Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
A2023.000.010.1036 |
Object Name |
Transparency, Slide |
Tagline |
Slide of a black and white photograph of the Rossland Drill Hall on a black background photographed on a red, floral-patterned carpet, date unknown. The original photograph dates from circa 1910. |
Collection |
MS 36 - McDonald Family Collection |
Description |
Slide of a black and white photograph of the Rossland Drill Hall on a black background photographed on a red, floral-patterned carpet. The drill hall consists of a large brick building with a gable roof and a built-out entrance. The basement/lower section of building has a rough stone finish rather than the brick used on the rest of the building. There are six windows spaced throughout the lower section of the building on the left side and six large windows are spaced throughout the main part of the building. The front of the building has several large windows – two on either side of the entrance and at least one on the side of the entrance. The entrance has large white double doors with "DRILL HALL" in large letters above them. A small fence encompasses the ground to the left of the drill hall, butting up to the building. A set of parallel bars (hitching posts?) and a large power/telephone in front of the building completes the scene. The photograph is on a black background for either digitization purposes to have a neutral background or the photograph is in a black-paged album. The photograph was captured as an early digitization technique so that the photograph could be used in a presentation. |
Photographer |
Jack McDonald |
Date |
/ / |
Medium |
35mm Photograph Slide |
Provenance |
The Rossland Drill Hall was built in 1904 as a response to the Boer War. The building was designed by David Ewart, the chief dominion architect for the ministry of defense. At the time of construction, it was Rossland’s largest indoor recreation building. The basement was fortified in order to store weapons. The Rossland Drill Hall (also called the Rossland Armoury) was home to the Rocky Mountain Rangers and the Rossland Legion Branch #14, but served as a school house multiple times during Rossland’s history. Central students were relocated to the Drill Hall after the 1917 fire and students from MacLean School used the Drill Hall while the school was being rebuilt after a fire 1981. At the time of cataloguing the Rossland Arts Centre Society is working to convert the Drill Hall into an arts centre. |
Search Terms |
Rossland Drill Hall |
Subjects |
Photography Digitization Presentation Drill Hall Heritage Building Armoury |