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Accession Number
988.021.010
Description
A colour photograph of the facade of a large red brick two-story house (Ashnola), cream-coloured ashlar stones laid in along the corners of the walls and around window openings, the pitched roof grey in colour, one small gable at left, a larger one at right, a tower between them, its roof clad in greyish metal, on the top of it a weathervane.
Narrative
The donor was employed as a nurse at the Gorge Road Hospital and took this photograph just before the demolition of Ashnola in 1970.
History of Use
The donor took this photograph in 1970 and kept it in her Victoria, B.C. residence until donating it to The Castle Society in 1988. 
Date
1970
Dimensions
8.1 cm x 8.4 cm
Photograph Type
Chromogenic process
Subject/Image
Ashnola, also known as Gorge Road Hospital.
Medium
Photographic
Support
Paper, Photographic paper
Inscription
Front view of old home. Turret was lead. The lead was bought by the Rifle Club to make bullets. Torn down in 1970 for new hospital, Gorge Road Hospital.
Country of Origin
Canada