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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Mertie West standing at a viewpoint that overlooks the Bow River Valley and Banff Springs Hotel in Banff National Park. Grasses line the bottom edge of the image. A bus, parked beside the grass, enters frame from the left edge; it is viewed from the side, facing right. Beyond the bus, a drive stretches across the mid-ground. Mertie West stands on the drive, left-of-center. She faces left, but looks to the camera. Behind Mertie, the Bow River Valley stretches across the image and into the distance. The Bow River is forked, flowing through the valley at left and right. Tunnel Mountain rises at right, Sulphur Mountain rises in the far distance at center and another mountain rises along the left edge. Banff Springs Hotel is barely visible in the distance at the base of Sulphur Mountain and to the left of Tunnel Mountain. Text from negative sleeve: 2300. Banff trip June 1947. Banff June 29. Mertie West on point on drive Banff hotel in distance over looking Bow Valley. Banff Hotel swimming pool. Banff Hotel from point on drive. Indoor pool at Banff. 4 films
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2300_002 ark:/21198/zz002j3b81
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Bow River (Alta.) Scenic overlooks--Canada--Banff National Park Views Rocky Mountains Bow River Valley (Alta.) Sightseers--Canada--Banff National Park Banff National Park (Alta.) Banff Springs Hotel West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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