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 a child in City Centre parking lot. Likely Alice or Claudia Dicker. Many Cars parked behind her. Kitimat General Hospital in background.
Photograph showing Aime Gange of Alcan in Eastern Canada explaining the points of the the local aluminum operations to Lorenzo Pare, editorial director, L'Action, Quebec City.
Photograph showing Aime Gange of Alcan in Eastern Canada explaining the points of the the local aluminum operations to Lorenzo Pare, editorial director, L'Action, Quebec City.
The exterior of the new Kitimat Public Library at Nechako Centre, Mount Elizabeth in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Famed Canadian documentary photographer Malak Karsh was hired in the 1950s by Alcan to take photographs of Arvida and Kitimat. Many were published in Alcan literature and textbooks on Canada. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Photograph of Kitimat Yacht Club, boat on beach in foreground, one man at stern left, one man in boat standing up through the hatch, one man at bow right, painting trim of boat.
Part of binder assembled by Bill Flonders - Employment, Training & Apprenticeship, Alcan. Given to Fred Busby.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kitimat Yacht Club, boat on beach in foreground, one man at stern left, one man in boat standing up through the hatch, one man at bow right, painting trim of boat.
photograph showing Finland's Military Attache, Col. V.O. Mielonen and Sweden's Military Attache, Col. A. Wahlgren standing on the bridge of the HMSC Fortune as they arrive to Kitimat
photograph showing Finland's Military Attache, Col. V.O. Mielonen and Sweden's Military Attache, Col. A. Wahlgren standing on the bridge of the HMSC Fortune as they arrive to Kitimat
Photograph showing Lt. Col. F. Lutz from the Netherlands and Commander G.E. Thaeter from Germany standing on the bridge of the HMCS Cowichan as they arrive to Kitimat.
Photograph showing Lt. Col. F. Lutz from the Netherlands and Commander G.E. Thaeter from Germany standing on the bridge of the HMCS Cowichan as they arrive to Kitimat.
