A gallows surrounded by a burnt forest hanging a large cigarette with signs on it reading "Ye Olde Manning Park Gallows" and "The one who droppedit should also be hanged Prevent Forest Fires B.C. Forest Service". Photo's caption reads "Designed by C.P. Lyons and Micky Trew about 1951? It was greatly photographed and publicized. Original had "Someone made this look like hell." Public Works."

In Collection:

• Chester P. Lyons Collection

Contributor

• Lyons, C. P. (Chester Peter), 1915-

Subject

• Forest fires--Prevention and control
• British Columbia. Ministry of Forests
• Parks--Management
• Forest fires
• BC Parks
• Monuments
• Wood-carving
• Wooden signs and signboards
• Parks--Maintenance
• Parks--Fire management
• Mountains
• Trees--Effect of fires on
• Forests and forestry
• Natural history
• Signs and signboards
• Nature
• Parks

Language

• eng

Date created

• 1951?

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 1 photograph ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Geographic Coverage

• British Columbia--Manning Provincial Park

Coordinates

• 49.06642, -120.78578

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Chester P. Lyons Collection

Provenance

• Fonds donated to UVic Archives by Lyons' daughter, Susan Lyons, in 2007.

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• black-and-white photographs
• photographs

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2007-039; Series: Photographic materials; Subseries: 03; File: 4.12.3

Fonds title

• Chester P. Lyons fonds

Fonds identifier

• AR409

Is referenced by

• Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chester-p-lyons-fonds

Date digitized

• March 2025

Technical note

• Scanned on Epson Expression 1300XL (600 DPI tif) by LG. 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.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/d7av-2r26

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