Photograph of Mertie West sitting beside a picture window at Chateau Lake Louise and looking out at the landscape. In the foreground, Mertie West sits in a chair at right. She sits in profile, facing left, but looks through the picture window behind her. A small table stands along the lower left edge and curtains hang down beside the window, along the right edge. The picture window spans the width of the image and extends beyond the top frame. 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.
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.
Photograph of sightseers gathering around a trout pool while stopped along the road in Banff National Park. The trout pool (no trout visible) enters frame at left and stretches across the foreground towards center. A dozen or more sightseers stand around the pond's edge in the foreground at right and further back at center. Beyond them, a bus is parked on the side of the road at right. It is viewed from the side and faces towards the left. In the background, trees line the road.
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 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.
Photograph of Mertie West standing beside the Rocky Mt. Tours bus in the parking lot at Johnston Canyon in Banff National Park. The parking lot stretches across the foreground. Mertie West stands in the near distance, left-of-center, and looks to the camera. Behind and to the left of her, a touring bus is parked. It is viewed at an angle from the rear and the side, facing right. Across the back of the bus it reads, "ROCKY MT. TOURS." A car (partial view) is parked to the left of the bus. Ahead of the bus at center, a single-story log structure stands, partially obscured by the bus. Signage on and around the building reads, from left to right, "LIVERY BUSES [left pointing arrow] and [right pointing arrow] CARS ONLY," "POINT BLANKETS 'The Seal of Quality' NONE GENUINE WITHOUT THIS SEAL," and "ALBERTA OFFICIAL AAA [illegible] MOTOR ASS'N." Tall pines dominate the background.
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.
