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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West standing along the bank of a lake in Stanley Park and feeding ducks. Mertie West stands in the near distance at right. The bank she stands upon arcs back from the bottom edge and to the right. Mertie stands near the bank's edge, in profile and facing left. She holds a bag in the crook of her elbow. Ahead of her, the lake expands through the image. A dozen or so ducks cluster together in the water, just in front of Mertie. Boats sail the lake in the distance at center. The opposite bank lines the background and silhouetted mountains rise in the far distance. Text from negative sleeve: 2311. Banff trip 1947. Vancouver July 1, 1947. Hudson Bay Company store. Ambassador hotel where we slept. Georgia Hotel where we stopt [sic] going north June 24, Man picking up ice from street in front of Can Pac R R depot. View in Stanley Park. Mertie West feeding ducks in lake Stanley Park. Mertie West in lawn at the park. 7 films
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2311_006 ark:/21198/zz002j3d0v
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Stanley Park (Vancouver, B.C.) Ducks--Canada Lakes & ponds--Canada--Vancouver Animal feeding--Canada--Vancouver West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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