Lethbridge Family YMCA Building Opening
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- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 8 September 1968
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 20001076257
- Physical Description
- Colour photograph
- Scope and Content
- An unidentified dignitary 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.
- 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
- An unidentified dignitary 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.
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 20001076257
- Collection
- Archive
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