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Snapshots [photo album]

Photo album containing pictures from Lyon's life including his time at Union College and images of Coal Harbour, Point Grey, performing gymnastics, Penticton Beach, Canyon Dam and Lake, De Renzie's Lake, Okanagan Valley, Lightning Lakes, deer hunting, coyotes, Chute lake, old Penticton Dam, Deer Lake, Island Lake, Ellis Creek, Crowe's Dam, camping, Triangle Lakes, the building of the Pattullo Bridge, White Lake, Salisbury Lodge, forest surveys, Harrison Lake, and Big Silver Creek.

In Collection:
Creator Subject Language Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 1 photograph album (approximately 300 photographs) ; 18.5 x 28.5 cm
Geographic Coverage Coordinates
  • 53.99983, -125.0032
  • 49.5, -121.833333
  • 50.36386, -119.34997
  • 49.48062, -119.58584
Additional physical characteristics
  • A photo album with photo corners used to hold prints. White hand-lettering captions describe images on each page. Photographs are largely 6 x 9 cm. Included in the album is one pencil sketch of a stone structure on paper measuring 28 x 22 cm.
Physical Repository Collection
  • Chester P. Lyons Collection
Provenance
  • Fonds donated to UVic Archives by Lyons' daughter, Susan Lyons, in 2007.
Provider Genre Archival item identifier
  • Accession Number: 2007-039; Series: Photographic materials; Subseries: 03; File: 4.2
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • January 2025
Technical note
  • Scanned on TTI/Betterlight system [missing one floodlight, balanced to best of our ability. 1/15 (cover at 1/12); 283; bent 6 stops, camera height 900] by PD. Metadata by KD.
Rights
  • This item is under copyright and made available on this site for research and private study only. Commercial use is prohibited. For all other uses please contact UVic Libraries' Special Collections and University Archives.
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