947

Two women and a man look over a parapet at the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, 1947

Description:
Photograph of 2 women and a man leaning over a parapet at Banff Springs Hotel and looking into the distance. A veranda stretches across the foreground. A chair sits along the left edge. Near the right edge, a man walks away from camera. At center, 2 women (left and center) and a man (right) lean over a low stone parapet that stretches across the image. They stand with their backs to the camera and face towards the distance, tilting their heads downward. Beyond the porch, mountains rise in the distance.
Date:
June 29, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Two women and a man look over a parapet at the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, 1947

Takakkaw Falls, viewed at a distance, Yoho National Park, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Takakkaw Falls, as viewed at a distance in Yoho National Park. A dirt road passes across the foreground on an upward angle from left to right. Beyond the road, a river flows. In the near distance, a bridge horizontally spans the image and stretches across the river. Pines line the far bank behind the bridge. A cliff wall rises tall above the valley and stretches across the image. Takakkaw Falls flows down the cliff face, left-of-center.
Date:
June 30, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Takakkaw Falls, viewed at a distance, Yoho National Park, 1947

Pilot Mountain, viewed from the Johnston Canyon area, Banff National Park, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Pilot Mountain, as viewed at a distance from the Johnston Canyon area of Banff National Park. A parking area stretches across the foreground. At left, a car (partial view) is parked. It is viewed at an angle from the side, facing left. On the right side of the parking area, a hut stands. To the left of the hut, a flag pole rises. Pine trees stand beyond the back edge of the parking area. Pilot Mountain looms in the distance at center. Its peak is capped with snow.
Date:
June 29, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Pilot Mountain, viewed from the Johnston Canyon area, Banff National Park, 1947

Parsons road passing through the trees, Field en route, 1947

Description:
Photograph of the Parsons road passing through the trees, as viewed en route from Lake Louise to Field. The dirt road extends beyond the width of the bottom frame. It narrows as it stretches straight back through the center of the image. In the near distance, it slopes downward. Tall pines line both sides of the road and a mountain is visible rising in the far distance at center.
Date:
June 30, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Parsons road passing through the trees, Field en route, 1947

Mertie West stands on a terrace at the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing on a large terrace at the Banff Springs Hotel. Mertie West stands in the foreground, right-of-center. She faces left and wears a coat draped over her shoulders. The balcony she stands on extends behind her through the foreground and mid-ground. Lounging chairs are grouped in clusters on the near side of a stone parapet that lines the back perimeter of the terrace. Other hotel guests stand along the parapet and look past it. Beyond the terrace, Mount Rundle stretches across the background.
Date:
June 29, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands on a terrace at the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, 1947

Mertie West stands on a sidewalk in downtown Banff, Banff, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing on a sidewalk along Banff Avenue in Banff, Alberta. Mertie West stands, right-of-center, on a sidewalk in the foreground. She stands in profile, facing left, but looks to the camera. The sidewalk she stands on enters from the bottom edge at center and extends back to the right. Banff Avenue runs parallel to it, entering frame from the lower left corner and extending into the distance at center. Behind Mertie, at far right, a Texaco gas stations occupies the the street corner. Gas pumps stand at far right and a Texaco sign stands behind Mertie. The King Edward Hotel stands on the far side of the cross street, behind Mertie. Signs for other businesses lining the right side of Banff Avenue are visible beyond the hotel. Buildings also line the left side of Banff Avenue as it stretches into the distance. Cars park along the street and people are visible milling about. Mountains rise in the far distance.
Date:
June 29, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands on a sidewalk in downtown Banff, Banff, 1947

Mertie West stands in the road and poses in front of a sign for the Kicking Horse Tea Room, Field vicinity, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing in the road and posing in front of a sign for the Kicking Horse Tea Room in Yoho National Park. Mertie West stands in the foreground, left-of-center, and looks to camera. The road she stands upon spans the width of the bottom frame and stretches back on an angle to the left. A rocky hillside rises up from the right side of the road and along the right edge. Tall pines stand on the hillside. A sign, left-of-center, stands to the right of Mertie and rises from the hillside. The sign reads, "KICKING HORSE TEA [horse figure in silhouette] ROOM LIGHT LUNCHES SEE [illegible text] SPIRAL TUNNEL." Tall mountains at center rise in the distance.
Date:
June 30, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands in the road and poses in front of a sign for the Kicking Horse Tea Room, Field vicinity, 1947

Mertie West stands at a viewpoint overlooking the Bow River Valley and Banff Springs Hotel, Banff National Park, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing at a viewpoint that overlooks the Bow River Valley and Banff Springs Hotel in Banff National Park. Grasses line the bottom edge of the image. A bus, parked beside the grass, enters frame from the left edge; it is viewed from the side, facing right. Beyond the bus, a drive stretches across the mid-ground. Mertie West stands on the drive, left-of-center. She faces left, but looks to the camera. Behind Mertie, the Bow River Valley stretches across the image and into the distance. The Bow River is forked, flowing through the valley at left and right. Tunnel Mountain rises at right, Sulphur Mountain rises in the far distance at center and another mountain rises along the left edge. Banff Springs Hotel is barely visible in the distance at the base of Sulphur Mountain and to the left of Tunnel Mountain.
Date:
June 29, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands at a viewpoint overlooking the Bow River Valley and Banff Springs Hotel, Banff National Park, 1947

