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Liquor Control Board inspector files

  • GR-0052
  • Series
  • 1931-1955

The series consists of Liquor Control Board inspector files relating to inspections of hotels and other licenced facilities throughout the province. The files were created and maintained by the Liquor Control Board in the Victoria office between 1931 and 1955 and are arranged by file number.

Each file refers to a specific hotel or licenced facility and contains memos, correspondence, inspector reports and follow up reports, names of staff and a list of licence holders. There may also be police reports and other reports concerning licence infractions. Some files have sketches and plans for renovation or expansion and the occasional file may have a photograph.

There are three runs of files: classification prefix 121 for hotels and bars; classification prefix 122 for clubs and classification prefix 123 for Legions. Files 121/1 to 121/114 are missing from the series. In addition there are occasional gaps in the file run, with some files missing completely and others cross referenced to a dead file drawer. The location of the records in the dead file drawer is unknown.

British Columbia. Liquor Control Board

William S. Lythgoe fonds

  • PR-2156
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1940-1960]

The fonds consists of photographs of hotels, motels, public houses, bars, taverns, and saloons in all regions of British Columbia; the locations are predominantly rural areas and small towns. While focusing on the buildings, the photos also contain subjects which include: people, automobiles, parking lots, street scenes, bridges, and business establishments such as stores and restaurants. The photographs probably date from the 1940s and 1950s. The photographer(s) are not identified.

The photographs probably relate to Lythgoe's activities as an inspector for the B.C. Liquor Control Board. That body created beer license files which often contained photographs. The fonds also consists of a photocopy of a seven page key/index for the photos, broken down by regions of the province. However, the key has inaccuracies when compared against the photographs. There are annotations on the reverse side of some of the photographs, providing some historical information and description of the buildings.

Lythgoe, William Scott