Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1942-1944 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
51 photographs
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born in Waterloo Township; married Nora (Brubacher) in June 1941. Performed Alternative Service in British Columbia: Emory Creek (summer 1942), Cowichan (1942-1943). Went to Victoria and Vancouver to work on the portable sawmill project (winter 1942/1943). Returned home in November 1943. After the war, started L.A. Bechtel Construction and later Preston Building Supply.
Repository
Archival history
Photographs donated to the Archives after an interview with Bechtel conducted for the Alternative Service in World War II oral history project in 1975.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Consists of photographs taken or collected by Bechtel during his time in Alternative Service.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Not all photographs in this file have been scanned and described at the item level. Close variant photographs and scenic photographs have largely been omitted. The file in its entirety can be viewed at the Archives.