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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of a glacier in the Columbia Icefield, as viewed at a distance in either Jasper National Park or Banff National Park. In the near distance, an access road stretches on an upward angle from left to right across the image. A parking lot enters frame from right, below the access road, and intersects the road at center. Beyond the access road, a large glacier sits between 2 mountains at center. The mountains to either side of it are covered in snow. Text from negative sleeve: 2307. Banff trip June 1947. June 28, 1947. Bus trip Jasper to Lake Louise. Mertie West at a view point. Another view point. Columbian Ice Field. Chalet at Ice Field. Mertie West on step. Mertie West in front of ice field. Falls in Athabaska [sic] river en route. 2 films Mertie West and our bus en route. 8 films
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2307_003 ark:/21198/zz002j3c5z
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Columbia Icefield (B.C. and Alta.) Landscapes (Representations) Glaciers--Canada National parks & reserves--Canada
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