Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
A2023.000.010.1022 |
Object Name |
Transparency, Slide |
Tagline |
Slide of a black and white photograph of the St. Charles Hotel on a black background, date unknown. The original photo dates from 1897. |
Collection |
MS 36 - McDonald Family Collection |
Description |
Slide of a black and white photograph of the St. Charles Hotel on a black background. The hotel is a two-story building with a tiered façade on the top. The first floor has a door in the centre with large windows on their side and a secondary entrance on the left side. The windows have the hotel’s name and other branding on it. The second floor has a door in the centre with windows on either side and a covered patio. The name of hotel is on a large sign above the patio’s awning. There are six people standing or sitting on the patio and ten standing or sitting in front of the hotel. There are three pine trees spaced in front of the hotel and there is a building in the distance. 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 |
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Medium |
35mm Photograph Slide |
Provenance |
The St. Charles Hotel was located on Columbia Avenue, and like most other hotels in early Rossland, it was built in response to the gold boom in the late 1890s. In 1898, the hotel was reported to have a bar, dining room, club room, four bathrooms, and fourteen bedrooms as well as 23 additional beds in the attic. There was also an adjoining hall. The last time the St. Charles Hotel made an appearance in the directories was 1910, but it is unknown exactly when or why the hotel stopped operating. |
Search Terms |
St. Charles Hotel |
Subjects |
Photography Digitization Presentation Hotel Hospitality Business |