Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2022.114.060e |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Actors and actresses from Phoenix Theatre, which is part of the University of Victoria's Department of Theatre, riding the no. 26 Gas Locomotive. The locomotive is nicknamed "The Green Hornet". |
Image File Name |
1992 - Phoenix Theatre Actors, Actresses & Green Hornet - Duncan - 2022114060e - 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 No. 26 Green Hornet Phoenix Theatre University of Victoria BCFDC |
Collection |
BCFDC Institutional Memory |
People |
Wieser |
Subjects |
People Locomotives Documentary, Cowichan Valley Documentary, Vancouver Island |