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Barges loaded with flat-top houses

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description223
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
77.58.10
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two barges moored in Douglas Channel and loaded with flat-top house sections for construction workers and their families.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
217
Accession Number
77.58.10
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two barges moored in Douglas Channel and loaded with flat-top house sections for construction workers and their families.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Temporary housing destined for Kitimat was assembled at Vancouver Tug and Barge below the Lion's Gate Bridge in three sections, then barged to Kitimat - 10 houses or 30 sections on each barge. -- Electrician Bill Frahler wired approximately 2,000 houses in Kitimat camps and townsite between 1954 and 1958, working first for Johnson-Crooks then Straits Construction, both U.S. contractors. Pat Jimenez Collection
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Housing
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955 or 1956
Scope and Content
Photo depicts White Hall, the women's residence at Smeltersite.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
213
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955 or 1956
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts White Hall, the women's residence at Smeltersite.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Evelyn Harris Collection Accession # 70.30.1
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Images

Nechako Centre completed

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description260
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the exterior of the newly completed Nechako Centre in Kitimat, Shop Easy at the end of the complex. A bulldozer compacts the gravel - site preparation for the parking lot.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
254
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 22 cm
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the exterior of the newly completed Nechako Centre in Kitimat, Shop Easy at the end of the complex. A bulldozer compacts the gravel - site preparation for the parking lot.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Part of Board of School Trustees Collection 982.91
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Images

Temporary hospital at Alcan Beach

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description203
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
77.68.3
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the temporary hospital constructed on the beach at Smeltersite.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
197
Accession Number
77.68.3
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the temporary hospital constructed on the beach at Smeltersite.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Kitimat General Hospital Collection
Subject Access
Hospitals
Construction of Buildings
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Hullah houses, prefabricated and assembled on site.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
171
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographer Fred Ryan.
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Hullah houses, prefabricated and assembled on site.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. School District No. 80 Collection 982.91.23
Subject Access
Hullah Construction
Townsite
Images
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1957
Accession Number
2003.32.36
Scope and Content
Boys standing on dirt slope near house.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.32.36
Date Range
1957
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Boys standing on dirt slope near house.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
2003.32.58
Scope and Content
Group of people at opne house. Building appears to be still under construction.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.32.58
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Group of people at opne house. Building appears to be still under construction.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
2003.32.59
Scope and Content
Group of people next to 2 buildings.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.32.59
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Group of people next to 2 buildings.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
2003.32.60
Scope and Content
People next to 2 buildings.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.32.60
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
People next to 2 buildings.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
2003.32.61
Scope and Content
Group of people next to buildings
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.32.61
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Group of people next to buildings
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
2003.32.62
Scope and Content
3 women at table near building and cars
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.32.62
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
3 women at table near building and cars
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
2003.32.247
Scope and Content
First house being constructed in Kitimat.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.32.247
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
First house being constructed in Kitimat.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
2003.32.252
Scope and Content
Cleared area for homes. Some trucks driving around. Some homes in background.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.32.252
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Cleared area for homes. Some trucks driving around. Some homes in background.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
2003.32.253
Scope and Content
Cleared out area with hill and machinery on top.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.32.253
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Cleared out area with hill and machinery on top.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
2003.32.254
Scope and Content
Cleared out area with barrels.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.32.254
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Cleared out area with barrels.

House Under Construction

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29702
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
2003.32.57
Scope and Content
House under construction.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.32.57
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
House under construction.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
2003.32.255
Scope and Content
JC tent camp along dirt road.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.32.255
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
JC tent camp along dirt road.

GMC Truck and Orsted House

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description30631
Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957
Accession Number
2003.8.7
Scope and Content
Photograph of 1956 G.M.C. truck next to house Orsted's lived in in 1957.
Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Creator
Malcolm Orsted
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.8.7
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957
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 1956 G.M.C. truck next to house Orsted's lived in in 1957.

Century House, City Centre

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description259
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Accession Number
78.11.126
Scope and Content
Aerial of Kitimat's office building in the downtown area. The Royal Bank of Canada occupied the main floor, and Property and Power Operations for the Aluminum Company of Canada occupied an upper floor. Kildala Neighbourhood is shown in the background.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
253
Accession Number
78.11.126
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w 1 negative : b&w ; 6x7.5cm
Scope and Content
Aerial of Kitimat's office building in the downtown area. The Royal Bank of Canada occupied the main floor, and Property and Power Operations for the Aluminum Company of Canada occupied an upper floor. Kildala Neighbourhood is shown in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Alcan Collection. Negative found in 2014.14 collection.
Subject Access
commerce
Images

Alcan from Top of Carbon Plant

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description30648
Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Accession Number
2003.8.24
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alcan from top of carbon plant.
Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Creator
Malcolm Orsted
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.8.24
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 Alcan from top of carbon plant.

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