Category: The Rudolph P. Bratty Family Collection
Object Type: photograph
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Attributed to: Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Title: Bathing at Banff. The semi-circular outdoor swimming pool at the Banff Springs Hotel, which is said to have the finest swimming pool equipment anywhere on the continent, possessing two pools, one indoor and the other outdoor, and the most up to date equipment. The pool shown here measures 107 feet by 69 feet at its widest point. The pool shown here is flooded with warm sulphur water from natural hot springs nearby.
Date: ca. 1928
Medium: gelatin silver print with retouching
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: NYT.2016.0301.0019

Inscriptions:
Recto [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: 14-485-L-21-A [circled]; stamped: 703; typed: [adhered with paste] Bathing at Banff. [underscored] / The semi-circular outdoor swimming pool at the Banff Springs / Hotel, which is said to have the finest swimming pool equipment / anywhere on the continent, possessing two xxx [sic] pools, one indoor / and the other outdoor, and the most up to date equipment. / The pool shown here measures 107 feet by 69 feet at its widest / point. The pool shown xhere [sic] is flooded with warm suplhur [sic] / water from natural hot springs nearby. (30); handwritten: 1134-L [boxed and struck through]; stamped and handwritten: MID-WEEK / PICTORIAL / PAGE 14 / DATE Sept 1 /28 / SIZE 5 x 3 13/16 / SCALE 104; printed: [adhered with paste] SWIMMING POOL AT BANF[F] [obscured] / (Photos courtesy Canadian P[acific] [obscured]; handwritten: [adhered Post-it] Banf [sic] / #8 / Box; stamped: EARLE HOOKER EATON / U.S. PRESS REPRESENTATIVE / CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY / NEW YORK CITYRecto [pas d'inscription] ; Verso, écrit à la main : 14-485-L-21-A [entouré] ; cachet : 703 ; dactylographié : [collé] Baignade à Banff. [La piscine extérieure semi-circulaire de l'hôtel Banff Springs, dont on dit qu'il possède le meilleur équipement de piscine / du continent, avec deux piscines xxx [sic], l'une intérieure / et l'autre extérieure, et l'équipement le plus moderne. / La piscine présentée ici mesure 107 pieds sur 69 pieds à son point le plus large. La piscine présentée ici [sic] est inondée d'eau chaude suplhur [sic] / provenant de sources d'eau chaude naturelles situées à proximité. (30) ; manuscrit : 1134-L [encadré et barré] ; estampillé et manuscrit : Milieu de semaine / PICTORIAL / PAGE 14 / DATE 1 Sept /28 / SIZE 5 x 3 13/16 / SCALE 104 ; imprimé : [collé] SWIMMING POOL AT BANF[F] [obscured] / (Photos courtesy Canadian P[acific] [obscured] ; manuscrit : [Post-it collé] Banf [sic] / #8 / Box ; estampillé : EARLE HOOKER EATON / REPRÉSENTANT DE LA PRESSE DES ÉTATS-UNIS / CHEMIN DE FER CANADIEN DU PACIFIQUE / NEW YORK CITY

Credit Line: The Rudolph P. Bratty Family Collection, The Image Centre.