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.
Photograph of view looking west from the Kingfisher Avenue of the B.C. Telephone Building under construction. Brick framework is being placed. A man can be seen wroking in the building. A truck is parker out front to the right.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of view looking west from the Kingfisher Avenue of the B.C. Telephone Building under construction. Brick framework is being placed. A man can be seen wroking in the building. A truck is parker out front to the right.
Photograph of the B.C. Telephone Exchange under construction on Kingfisher Ave. Exterior appears complete. Lots of dirt piles around. Three men are visible out front.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of the B.C. Telephone Exchange under construction on Kingfisher Ave. Exterior appears complete. Lots of dirt piles around. Three men are visible out front.
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.
Photograph of nearly completed B.C. Telephone Exchange building on Kingfisher Avenue. There is a ladder against the outside of the building leading to the roof. Kitimat New Telephone Exchange sign is on the ground leaning against the building. On the right is a vehicle of some sort.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of nearly completed B.C. Telephone Exchange building on Kingfisher Avenue. There is a ladder against the outside of the building leading to the roof. Kitimat New Telephone Exchange sign is on the ground leaning against the building. On the right is a vehicle of some sort.
Photo showing wiring new equipment in Terrace Co-Op Grocery was Jim Baker, of Caledonia Electric. Looking on were Al Davis of Skeena Construction (Left) and Harry Morgan of Vancouver
Photo showing wiring new equipment in Terrace Co-Op Grocery was Jim Baker, of Caledonia Electric. Looking on were Al Davis of Skeena Construction (Left) and Harry Morgan of Vancouver
Photograph of B.C. Telephone crew spinning cable to messengers along road M. in neighbourhood C. One man is up on the pole, and the rest of the crew are down below. Three men are holding the cable from below. There is a truck behind them with the cable roll.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of B.C. Telephone crew spinning cable to messengers along road M. in neighbourhood C. One man is up on the pole, and the rest of the crew are down below. Three men are holding the cable from below. There is a truck behind them with the cable roll.
