Title: Stork Block Fire on the 700 Block of 2nd Avenue West, showing the Prince Rupert Hotel next door at Prince Rupert, B.C. in 1957

This record describes an item in the Wrathall Photo Finishing Ltd. fonds.

Creator: Wrathall, John (Jack) Richmond

Date: 1957

Physical Description: ["1 acetate negative : b&w ; 9.5 x 12 cm (referred to as copy 1)", "1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm (referred to as copy 2)", "1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm (referred to as copy 3)"]

Scope & Content: Item consists of the Stork Block on fire, and the Prince Rupert Hotel next door on the 700 Block of 2nd Avenue West. Fire men can be seen trying to put out the fire and cars and onlookers can also be seen. Handwritten annotation on recto of copy 2 reads: "Rupert. Hotel. Stork Blk. Burns Down. 700 Blk. 2nd. Ave." Stamped annotation on verso of copies 1 and 2 reads: "Photo by Jack Wrathall Prince Rupert, B. C."

Responsibility: John (Jack) Richmond Wrathall

Notes:
• Title based on contents of image.
• See photograph P990-40-5422.

Name Access:
Stork Block
Prince Rupert Hotel
2nd Avenue West
Wrathall, John (Jack) Richmond

Subject Access:
Fires
Disasters
Hotels
Streets
Buildings and Structures

Geographic Access:
Prince Rupert, B.C.

Accession Number: WP996-29-10450

Negative Number: JRW1254

Record ID: 4199


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