Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2022.114.060a |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Three women dressed in costumes standing in front of the Shawnigan Lake Lumber Company No. 2 locomotive, nicknamed "Old Two Spot". They are actresses from Phoenix Theatre, which is part of the University of Victoria's Department of Theatre. |
Image File Name |
1992 - Phoenix Theatre Actresses - Duncan - 2022114060a - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1992/03/ |
Place |
Duncan |
Provenance |
Phoenix Theatre serves the academic requirements of the Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts degree programs in the Department of Theatre. The theatre itself is located in Oak Bay. "Allaboard!" was a musical revue that played from March 12 - 28 in 1992. The actors and actresses of the play came to the BC Forest Museum for rehearsal and to create promotional material(?). The BC Forest Museum is acknowledged on page 15 of the play's programme (see 2022.114.060f in the Archives). Born in Yorkshire, England in 1900, Gerry Wellburn moved to Victoria and later to Duncan in the 30s. Since a kid, Wellburn had been an avid collector first finding interest in stamps. In 1963, the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum Society (CVFM) was formed, and Wellburn, with the help of friends like Hector Stone, moved his collection of forestry artifacts (and more) from his home in Deerholme to a 15-acre site in Duncan overlooking Somenos Lake. It took several years of organizing and planning before the first visitors were welcomed in 1965. The museum was officially opened the following year. The name was changed to the BC Forest Museum (BCFM) in 1973. Gerry visited the BCFM for the last time in 1991 stating that, "I think you're finally getting it right." In 1999, the name was changed again to the current BC Forest Discovery Centre. |
Photographer |
Wieser, Leo |
Search Terms |
People Locomotive Shawnigan Lake Lumber Company Old Two Spot No. 2 Climax Vulcan Iron Works 0-4-0 ST Phoenix Theatre University of Victoria Women |
Collection |
BCFDC Institutional Memory |
People |
Wieser |
Subjects |
People Locomotives Women Documentary, Cowichan Valley Documentary, Vancouver Island |