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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
73.3.3.25
Scope and Content
Photograph showing a large row of men using many buckets of water to put out a bushfire. An old model of fire engine can be seen off in the background, with many fallen and burnt trees.
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
73.3.3.25
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 Photograph : b&w : 23.7 x 18.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing a large row of men using many buckets of water to put out a bushfire. An old model of fire engine can be seen off in the background, with many fallen and burnt trees.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[8 December, 1958]
Accession Number
2005.8.8659
Scope and Content
Photograph showing the inside of a house after it was destroyed by a fire.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8659
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[8 December, 1958]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 15 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing the inside of a house after it was destroyed by a fire.
Part Of
John Cruikshank Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1954-1964
Accession Number
2001.13.1
Scope and Content
Black book containing fire records from the Kitimat Fire Department.
Part Of
John Cruikshank Collection
Creator
Kitimat Fire Department
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2001.13.1
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1954-1964
Physical Description
1 book
Scope and Content
Black book containing fire records from the Kitimat Fire Department.
Notes
Book published by Cairns & Bro., Inc. (Allwood) Clifton N.J. Fire Record Book No. 142.
Storage Location
Map Cabinet Drawer 7
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[May 21, 1959]
Accession Number
2005.8.8646
Scope and Content
Photograph showing Bert's Boat Yard the morning after the workshop was completely gutted by a fire.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8646
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[May 21, 1959]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing Bert's Boat Yard the morning after the workshop was completely gutted by a fire.
Subject Access
Bert's Boat Yard
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[January 5, 1956]
Accession Number
2005.8.8656
Scope and Content
Photograph showing firefighters putting out an apartment fire on Kingfisher Ave.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8656
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[January 5, 1956]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 19 x 18.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing firefighters putting out an apartment fire on Kingfisher Ave.
Notes
$175,000 in damage

Fire Chief Standing Outside

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description32268
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September, 1954
Accession Number
2005.8.8983
Scope and Content
Photograph showing Kitimat's Fire Chief, Aubrey Creed standing outside of a building.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8983
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September, 1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 19 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing Kitimat's Fire Chief, Aubrey Creed standing outside of a building.
Name Access
Creed, Aubrey

Civic Center Destroyed by Fire

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29803
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[February 3, 1955]
Accession Number
2005.8.8657
Scope and Content
Photograph showing Terrace's Civic Center up in flames.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8657
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[February 3, 1955]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 18 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing Terrace's Civic Center up in flames.
Notes
Estimated $250,000 in damage
Part Of
John Manders fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956-1957
Accession Number
1999.4.14
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kitimat Hotel, which opened May 26, 1955.
Part Of
John Manders fonds
Creator
John Manders
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
1999.4.14
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956-1957
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 in
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kitimat Hotel, which opened May 26, 1955.
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950-1953
Accession Number
2002.44.36
Scope and Content
Photograph of looking down the Kitimat River. Small house on right side in distance.
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Creator
Feliks Rewers
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.44.36
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950-1953
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3.5 x 5 in
Custodial History
Wanda Rewers
Scope and Content
Photograph of looking down the Kitimat River. Small house on right side in distance.
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950s
Accession Number
2002.44.59
Scope and Content
Photograph of wharf at Kitimat (smeltersite). Man can be seen walking on the wharf.
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Creator
Feliks Rewers
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.44.59
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950s
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 2.5 x 3.5 in
Custodial History
Wanda Rewers
Scope and Content
Photograph of wharf at Kitimat (smeltersite). Man can be seen walking on the wharf.
Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Accession Number
2003.8.20
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kitimat Hotel.
Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Creator
Malcolm Orsted
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.8.20
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3.5 x 3.5 in
History / Biographical
Malcolm Orsted arrived in Terrace BC in 1955 to work for the CNR as an assistant agent. In 1956 he started to work in Alcan.
Custodial History
Malcolm Orsted
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kitimat Hotel.
Part Of
Alice Dicker Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[between 1955 and 1959]
Accession Number
2018.18.11
Scope and Content
Photograph of the backside view of some Kitimat homes. Oriole Street? There is a sidewalk leading to the street on the right with a person walking on the grass to the left of it. Some newly planted trees are in the grass.
Part Of
Alice Dicker Collection
Creator
Alice Dicker
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2018.18.11
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[between 1955 and 1959]
Physical Description
1 photograph : colour ; 10 x 13.5cm
History / Biographical
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 the backside view of some Kitimat homes. Oriole Street? There is a sidewalk leading to the street on the right with a person walking on the grass to the left of it. Some newly planted trees are in the grass.
Storage Location
Photograph Storage

