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The Bulkley Hotel, Main Street, Smithers, B.C.
- Date Range
- October 27,1916
- Collection
- Gilbert Clarke Killam fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- Gilbert Clarke Killam fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Other Title Info
- Title based on information written on back of the postcard.
- Creator
- Gilbert Clarke Killam
- Fonds No.
- PF26
- Item No.
- P0918
- Accession No.
- 1984.7
- Physical Description
- 1 postcard: b&w; 13 x 7.5 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- Negative Number
- F65; F218
- Date Range
- October 27,1916
- History / Biographical
- The hotel opened in 1914 and was built by the Carr brothers. R.E. Williams bought it in 1918 with Ed Orchard as the manager.
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Related Material
- P1502
- Notes
- Written on the back: "The Bulkley Hotel Smithers B.C. Don't you think we have some fine automobiles in Smithers. Hetty." (Ethel Barwise)
- P1502 is the same photo but with writing across the front. Its caption identifies this scene as a reception for W.J. Bowser.
- Ellen Coyle Myton (daughter of Joseph Coyle) stated in an oral history interview (2021.21.31) that the cars in this photo were the first ones in Smithers, and that she and Muriel Adams (daughter of J. Mason Adams) are in one of the cars.
- Negative copy also available.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Less detail
