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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Date: January 11, 2018<br>Contact: Kelly MacIntosh<br>Marketing and Events Coordinator<br>250-542-7868 </span><a href="mailto:events@okeeferanch.ca"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>events@okeeferanch.ca</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <br><a href="https://okeeferanch.ca/ranch-history/okeeferanchfirstworldwar">https://okeeferanch.ca/ranch-history/okeeferanchfirstworldwar</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>First World War Illustrated at the O’Keefe Ranch<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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 <i>14-18: The First World War Illustrated</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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 </span><a href="mailto:curator@okeeferanch.ca"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>curator@okeeferanch.ca</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> 250-542-7686 before March 15<sup>th</sup>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>14-18: The First World War Illustrated </span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>is one of three new 2018 exhibitions that will be available for viewing May through October.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>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 </span><a href="http://www.okeeferanch.ca"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>www.okeeferanch.ca</span></a><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <span lang=EN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p><i>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.</i><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Photos: O’Keefe Ranch Archives, 2004.0009.007.1, <i>Sentry on Salisbury Plain</i>, 1914.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>###</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kelly MacIntosh<br>Marketing and Special Events Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>250 542 7868 ext 201 <a href="mailto:events@okeeferanch.ca">events@okeeferanch.ca</a> <br><a href="https://okeeferanch.ca/"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=153 height=80 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D38ACF.A216C160" alt="Okeefe_Logo_Stacked_Black cropped"></span></a> <br>The Ranch is now closed for the regular season, re-opening May 2018<b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>