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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West and Mrs. Wesley walking up the platform while waiting for a train in Field. The platform of the Canadian Pacific Railway station spans the width of the bottom edge and curves to the left, then right as it stretches into the distance. A luggage cart is parked along the right side of the platform. On the cart, it reads, "C. P. R." A man appears to load/unload the cart. Beyond the cart and to the left, Mertie West and Mrs. Wesley walk down the platform, away from camera. Railroad tracks are barely visible at far left running alongside the platform. Mountains rise in the far distance at left. Text from negative sleeve: 2306. Banff trip 1947. Field station June 30. Marker in road at point where road turns across bridge over Kicking Horse River into Field station. The bridge. Can Pac R R station Field. Mertie West and Mrs Wesley walking up platform while waiting for train. 4 films
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2306_003 ark:/21198/zz002j3c1w
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Yoho National Park (B.C.) Railroad stations--Canada--Field Canadian Pacific Railway Company West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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