Lethbridge Family YMCA Building Opening
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- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 8 September 1968
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 20001076256
- Physical Description
- Colour photograph
- Scope and Content
- Mayor Andrew Charles Anderson addresses a crowd of about 300 people at the official opening of the Young Mens Christian Association (YMCA) building at 515 Stafford Drive South in Lethbridge. Richard Roy Davidson, seated with cane, listens to Mayor Anderson's speech.
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 8 September 1968
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- Colour photograph
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- History Biographical
- The Lethbridge Family YMCA building cost $1,046,000 to build. The provincial government provided a $100,000 grant for the project while the balance of the money was raised through fundraising by the YMCA. At the time the building was opened, the local YMCA had raised $965,000 and was continuing to solicit donations to make up the $81,000 balance owing on the building. [Source: The Lethbridge Herald, 9 September 1968, page 9]
- Scope and Content
- Mayor Andrew Charles Anderson addresses a crowd of about 300 people at the official opening of the Young Mens Christian Association (YMCA) building at 515 Stafford Drive South in Lethbridge. Richard Roy Davidson, seated with cane, listens to Mayor Anderson's speech.
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 20001076256
- Collection
- Archive
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