Photograph of Mrs Marie Tolhurst, Burns Lake 1956.
Others in photo are Gladys Sevick (Hanke?), Audrey Lougheed, Doris Allan (matron of Burns Lake hospital), Agnes Hammry. They are standing in front of a building. Car in background on right.
Gabriel (Gabor) Nyeste was one of the leaders of the Scouts of the First Kitimat Troop (Boy Scouts). He moved to Kitimat to work on the Alcan project and left in the early 60s. He passed away in Kamloops in July 2020.
Custodial History
Donated by Gabriel Nyeste, Aug 6 1983.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mrs Marie Tolhurst, Burns Lake 1956.
Others in photo are Gladys Sevick (Hanke?), Audrey Lougheed, Doris Allan (matron of Burns Lake hospital), Agnes Hammry. They are standing in front of a building. Car in background on right.
Photo depicts Electrician Bill Frahler's family standing beside his truck. Johnson-Crooks houses under construction in Nechako Neighbourhood are in the background.
Photo depicts Electrician Bill Frahler's family standing beside his truck. Johnson-Crooks houses under construction in Nechako Neighbourhood are in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- "Alva and the Boys", Slide No. 95 -- Bill Frahler wired over 2,000 temporary construction and permanent homes between 1954 and 1958, first working for Johnson-Crooks and then Straits Construction. Bill Frahler Collection 2003.32
