Touchstones Nelson: Museum of Art and History has announced that the society’s cellulose nitrate film is now ready for public viewing.
The public launch of these newly accessible collections will be celebrated at Touchstones Nelson on Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m. Refreshments will be served after a brief presentation. Admission is free for members and $2 for non-members.
Supported through a grant from the Columbia Basin Trust (City of Nelson and regional district Area E), the project has helped to preserve hazardous and deteriorating nitrate negatives.
The negatives from Touchstones Nelson’s extensive photographic collection have been digitized and are accessible for viewing through Touchstones Nelson’s photostream account on Flickr via flickr.com/photos/touchstonesnelson. This Flickr account allows the general user to help identify individuals in the photos, as well as landmarks and locations by leaving comments and/or tagging images.
The film includes photographs by J.H. Allen, G.A. Meeres, and Dick Spurway, as well as images of the CPR construction of the Procter-Kootenay Landing link.
More photographs will be uploaded onto this account regularly, so be sure to check it out.