Collection

Interior News fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Creator

Jennifer McLarty

Fonds No.

BF5

Series No.

S4

Item No.

P8147

Accession No.

2020.36

Physical Description

1 photograph; colour

Scan Resolution

300 dpi

Date Range

September 1996

History / Biographical

At the time this photo was taken, skateboarders in Smithers had recently asked town council for a skate park so they did not have to compete for space with pedestrians and vehicles. (See Interior News, September 11th 1996).

Custodial History

Photo was taken by Interior News staff for publication in the paper. It was retained by the Interior News until being transferred to the Bulkley Valley Museum, likely in 2007, as part of a large donation of photographs, negatives, and textual records. Item was stored in Room 6 until being found in collections and accessioned in Fall 2020.

Scope and Content

Photo of a group of young skateboarders in the Bulkley Valley Swimming Pool parking lot.

Arrangement

Item was found in an envelope with other photographs from the same date. All photographs in this series have been removed from original order and arranged in the order in which they were scanned.

Geographic Access

Smithers, B.C.

Related Material

P8146

Type of Record

Archival Description

Less detail