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Doug and Joyce Cox Research Collection

George Meeres Collection Meeres, George A. (1878-1972)

Description

Album consists of professional photographs captured by George Albert Meeres as an individual and George Albert Meeres as a representative of George Meeres Photographic and Art Studio (established 1939). Geographies documented centre on the Okanagan, Shuswap, and Thompson regions ranging from Osoyoos, BC (southern boundary of coverage) to Revelstoke, BC (north-eastern boundary of coverage) and Chase, BC (northwestern boundary of coverage). Includes Penticton, Oyama, Winfield, Okanagan Centre, Vernon, Lumby, Armstrong, Falkland, Enderby, Salmon Arm, Grindrod, Sicamous, Tappen – with predominant coverage of Vernon, BC. A suite of photographs within the subseries provides coverage of the Armstrong Fall Fair, later termed the Interior Provincial Exhibition (IPE) during the 1940s and early 1950s.

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Title
George Meeres Collection
Creator
Meeres, George A. (1878-1972)
Date Created
[between 1920 and 1951]
Description
Album consists of professional photographs captured by George Albert Meeres as an individual and George Albert Meeres as a representative of George Meeres Photographic and Art Studio (established 1939). Geographies documented centre on the Okanagan, Shuswap, and Thompson regions ranging from Osoyoos, BC (southern boundary of coverage) to Revelstoke, BC (north-eastern boundary of coverage) and Chase, BC (northwestern boundary of coverage). Includes Penticton, Oyama, Winfield, Okanagan Centre, Vernon, Lumby, Armstrong, Falkland, Enderby, Salmon Arm, Grindrod, Sicamous, Tappen – with predominant coverage of Vernon, BC. A suite of photographs within the subseries provides coverage of the Armstrong Fall Fair, later termed the Interior Provincial Exhibition (IPE) during the 1940s and early 1950s.
Extent
478 photographs : 443 b&w ; 25cm x 20cm and smaller ; 35 large format b&w ; 50cm x 20cm.
Subject
Commercial facilities; Business and Commerce; Portraits; Landscapes (Representations); Buildings; Agriculture; Cities and Towns; Bodies of Water
Geographic Location
Penticton (B.C.) ; Oyama (B.C.) ; Winfield (B.C.) ; Okanagan Centre (B.C.) ; Vernon (B.C.) ; Lumby(B.C.) ; Armstrong (B.C.) ; Falkland (B.C.) ; Enderby (B.C.) ; Salmon Arm (B.C.) ; Grindrod (B.C.) ; Sicamous (B.C.) ; Tappen (B.C.)
Genre
Album
Type
Still Image
File Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Identifier
OSC_ARC_01_COLL_MEE
Collection
Doug and Joyce Cox Research Collection
Source
Original Format: University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus. Library. Okanagan Special Collections and Archives. Doug and Joyce Cox Research Collection
Date Available
2017-04-18
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Images provided for research and reference only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Okanagan Special Collections and Archives: http://library.ok.ubc.ca/use-the-library/collections/special-collections-archives/
DOI
10.14288/1.0343662
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Rights

Images provided for research and reference only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Okanagan Special Collections and Archives: http://library.ok.ubc.ca/use-the-library/collections/special-collections-archives/