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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. According to the negative sleeve, this set of photographs is captured in color. The scans of these images are in black and white. A poorly lit photograph of visitors to Stanley Park Zoo gathering around one of the animal cages. A woman walks through the foreground along the right edge. A wide walkway extends back on an angle from right to left. In the near distance at center, a throng of people stand on the near side of a fence. All stand with their backs to the camera as they face towards a cage. The cage sits on the other side of the fence and stretches back on an angle, parallel to the walkway. Mertie West walks behind the spectators. She stands, left-of-center, and faces the camera as she carries a coat. A girl walking through the foreground at left looks to the camera. Four punched holes line the bottom edge at right. Text from negative sleeve: 2285. Color Banff trip June 1947. Vancouver, B.C. July 1, 1947. The zoo at Stanley Park. Mertie West carrying her coat at left. Bed of purple iris in park. The park lake. The bathing beach. 2 films Mertie West in Rose garden. 6 films
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2285_001 ark:/21198/zz002j37zx
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Stanley Park (Vancouver, B.C.) Sightseers--Canada--Vancouver Zoos--Canada--Vancouver West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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