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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

Ben Dicker at Smeltersite

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description36344
Part Of
Alice Dicker Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[between 1955 and 1959]
Accession Number
2018.18.28
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ben Dicker standing in front of a car at Smeltersite. Bus and home in background.
Part Of
Alice Dicker Collection
Creator
Alice Dicker
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2018.18.28
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 Ben Dicker standing in front of a car at Smeltersite. Bus and home in background.
Name Access
Dicker, Benard
Storage Location
Photograph Storage

Feliks Rewers Standing in Front of Workers Bus

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description30324
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950-1953
Accession Number
2002.44.16
Scope and Content
Photograph of Feliks Rewers standing in front of the bus used to transport workers from camp to work.
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Creator
Feliks Rewers
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.44.16
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 Feliks Rewers standing in front of the bus used to transport workers from camp to work.
Name Access
Rewers, Feliks

Pair of Totem Poles standing in front of small house.

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description31670
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Accession Number
2003.5.55
Scope and Content
Pair of totem poles standing in front of small house.
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.5.55
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.6 x 25.7 cm
Scope and Content
Pair of totem poles standing in front of small house.
Storage Location
photograph storage

Artist Standing by His Painting

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description33876
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
{August 18, 1955}
Accession Number
2005.8.9353
Scope and Content
Photograph showing P.W. Taylor standing by his painting. This is a sample of the artist's exhibit in the Rec Hall.This particular scene was Mr. Taylor's first this year and was sparked with early spring inspiration.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.9353
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
{August 18, 1955}
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing P.W. Taylor standing by his painting. This is a sample of the artist's exhibit in the Rec Hall.This particular scene was Mr. Taylor's first this year and was sparked with early spring inspiration.
Notes
P.W. Taylor was a prolific painting from Sooke, B.C.
Name Access
Taylor, P.W.

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

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.

Totem Pole standing by Power Lines

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description31668
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Accession Number
2003.5.53
Scope and Content
Photograph shows totem pole standing in clearing. Note the fallen log, small shack, and tellephone cables in background.
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.5.53
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.6 cm 1 negative :b&w ; 10 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph shows totem pole standing in clearing. Note the fallen log, small shack, and tellephone cables in background.
Storage Location
photograph storage

Cars Parked in Front of a Kitimat Camp

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description36355
Part Of
Alice Dicker Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[between 1955 and 1959]
Accession Number
2018.18.39
Scope and Content
Photograph of cars parked in front of a Kitimat camp. Albatross homes on hill in background.
Part Of
Alice Dicker Collection
Creator
Alice Dicker
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2018.18.39
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 foreman 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 cars parked in front of a Kitimat camp. Albatross homes on hill in background.
Storage Location
Photograph Storage
Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Accession Number
2003.8.32
Scope and Content
Photograph of Hudson's Bay co + camp site next to Alcan.
Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Creator
Malcolm Orsted
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.8.32
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 Hudson's Bay co + camp site next to Alcan.
Part Of
Lorna Daniel Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
Aug 1955
Accession Number
2020.1.1
Scope and Content
Building Nechako School. Shop Easy at right.
Part Of
Lorna Daniel Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2020.1.1
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
Aug 1955
Physical Description
1 photograh : b&w ; 12.9 x 8.9 cm 1 negative: b&w ; 8.8 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Building Nechako School. Shop Easy at right.
Subject Access
Nechako School
Construction
Shop Easy Store
Geographic Access
Kitimat
Nechako
Nechako Neighbourhood
Storage Location
photograph storage
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[23 November 1956]
Accession Number
2005.8.8666
Scope and Content
Photograph showing a new apartment building built by G. W Golden Construction Ltd.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8666
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[23 November 1956]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 21.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing a new apartment building built by G. W Golden Construction Ltd.
Subject Access
G. W Golden Construction Ltd.