Mertie West poses on the walkway in front of Lake Louise, Lake Louise, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing on a walkway at Chateau Lake Louise in front of Lake Louise. A wide walkway enters frame from the bottom edge at left and stretches back on an angle towards center. Flower beds line both sides of the walkway in the foreground. In the near distance, the walkway dead-ends into another walkway that that passes horizontally through the mid-ground. At center, Mertie West stands at this crossroads in the near distance. She faces towards the camera and is viewed from a slightly elevated perspective. Behind her, a manicured lawn lines the back edge of the walkway, extending back towards the edge of Lake Louise. Lake Louise sits in the background. At the far end of the lake, mountains rise. Six punched holes line the bottom edge.
Date:
June 29, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses on the walkway in front of Lake Louise, Lake Louise, 1947

Mertie West and Assistant Manager Waterhouse stand at the bus station, Banff, 1947

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Assistant Manager Waterhouse and Mertie West standing on a sidewalk in Banfff next to the bus stop. Waterhouse and Mertie West stand in the foreground at center. Both look to the camera. A bus is parked behind and to the right of them, along the curb. It is viewed at an angle from the front and the side. The front end faces camera and extends out-of-frame. The bus's passenger door stands open. At center, the sidewalk stretches back into the distance, behind Mertie and Waterhouse. A few businesses are visible lining it at left. The sign outside the nearest building reads, "[...]IN TOUR[S]." Beyond it and partially obscured by Waterhouse, another sign hangs, it reads, "DOMI[...] CA[...] GOOD [...]." Cascade Mountain rises in the distance at center.
Date:
June 29, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West and Assistant Manager Waterhouse stand at the bus station, Banff, 1947

Lake, viewed en route from Jasper to Lake Louise, Alberta, 1947

Description:
Photograph of a lake and surrounding landscape, as viewed en route from Jasper and Lake Louise. A tree stands in the foreground at left, stretching vertically through the image and extending beyond the top and bottom frames. Beyond it, a lake spans the width of the image. Pines line the far bank of the lake. In the distance, mountains rise behind the pines.
Date:
June 30, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Lake, viewed en route from Jasper to Lake Louise, Alberta, 1947

Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier, viewed from the lawn of the Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier, as viewed from the lawn at Chateau Lake Louise. The hotel grounds sprawl across the foreground. A walkway curves slightly as it stretches on an upward angle from the lower left corner to the right. Beyond it, a landscaped lawn extends from the path and back towards Lake Louise. Pines and other vegetation are clustered together at left and a lawn extends from that at center and right. Lake Louise sits behind the lawn in the mid-ground. At the far end of the lake, Victoria Glacier is visible at center. It sits behind a couple mountains that rise in front and to both sides of the glacier, framing it.
Date:
June 30, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier, viewed from the lawn of the Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise, 1947

Kicking Horse River, viewed from a bridge, Field, 1947

Description:
Photograph of the Kicking Horse River and surrounding landscape, as viewed from atop a bridge in Field and looking southwest. Kicking Horse River spans the width of the image and flows back towards center. Mountains rise from both banks in the near distance and snow-covered mountains stand in the background.
Date:
June 30, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Kicking Horse River, viewed from a bridge, Field, 1947

John Johansen stands on a bridge with a trout he caught at Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park, 1947

Description:
Photograph of John Johansen standing the bridge spanning Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park while holding his fishing rod. John Johansen stands on one leg on the bridge crossing Emerald Lake. He looks to the camera as he holds his fishing rod in one hand and the line in the other. A trout dangles off the line. To the left of John, a dog enters frame. John blocks him with his foot. The bridge he stands on spans the width of the foreground, narrowing as it stretches back to the left. Emerald Lake sits beneath the bridge at right. On the far bank, at right, a cabin stands. Pines line the background. Wapta Mountain rises in the far distance.
Date:
June 30, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
John Johansen stands on a bridge with a trout he caught at Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park, 1947

Hotel guests stand on a veranda overlooking the Bow River Valley, Banff, 1947

Description:
Photograph of guests at Banff Springs Hotel standing at the veranda's edge and looking out towards the Bow River Valley in Banff National Park. The large veranda stretches across the foreground. Its brick pavers appear to be damp. Chairs sit in clumps along the far end of the veranda. At center, a few guests lean over a low stone parapet that stretches across the image. They stand with their backs to the camera and face towards the Bow River Valley in the distance. Beyond the porch, mountains along the right and left (Tunnel Mountain) edges rise in the near distance. Further across the valley, mountains rise in the distance at center. Four punched holes line the bottom edge at right.
Date:
June 29, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Hotel guests stand on a veranda overlooking the Bow River Valley, Banff, 1947

Elevated view looking across the Bow River Valley towards Tunnel Mountain, Banff National Park, 1947

