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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Mertie West standing in the road and posing in front of a sign for the Kicking Horse Tea Room in Yoho National Park. Mertie West stands in the foreground, left-of-center, and looks to camera. The road she stands upon spans the width of the bottom frame and stretches back on an angle to the left. A rocky hillside rises up from the right side of the road and along the right edge. Tall pines stand on the hillside. A sign, left-of-center, stands to the right of Mertie and rises from the hillside. The sign reads, "KICKING HORSE TEA [horse figure in silhouette] ROOM LIGHT LUNCHES SEE [illegible text] SPIRAL TUNNEL." Tall mountains at center rise in the distance. Text from negative sleeve: 2304. Banff trip June 1947. June 30, Lake Louise to Field. The Great Divide. Mertie West on road at Kicking Horse Tea Room 2 films. A view of valley from grade. Road thru trees called the Parsons road - straight and narrow. 5 films
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2304_003 ark:/21198/zz002j3bqr
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Yoho National Park (B.C.) Signs (Notices) Rocky Mountains West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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