Base of Totem Standing in a small bunch of bushes

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description31480
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Accession Number
2003.5.39
Scope and Content
photograph shows a shot of the lower section of totem pole standing in the middle of a patch of small bushes and branches.
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.5.39
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.7 x 25.6 cm
Scope and Content
photograph shows a shot of the lower section of totem pole standing in the middle of a patch of small bushes and branches.
Storage Location
photograph storage

Welcoming Sir Seymour Howard to Kitimat

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description30393
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[September 1, 1955]
Accession Number
2005.8.8730
Scope and Content
Photograph showing William T. Boston, Lord Mayor of London's Sword Bearer and First Squire; W.J. Windrom, Canadian Pacific Airlines' Director of Developments; Sir Seymour Howard, Lord Mayor of London; Reeve Wilbur Hallman; Don Forward, President of the Kitimat Chamber of Commerence, and W.H. Mollroy, Canadian National Rallways' Superintendent standing in front of the train that Sir Seymour Howard arrived to Kitimat on.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8730
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[September 1, 1955]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 16 x 23 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing William T. Boston, Lord Mayor of London's Sword Bearer and First Squire; W.J. Windrom, Canadian Pacific Airlines' Director of Developments; Sir Seymour Howard, Lord Mayor of London; Reeve Wilbur Hallman; Don Forward, President of the Kitimat Chamber of Commerence, and W.H. Mollroy, Canadian National Rallways' Superintendent standing in front of the train that Sir Seymour Howard arrived to Kitimat on.
Name Access
Boston, William T.
Windrom, W.J.
Howard, Sir Seymour
Hallman, Wilbur
Forward, Don
Mollroy, W.H.

Group of 4 Totem Poles standing Side by Side

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description31665
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Accession Number
2003.5.50
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a group of 4 lined up totem poles standing side by side by a road.
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.5.50
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.7 cm 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a group of 4 lined up totem poles standing side by side by a road.
Storage Location
photograph storage

2 men standing beside 2 seated men

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description34639
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[Oct 22, 1959]
Accession Number
2005.8.9566
Scope and Content
Photograph showing John Bernaur and Dr. Paul Woollacott stand. Dick Thompson and John gooding seated infront with food.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.9566
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[Oct 22, 1959]
Physical Description
1 photograph: b+w; 15x15cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing John Bernaur and Dr. Paul Woollacott stand. Dick Thompson and John gooding seated infront with food.

Nechako Centre Building in Operation

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description13860
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
78.11.110
Scope and Content
Nechako Centre Building in Operation looking east at kitimat townsite. 3 cars and one small truck are parked along the side of the building. Another car can be seen parked at the front of the building with several people walking through the covered area.
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.110
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w : 12.6 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Nechako Centre Building in Operation looking east at kitimat townsite. 3 cars and one small truck are parked along the side of the building. Another car can be seen parked at the front of the building with several people walking through the covered area.

Nechako Centre Library Building

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description36339
Part Of
Alice Dicker Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[between 1955 and 1959]
Accession Number
2018.18.23
Scope and Content
Photograph of Nechako Centre Library building and Mallard Street homes. Sidewalks in foreground.
Part Of
Alice Dicker Collection
Creator
Alice Dicker
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2018.18.23
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 Nechako Centre Library building and Mallard Street homes. Sidewalks in foreground.
Storage Location
Photograph Storage

Laying Foundations for Public Safety Building

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29804
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2005.8.8658
Scope and Content
Photograph showing workers laying the foundation for the new Public Safety Building.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8658
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 20 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing workers laying the foundation for the new Public Safety Building.
Subject Access
Public Safety Building

View of City Centre and Hudson's Bay Building

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description36332
Part Of
Alice Dicker Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[between 1955 and 1959]
Accession Number
2018.18.16
Scope and Content
Photograph of view of City Centre and Hudson's Bay building. Houses and Kildala School in background.
Part Of
Alice Dicker Collection
Creator
Alice Dicker
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2018.18.16
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 view of City Centre and Hudson's Bay building. Houses and Kildala School in background.
Storage Location
Photograph Storage

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