Kitimat, Minette Bay, Smelter, Kitimat River Aerial

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description17119
Part Of
Busby Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[1961-1967]
Accession Number
2002.27.11
Scope and Content
Aerial photograph of Kitimat, Minette Bay, Smelter, Kitimat River
Part Of
Busby Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.27.11
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[1961-1967]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm
Custodial History
Part of binder assembled by Bill Flonders - Employment, Training & Apprenticeship, Alcan. Given to Fred Busby.
Scope and Content
Aerial photograph of Kitimat, Minette Bay, Smelter, Kitimat River
Name Access
Busby, Fred
Cymbaluk, Virgil
Flonders, Bill
Subject Access
Minette Bay
Smelter
Kitimat River
Storage Location
Photograph Storage

Sandhill on Kitimat River

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description30405
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950-1953
Accession Number
2002.44.32
Scope and Content
Photograph of sandhill on Kitimat River.
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Creator
Feliks Rewers
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.44.32
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950-1953
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3.5 x 5 in
Custodial History
Wanda Rewers
Scope and Content
Photograph of sandhill on Kitimat River.

Welcoming the Premier to Kitimat

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description30529
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[May 3, 1956]
Accession Number
2005.8.8749
Scope and Content
Photograph showing R.E Montador, Thomas H. Christie, Reeve Wilbur Hallman, P.E Radley, Waldo Skillings and R.S. Lawrence welcoming Premier W.A.C. Bennett to Kitimat
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8749
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[May 3, 1956]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 18.5 x 23 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing R.E Montador, Thomas H. Christie, Reeve Wilbur Hallman, P.E Radley, Waldo Skillings and R.S. Lawrence welcoming Premier W.A.C. Bennett to Kitimat
Name Access
Montador, R.E.
Christie, Thomas H.
Hallman, Wilbur
Skillings, Waldo
Lawrence, R.S.
Bennett, W.A.C.

Welcome to Kitimat sign

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description137
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the welcome sign for Kitimat on the wharf that greeted all workers to the Kitimat Project upon their arrival by boat.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
131
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the welcome sign for Kitimat on the wharf that greeted all workers to the Kitimat Project upon their arrival by boat.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Hal Whiting was Project Manager, Kitimat Constructors, for smelter and town construction. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.113
Subject Access
Smelters
Images

Kitimat planning conference

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description182
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
2005.8.1405
Scope and Content
Photo depicts three men examining a map. From left is Alcan's Chief Planner James Dudley from Vancouver; Town Planner Albert Mayer; Julian Whittlesey of New York.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
176
Accession Number
2005.8.1405
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts three men examining a map. From left is Alcan's Chief Planner James Dudley from Vancouver; Town Planner Albert Mayer; Julian Whittlesey of New York.
Notes
Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Name Access
Dudley, James
Mayer, Albert
Whittlesey, Julian
Subject Access
Planning
Images

Kitimat Kitty and crew

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description199
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Kay Pentecost, better known as "Kitimat Kitty". KMA# 2014.14.46
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
193
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Kay Pentecost, better known as "Kitimat Kitty". KMA# 2014.14.46
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission Collection
Name Access
Pentecost, Kay
Subject Access
Employees
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1965
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men standing beside a boat on the beach at the Kitimat Yacht Club. The Alcan aluminum smelter can be seen in the background.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
239
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1965
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men standing beside a boat on the beach at the Kitimat Yacht Club. The Alcan aluminum smelter can be seen in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. 65-00619. Fred Busby Collection 2002.27
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1965
Scope and Content
Exterior of the Kitimat-Gordon Hotel at the corner of 5th Street and Enterprise Avenue.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
247
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1965
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Exterior of the Kitimat-Gordon Hotel at the corner of 5th Street and Enterprise Avenue.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. School District No. 80 Collection 982.91.5
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Hotels
Images

20 records – page 1 of 1.