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Al Klopfenstein playing the alphorn
- Date Range
- August 1987
- Collection
- Interior News fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Photo of Al Klopfenstein playing the alphorn at the Hug Farm. A gathering of Bulkley Valley Swiss descedants was held there in August 1987 to celebrate the 696th birthday of Switzerland and the 50-year anniversary of the arrival of the first Swiss immigrants in Smithers. Hans Steinacher, the Swiss …
- Collection
- Interior News fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Fonds No.
- BF5
- Series No.
- S4
- Item No.
- P8376
- Accession No.
- 2020.36
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph; colour
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- Date Range
- August 1987
- 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 Al Klopfenstein playing the alphorn at the Hug Farm. A gathering of Bulkley Valley Swiss descedants was held there in August 1987 to celebrate the 696th birthday of Switzerland and the 50-year anniversary of the arrival of the first Swiss immigrants in Smithers. Hans Steinacher, the Swiss consul-general in Vancover, was in attendance.
- 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.
- Notes
- Appeared in the Interior News, August 26th 1987. Negatives available.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
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