Collection

Interior News fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Fonds No.

BF5

Series No.

S4

Item No.

P8312

Accession No.

2020.36

Physical Description

1 photograph; colour

Scan Resolution

300 dpi

Date Range

[1980s]

History / Biographical

This house was built in 1915 by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway for its Smithers superintendent. It was apparently the first house in Smithers with modern plumbing. Joe and Jean MacDonald purchased the house in 1940 and raised three sons there. The house was sold in 1980 and relocated in 1988. (See Interior News, August 10th 1988, front page).

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

Photograph of the old log house formerly located at the corner of Third Avenue and King Street in Smithers.

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

P0706, P6280, P6281

Notes

Previous database records for photos of the same house misidentified it as the Carpenter family home (Della Herman's childhood home), which was built circa 1923 and located at the corner of 3rd Avenue and Dominion Street (3576 3rd Ave). These errors have all been corrected as of May 26th 2022.

Type of Record

Archival Description

Less detail