Photo showing presentation ceremony preceding last night's council meeting; Silver Shovel award. Reeve Sam Lindsay, Warren Banks (recipient), Vincent Campbell.
Photo showing presentation ceremony preceding last night's council meeting; Silver Shovel award. Reeve Sam Lindsay, Warren Banks (recipient), Vincent Campbell.
Jamieson came to Kitimat from Vancouver to work on the Alcan project in 1952. With his first pay cheque he bought a small "Pony Kodak" camera at the local store (Hudson Bay?), and started taking coloured slides of the Kitimat from 1952-1953. Left Kitimat at the end of August 1953 to move to Montreal.
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Slide of building H type bunkhouse at the townsite camp. Luke Briggs.
Photograph showing Kitimat Municipal Council, Manager and Secretary. Standing l-r: Max Patzelt, Laurie LeBlanc, Joe Banyay, Ron Burnett. Seated l-r: Ben DeKleine (Municipal Manager), Fran Buschert, George Thom, Lee Ellis, Jean Sage (Recording Secretary),
Photograph showing Kitimat Municipal Council, Manager and Secretary. Standing l-r: Max Patzelt, Laurie LeBlanc, Joe Banyay, Ron Burnett. Seated l-r: Ben DeKleine (Municipal Manager), Fran Buschert, George Thom, Lee Ellis, Jean Sage (Recording Secretary),
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