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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. Photograph of Mertie West standing near the water's edge at Lake Louise in Banff National Park. The photograph appears to tilt downward to the right. Grasses stretch across the foreground, lining the edge of Lake Louise. Mertie West stands in the near distance, left-of-center. She stands with her back to the camera and looks towards the lake in the distance. Beyond Mertie, Lake Louise stretches across the foreground. Tall mountains rise from distant banks at left and right. Beyond and between the mountains, a snow-covered Victoria Glacier is visible in the distance at center. Four punched holes line the bottom edge at right. Text from negative sleeve: 2288. Color Banff trip June 1947. June 28, 1947. Lake Louise. Lake Louise Hotel. Mertie West in chair on terrace in front of hotel. Tepee on grounds near horse corral. Mertie West below hotel on edge of Lake Kouise [sic]. Mertie West on shore of Moraine Lake. 2 films 6 films
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2288_003 ark:/21198/zz002j38nr
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Landscapes (Representations) Glaciers--Canada Louise, Lake (Alta. : Lake) Banff National Park (Alta.) Rocky Mountains West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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