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.
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.
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.
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.
Photograph of Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier as viewed from inside the lobby of the Chateau Lake Louise. A small table and 2 chairs stand in the foreground at center. They sit in front of a tall, arched picture window. The window spans the width of the image and is lined by curtains. A view of the adjacent landscape is framed by the window. The landscaped grounds of the hotel lie beyond the window, lining its bottom edge. Further back, Lake Louise stretches across the image. At the far end of the lake, mountains rise to the right and left. Victoria Glacier sits above Lake Louise at center.
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.
Photograph of the Banff Springs Hotel, as viewed at a distance from a viewpoint on a drive in Banff and Banff National Park. Trees, mostly pines, stand in the foreground and mid-ground. Beyond the trees and in the distance, the Banff Springs Hotel stands at center. The Châteauesque hotel is viewed at an angle from the rear. A tree-covered mountainside rises behind the hotel.
Photograph of the outdoor swimming pool at the Banff Springs Hotel, as viewed from above. The camera looks down towards the swimming pool. It extends across the image on an upward angle from left to right. The back edge of the pool is curved. A few people are barely visible in the pool. Groups of people walk around the pool's back edge. Behind the pool, a manicured lawn stretches back and across the image. Hotel guests lounge in chairs dotting the lawn. A wooden fence lines the back perimeter of the lawn. Pine trees stand in the background.
Photograph of H. H. West posing in front of the Bow Falls in Banff and Banff National Park. He stands in the foreground at center and looks to the camera. He stands on the bank of the Bow River. The bank curves back to the left and then curves back again towards right. Bow River flows to the right of him and towards the camera. Behind and to the right of H. H., Bow Falls cascades. Pine tree-covered hills rise up from either side of the falls.
Photograph of a girl from Toronto standing at a viewpoint that overlooks the Banff Springs Hotel in Banff and Banff National Park. The girl stands in profile at center. She faces right, but turns her head away from the camera. Behind her, pines and other vegetation grow across the mid-ground. In the distance, the Banff Springs Hotel stands at center. A mountainside stretches across the background behind it.
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.
Photograph of the Hudson's Bay Company store in Banff, as viewed from the front. Banff Avenue stretches through the foreground along the bottom edge. A Chevrolet car is parked, nose-in, along the curb, left-of-center. It is viewed at an angle from the front and the side, facing left. Its license plate reads, "96-153." Beyond the car, the shop windows of the Hudson's Bay Company line the sidewalk. A door stands at left. Two wide windows are inset to the right of the door. In the leftmost window, a sign hanging reads, "CALGARY PRICES." A display sits behind the rightmost window. A sign in the display reads, "STORE C[RA]FTS." An awning stretches above the door and windows. Above the awning, it reads, "HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY." A rounded corner entrance stands in partial view along the right edge. Windows line the second story of the building.
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.
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.
Photograph of a Rocky Mountain Tours Company bus stopped along the roadside in Banff National Park. A road stretches along the bottom edge on an upward angle from left to right. In the near distance and on the far side of the road, a bus is parked, left-of-center. It is viewed at an angle from the front and the side, facing left. Passengers aboard the bus are visible behind the bus's windows. One of the passengers is Mertie West. She sits at the first window behind the driver's seat and looks to the camera. Along the side of the bus, markings read, "BANFF - LAKE LOUISE - JASPER Rocky Mountain Tours Co." Pines stand behind the bus and beyond the road's shoulder. Mountains, obscured by the pine trees, rise in the background at center. Four punched holes line the bottom edge at right.
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.
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.
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.
