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Prime Minister John Diefenbaker fishing

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description240
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, fishing during his visit to Kitimat. Local sportsman Arv Sestrap is right.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
234
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by Fred Ryan.
Date Range
1959
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, fishing during his visit to Kitimat. Local sportsman Arv Sestrap is right.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Northern Sentinel Press Collection (982.90.1.14 )
Name Access
Diefenbaker, Prime Minister John
Sestrap, Arv
Subject Access
Officials
Images

A cargo hold full of dynamite

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description71
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 23, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a worker watching as a hoist lifts dynamite from the cargo hull of the "Alaska Prince".
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
65
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
June 23, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a worker watching as a hoist lifts dynamite from the cargo hull of the "Alaska Prince".
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1004. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Powerhouses
Images

Mrs. Stackhouse with Her Catch of Fish

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28697
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 10, 1962
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Mrs. Stackhouse beside her truck holding a fish. Another large fish is displayed hanging by a cord from her driver's side mirror. She is parked outside a home in the Kildala Neighbourhood.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
194
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by Max Patzelt.
Date Range
June 10, 1962
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Mrs. Stackhouse beside her truck holding a fish. Another large fish is displayed hanging by a cord from her driver's side mirror. She is parked outside a home in the Kildala Neighbourhood.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Max Patzelt Collection - 956
Subject Access
Towns
Images

Kitimat Rod and Gun Club fish derby

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description297
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 01, 1962
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a man weighing a fish. He stands beside many other fish caught during the the Kitimat Rod and Gun Club Fish Derby.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
291
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 01, 1962
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a man weighing a fish. He stands beside many other fish caught during the the Kitimat Rod and Gun Club Fish Derby.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. School District No. 80 Collection 982.91.354
Subject Access
Fishing
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 23, 1956
Accession Number
76.66.324
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the 10-man bunkhouses recently constructed on the old Trailer Camp site. 72-man bunkhouses are in the background.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
210
Accession Number
76.66.324
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 23, 1956
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the 10-man bunkhouses recently constructed on the old Trailer Camp site. 72-man bunkhouses are in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. J-2-324. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
November 25, 1961
Scope and Content
Kitimat's first opera, presented by the Canadian Opera Company, November 25, 1961. "Orpheus in the Underworld" was presented courtesy of a Canada Council Grant and the sponsorship of the Kitimat Concert Association.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
283
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by Max Patzelt.
Date Range
November 25, 1961
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Kitimat's first opera, presented by the Canadian Opera Company, November 25, 1961. "Orpheus in the Underworld" was presented courtesy of a Canada Council Grant and the sponsorship of the Kitimat Concert Association.
Notes
Max Patzelt Collection 1998.1.7555
Subject Access
Towns
Images

First air mail envelope

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description205
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 20, 1952
Accession Number
985.65.2
Scope and Content
Image depicts an air mail envelope for Queen Charlotte Airlines.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
199
Accession Number
985.65.2
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 20, 1952
Physical Description
1 printed envelope
Scope and Content
Image depicts an air mail envelope for Queen Charlotte Airlines.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- First air mail service was introduced by Queen Charlotte Airlines in 1952. Previously, mail was carried by the CP steamship Princess Norah. Queen Charlotte Airlines was purchased by Pacific Western Airlines in 1955. Hal Whiting Collection
Subject Access
Services
Post offices
Images

Kitimat's first ice rink

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description293
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1962
Scope and Content
Photo depicts people ice skating on the outdoor rink in Kitimat.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
287
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1962
Physical Description
1 photo : col.
Scope and Content
Photo depicts people ice skating on the outdoor rink in Kitimat.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Ice rink was located where Super Valu is currently located. School District No. 80 Collection, 982.91.1 on.
Images

Kitimat Constructors first Christmas menu

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description188
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
December 1951
Accession Number
2000.23.37
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a cartoon image of a burly worker feasting on his Christmas dinner as a cook stands behind him holding a steaming tray.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
182
Accession Number
2000.23.37
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
December 1951
Physical Description
1 illustration : col
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a cartoon image of a burly worker feasting on his Christmas dinner as a cook stands behind him holding a steaming tray.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Ken & Joyce MacKinnon Collection
Subject Access
Holidays
Storage Location
Curator Bay 1 Shelf 2 Box 15
Images

Piping in the haggis, first Burns Night

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description189
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
January 25, 1952
Accession Number
2000.23.42
Scope and Content
Photo depicts First Burns Night in Anderson Creek Mess Hall at Smeltersite. One man plays the bagpipes while another follows with the haggis held high.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
183
Accession Number
2000.23.42
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
January 25, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts First Burns Night in Anderson Creek Mess Hall at Smeltersite. One man plays the bagpipes while another follows with the haggis held high.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Ken & Joyce MacKinnon Collection
Subject Access
Ceremonies
Storage Location
Curator Bay 1 Shelf 2 Box 15
Images

First air mail via PWA

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description204
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men kneeling beside the first bags of mail to arrive via Pacific Western Airlines. On the right, Captain T. M. Kellough for PWA delivers the bags to on the left, Kitimat Express driver Lloyd Kaberg, at the wharf, Smeltersite. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
198
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men kneeling beside the first bags of mail to arrive via Pacific Western Airlines. On the right, Captain T. M. Kellough for PWA delivers the bags to on the left, Kitimat Express driver Lloyd Kaberg, at the wharf, Smeltersite. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Notes
Title based on content of photograph.
Subject Access
Services
Kemano
Airplanes
Images

Prince Philip inspects first ingot

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description242
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
August 03, 1954
Scope and Content
Photo depicts H.R.H., Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip inspecting the first ingot poured at the new smelter in Kitimat. President R.E. Powell (right) and Manager A.W. Whitaker Jr. (left).
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
236
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan
Date Range
August 03, 1954
Physical Description
1 digital image : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts H.R.H., Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip inspecting the first ingot poured at the new smelter in Kitimat. President R.E. Powell (right) and Manager A.W. Whitaker Jr. (left).
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Alcan Collection
Name Access
Duke of Edinburgh, H.R.H
Whitaker, A.W.
Powell, R.E.
Images

First train over the Kitimat to Terrace CNR rail line

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description236
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
January 1955
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the first train over the Kitimat to Terrace line. From left is Fireman Tony Glanzer and Engineer Bob McKenzie.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
230
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by Catton's Portrait Studio of Terrace, B.C.
Date Range
January 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the first train over the Kitimat to Terrace line. From left is Fireman Tony Glanzer and Engineer Bob McKenzie.
Notes
Photograph appears in the Northern Sentinel, January 20, 1955. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Name Access
Glanzer, Tony
McKenzie, Bob
Subject Access
Transportation
Canadian National Railway
Images

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