Photo showing BC Telephone display at the 2nd annual Terrace Trade Fair. Two interested Kitimat visitors were Miss Nettie Shykora and Miss Dorothy Burns
Photo showing BC Telephone display at the 2nd annual Terrace Trade Fair. Two interested Kitimat visitors were Miss Nettie Shykora and Miss Dorothy Burns
Photo showing B.C. Telephone Exhibit held at the YMCA gym. L/R Hon. R.W. Bonner, QC., Attorney General and Minister of Industrial Development, Trade and Commerce. Fred Moonen, news supervisor for B.C. Telephone Co.
Photo showing B.C. Telephone Exhibit held at the YMCA gym. L/R Hon. R.W. Bonner, QC., Attorney General and Minister of Industrial Development, Trade and Commerce. Fred Moonen, news supervisor for B.C. Telephone Co.
Photograph of telephone exchange copes with rush. All members of the BC telephone staff helped to man the 30 shifts which kept the Kitimat exchange open during the holiday weekend. Girls at the long distance board are shown above with Mrs. Elizabeth McGill (right) who is putting through one of the 1659 long distance calls placed by Kitimat and Terrace residents during the three day Christmas rush. Local calls handled by the exchange in the same three days, December 24, 25, and 26, totalled 35094, with the heavist traffic Christmas Eve when, 14346 calls were handled.
Photograph of telephone exchange copes with rush. All members of the BC telephone staff helped to man the 30 shifts which kept the Kitimat exchange open during the holiday weekend. Girls at the long distance board are shown above with Mrs. Elizabeth McGill (right) who is putting through one of the 1659 long distance calls placed by Kitimat and Terrace residents during the three day Christmas rush. Local calls handled by the exchange in the same three days, December 24, 25, and 26, totalled 35094, with the heavist traffic Christmas Eve when, 14346 calls were handled.
Photo of C.J (Chuck) Finch B.C Telephone Company district & commercial & traffic manager, gives the signal starting the "cutover" of the terrace telephone system to automatic operation, before 11 pm on Sunday. With Forman Frank Brow.
Photo of C.J (Chuck) Finch B.C Telephone Company district & commercial & traffic manager, gives the signal starting the "cutover" of the terrace telephone system to automatic operation, before 11 pm on Sunday. With Forman Frank Brow.
Photograph of the Terrace telephone swtich to automatic operation. Douglas Gordon pulling off blocking tools; removal of hundreds of small fibre insulating strips.
Photograph of the Terrace telephone swtich to automatic operation. Douglas Gordon pulling off blocking tools; removal of hundreds of small fibre insulating strips.
Photograph showing a person climbing a telephone or power pole. They are wearing all black or very dark clothes. They some sort of safety gear or rope around their waist and appear to have special climbing boots.
Photograph showing a person climbing a telephone or power pole. They are wearing all black or very dark clothes. They some sort of safety gear or rope around their waist and appear to have special climbing boots.
Photo showing new telephone hook-up at Kitamaat Village: BC Tel's District Manager Stan Patterson with Mrs. Tom Robinson on the phone and Mrs. Harry Amos.
Photo showing new telephone hook-up at Kitamaat Village: BC Tel's District Manager Stan Patterson with Mrs. Tom Robinson on the phone and Mrs. Harry Amos.
Photo showing Kitamaat Village gets telephone hook-up. Harry Amos seated with the telephone. Standing from left: BC Tel's District Manager Stan Patterson, Tom Robinson, Heber Maitland, Alan Hall, Village Manager Robert Nelson and Reg Smith.
Photo showing Kitamaat Village gets telephone hook-up. Harry Amos seated with the telephone. Standing from left: BC Tel's District Manager Stan Patterson, Tom Robinson, Heber Maitland, Alan Hall, Village Manager Robert Nelson and Reg Smith.
