Glass statuette commemorating 50th anniversary of the relationship between Alcan and the District of Kitimat. Statuette consists of two roughly rectangular slabs of glass, one in front of the other, standing upright atop a trapezoidal base with a beveled edge. The two glass slabs are etched with snowflake patterns and their top edges have been cut into the shapes of mountain peaks. The front of the foremost slab has white writing (see Inscriptions) and the District of Kitimat's snowflake logo. Statuette is a light greenish-blue in colour.
Glass statuette commemorating 50th anniversary of the relationship between Alcan and the District of Kitimat. Statuette consists of two roughly rectangular slabs of glass, one in front of the other, standing upright atop a trapezoidal base with a beveled edge. The two glass slabs are etched with snowflake patterns and their top edges have been cut into the shapes of mountain peaks. The front of the foremost slab has white writing (see Inscriptions) and the District of Kitimat's snowflake logo. Statuette is a light greenish-blue in colour.
Physical Condition
Excellent
Material
glass
Condition Remarks
Small chip at the top right corner of the back glass slab. Two corners of the base have pads at the bottom and two do not.
Height
39.5 cm
Width
14 cm
Length
32 cm
Inscriptions
"Celebrating 50 Years 1953 to 2003. Presented to the District of Kitimat by Alcan Primary Metal - B.C., recognizing 50 years of shared history. March 31, 2003."
Alice Dicker's father, Benard, came to Canada to work in 1955. He was a forman D-shift for Alcan. He married Anna in 1959. Alice and her sister Claudia were born in Kitimat and the family lived here until 1969, at which time they returned to Germany.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alice, Claudia, and Anna Dicker with some sort of cartoon worm? statue. Fields, forest, and mountain in background behind them.
Cracks, looks like it has been broken and repaired
Height
26.5 cm
Width
5 cm
Length
5.3 cm
Accession Number
2010.13.6
Biographical Notes
John Moore is the son of Charles and Elizabeth Moore (nee Donough) who settled in the Kitimat Valley (1900-1919). Aubrey Wood is the husband of Elizabeth's niece.
Small black argillite totem pole. Sticker on back, reads "Haida Moore."
Physical Condition
poor
Material
argillite
Culture
Haida
Condition Remarks
Very cracked, glued together
Height
28 cm
Width
8 cm
Length
7 cm
Accession Number
2010.13.7
Biographical Notes
John Moore is the son of Charles and Elizabeth Moore (nee Donough) who settled in the Kitimat Valley (1900-1919). Aubrey Wood is the husband of Elizabeth's niece.