Antique Hand-Tinted Photograph by JACK STOCKS: 'PENTICTON, British Columbia'

Antique B&W Hand-Tinted photograph of Penticton, BC., by Jack Stocks of the Stocks Family Collection in Penticton. This beautiful vintage image was carefully hand-tinted in delicate blues and greens, and depicts the historic view overlooking Lake Okanagan and the Munson Mountains. Original frame and single matte are in excellent condition. No dust cover on the back, and the Title and Name are in pencil..."Stocks" Penticton.  

ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER: Lumb and Marion Stocks were the parents of David and Jack. It was Jack who collected the collection, and on his passing, his brother David preserved an extensive collection of photographs from the early-to-mid 1900s in what is known as the Stocks Family Collection. Brian Wilson, executive director of the Okanagan Archives Trust Society, said he first met David in 1979 after Jack Stocks passed away from cancer. Jack had taken over the Stocks Cameras shop in downtown Penticton following their father’s death in 1948. “Most of the historical information we have in our (Archives Trust) Society is basically from that period when Jack was a very prolific photographer,” Wilson said. Following his brother’s death, David Stocks asked Wilson to help him assess all the photos kept at the shop.