Description:
Photograph of sightseers standing at a view point and looking across the Bow River Valley in Banff and Banff National Park. A bare hilltop stands in the foreground at right. Several sightseers gather at the edge and look across the valley. Their backs are turned to the camera. Pines line the valley floor as it stretches into the distance. The Bow River flows through the valley at right. Tunnel Mountain rises in the distance at left. Larger mountains rise in the distance at right and in the far distance at center. Banff Springs Hotel is barely visible in the far distance at to the right of Tunnel Mountain.
Date:
June 29, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Elevated view looking across the Bow River Valley towards Tunnel Mountain, Banff National Park, 1947

Distant view of Bow River Valley and bridge to Banff, Banff, 1947

Description:
Photograph looking across Bow River Valley and towards Banff. Pines stand in the foreground at right. They cascade down a mountainside and into the distance. Through a gap in the trees, left-of-center, Banff, the Bow River, a bridge and mountains are visible in the distance. Bow River winds across the image, obscured by trees. A bridge crosses over the river at center. Banff is visible on the opposite side of the river, left-of-center. Mountains rise in the background. Four punched holes line the bottom edge at right.
Date:
June 29, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Distant view of Bow River Valley and bridge to Banff, Banff, 1947

Cascade Mountain, viewed from a terrace at Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Cascade Mountain in Banff National Park, as viewed at a distance from a terrace at Banff Springs Hotel. The terrace stretches on an angle through the foreground, tapering as it approaches the left. A manicured lawn occupies the center of the terrace. Stone-paved walkways encircle the perimeter of the lawn. Pine saplings and other plants sit in planters on the walkway. A stone parapet lines the distant edge of the terrace. In the distance, Cascade Mountain rises at center.
Date:
June 29, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Cascade Mountain, viewed from a terrace at Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, 1947

Bus traveling past the Great Divide, Field (en route), 1947

Description:
Photograph of a Rocky Mt. Tours Co. bus parked beneath a sign spanning over the road indicating the Great Divide, while en route from Lake Louise to Field. The road spans the width of the bottom frame. It narrows as it stretches back on a curve to the left and out-of-frame. Along the right side of the road, in the foreground, a Rocky Mt. Tours Co. bus is parked. It is viewed at an angle from the rear. On the back of the bus it reads, "ROCKY MT. TOURS CO.," and its license plate reads, "BUS-2384 ALBERTA C[...]." A post and lintel sign constructed from timber logs hovers over the road. Across the horizontal log beam it reads, "GREAT DIVIDE." In the near distance at right, a mountain rises, extending out-of-frame. A snow covered mountain rises in the far distance at left.
Date:
June 30, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Bus traveling past the Great Divide, Field (en route), 1947

Bow River, viewed close-up, Banff vicinity, 1947

Description:
A poorly lit and out-of-focus photograph of the Bow River in Banff National Park, as viewed close-up. A river bank stretches along the bottom edge and connects to a footbridge at far right that extends out-of-frame. Bow River flows beyond it, arcing towards the right and then back to the left as it approaches the distance. Rapids form around the rocks at right. Silhouetted pines are visible standing along the surrounding river banks. Mountains rise in the near distance at right and in the far distance, left-of-center. Four punched holes line the bottom edge at right.
Date:
June 30, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Bow River, viewed close-up, Banff vicinity, 1947

Bow River Valley, viewed from the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, 1947

Description:
Photograph of the Bow River Valley in Banff National Park, as viewed from an elevated perspective from the Banff Springs Hotel. In the lower left corner, the pool area of the hotel enters frame and is viewed from above. Beyond it, pines line the near landscape. The Bow River Valley stretches into the distance. The Bow River flows back at center. Mountains rise up from the valley floor on either side of the river. Tunnel Mountain enters frame at left. In the far distance, mountains stand at center.
Date:
June 29, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Bow River Valley, viewed from the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, 1947

Bow River Valley, viewed from a veranda at Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, 1947

Description:
Photograph looking from a veranda of the Banff Spings Hotel towards the Bow River Valley in Banff National Park. The grounds of the Banff Springs Hotel are visible below, in the lower left corner. Beyond the hotel grounds, Banff National Park stretches into the distance. Bow River flows through the valley from center and back towards the right. Pines grow along the base of Tunnel Mountain, which rises along the left edge. At right, pines obscure the view of another mountain rising along the right edge. Additional mountains stand in the distance at the far end of Bow River Valley at center. Four punched holes line the bottom edge at right.
Date:
June 29, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Bow River Valley, viewed from a veranda at Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, 1947

Bow River Valley, viewed from a rooftop at Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, 1947

Description:
A poorly lit photograph of the Bow River Valley in Banff National Park, as viewed from a rooftop at the Banff Springs Hotel. The Bow River Valley is silhouetted as it spans the foreground. At left, a pine tree stands. To the right of it and further in the distance at center, the Bow River flows back from the bottom edge. The valley floor that surrounds the river is obscured by shadow. A mountain rises up from the valley floor at right. In the far distance, at center, snow-covered mountains stretch across the background. Four punched holes line the bottom edge at right.
Date:
June 29, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Bow River Valley, viewed from a rooftop at Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, 1947