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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. 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. Text from negative sleeve: 2292. Banff trip June 1947. Lake Louise Hotel June 29, 1947. 2 films Mertie West at writing desk in Hotel lobby. 2 films Mertie West at window overlooki [sic] overlooking Lake Louise, and one of the lake from the lobby out the big window. 4 films
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2292_002 ark:/21198/zz002j39gn
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Guests--Canada--Lake Louise Windows--Canada--Lake Louise Glaciers--Canada Hotels--Canada--Lake Louise Louise, Lake (Alta. : Lake) Banff National Park (Alta.) Lobbies--Canada--Lake Louise West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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