[BCMA] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE First World War Illustrated at the O'Keefe Ranch, January 11, 2018

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: January 11, 2018
Contact: Kelly MacIntosh
Marketing and Events Coordinator
250-542-7868   <mailto:events at okeeferanch.ca> events at okeeferanch.ca 
https://okeeferanch.ca/ranch-history/okeeferanchfirstworldwar 

 

First World War Illustrated at the O'Keefe Ranch

 

2018 marks the beginning of a new year at the O'Keefe Ranch, as well as the
centenary of the close of the First World War. 

 

Cornelius O'Keefe and his late wife, Mary Ann, contributed three sons to the
war, as well as a grandson. The war, as a major fixture in this Canadian
family's life, has been a major focus for exhibitions and research at the
Ranch, which will come to a close in 2018 with a final exhibition, entitled
14-18: The First World War Illustrated. 

 

The centre of this exhibition is a collection of 123 glass "magic lantern"
slides, which were created in the early 1920s and marketed towards wealthy
families like the O'Keefes, to view collectively and feel as though they
were part of the action. The collection was donated to the Ranch archives by
Cornelius' granddaughter, along with two original slide viewers. In 2017, it
was fully digitized through the Okanagan Region Historical Digitization
Project with UBC Okanagan and will be projected in the Greenhow museum from
May - October 2018. Also on view will be photographs, posters and magazines
that date to the First World War, and visitors are invited to question the
type of message that was portrayed to families during the war. 

 

Further, members of the community are invited to participate in the
exhibition by submitting their own First World War photographs-the images
will be scanned as per museum standards, and the originals returned promptly
to the contributors, as well as a copy of the scans. Interested individuals
should call or email Curator Carla-Jean Stokes
<mailto:curator at okeeferanch.ca> curator at okeeferanch.ca 250-542-7686 before
March 15th. 

 

14-18: The First World War Illustrated is one of three new 2018 exhibitions
that will be available for viewing May through October.

The O'Keefe Ranch and Greenhow Museum will re-open to the public in May
2018. The Ranch is located at 9380 Hwy 97N Vernon BC. For more information
visit  <http://www.okeeferanch.ca> www.okeeferanch.ca 

The O'Keefe Ranch tells the story of early BC Ranching and endeavors to
preserve the history and culture of the early ranching era for future
generations. The Ranch is a registered charitable organization, historic
site and museum.

Photos: O'Keefe Ranch Archives, 2004.0009.007.1, Sentry on Salisbury Plain,
1914.

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Kelly MacIntosh
Marketing and Special Events Coordinator

250 542 7868 ext 201 events at okeeferanch.ca  
 <https://okeeferanch.ca/> Okeefe_Logo_Stacked_Black cropped          
The Ranch is now closed for the regular season, re-opening May 2018

 

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