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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. According to the negative sleeve, this set of photographs is captured in color. The scans of these images are in black and white. Photograph of Mertie West sitting in a chair on the lawn of the Chateau Lake Louise hotel in Banff National Park. Chairs dot a grass lawn that stretches across the foreground. Mertie West sits in a chair on the lawn at center. She looks to the camera. A man sits in a chair to the right of her. Behind and to the left of Mertie, several other guests lounge in chairs on the lawn. A tiered and poppy-covered terrace stretches back and to the left along the back edge of the lawn. Beyond the terrace, the hotel stands in partial view, rising beyond the top frame. The Painter Wing enters frame from right and extends towards the left. Arched windows line the lowest level and balconies line a few of the upper levels. To the left of the hotel, pines stand in the background. Six punched holes line the bottom edge. Text from negative sleeve: Color 2319. Banff trip July 1947. Lake Louise June 29, 1947. 1 Mertie West on walk 2 Swimming pool, terrace and poppies 3 Mertie West in chair in front of hotel and poppies 4 Mertie West & hotel 5 Mertie West and swimming pool 6 Artist painted at lake edge
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2319_006 ark:/21198/zz002j3f2c
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Leisure--Canada--Lake Louise Hotels--Canada--Lake Louise Banff National Park (Alta.) West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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