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First helicopter to land in Smithers
- Date Range
- June 1949
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Photo of a helicopter and survey crew in a field in Smithers, with Hudson Bay Mountain in the background. Taken by Marcella Edmonds, whose future husband Wally Love was almong the locals hired to work on the survey team.
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Creator
- Marcella Love
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P8913
- Accession No.
- 2021.5
- Physical Description
- 1 digital photograph; b&w
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- Date Range
- June 1949
- History / Biographical
- Photo depicts the first helicopter ever to land in Smithers and work in the area. It was chartered from Okanagan Air Services and local men were hired to work on a topographical survey team.
- Custodial History
- Item was lent to the museum by Marcella Edmonds Love sometime prior to 2016 (likely between 2007 and 2014) along with other photographs related to Smithers' aviation history. They were found in collections in early 2021; two of the photos were officially donated and accessioned while the rest were returned to Love's daughter Lorna Perry.
- Scope and Content
- Photo of a helicopter and survey crew in a field in Smithers, with Hudson Bay Mountain in the background. Taken by Marcella Edmonds, whose future husband Wally Love was almong the locals hired to work on the survey team.
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Notes
- Digital copy only.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
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