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
Photo depicts a tent with flat-top house assembly on a production line in West Vancouver for Johnson-Crooks Construction Corporation.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- Slide No. 40 -- The circus tent assembly line was erected at Vancouver Tug and Barge below the Lion's Gate Bridge. Temporary housing destined for Kitimat was assembled there in three sections, then barged to Kitimat - 10 houses or 30 sections on each barge. -- Electrician Bill Frahler wired approximately 2,000 houses in Kitimat camps and townsite between 1954 and 1958, working first for Johnson-Crooks then Straits Construction, both U.S. contractors. Bill Frahler Collection 2003.32
Photo showing: They've Wrappped Up Ball Season. Taking their bows are these youngsters, all members of the Hudson's Bay Pony League team. Baseball season may be over, but they are looking forward to their favorite winter sports. Back row, L/R Bill Gerry, Trey Whiting, Jim Humes, Doug Oleinek, Geoff Grant, Ian Berry, Dale Orr. Front row: L/R Bill Forward, Steve Connolly, Lorne Shupe, Doug Kendricks, Gordon Stockman, Batboy at front is Dale Nixon.
Photo showing: They've Wrappped Up Ball Season. Taking their bows are these youngsters, all members of the Hudson's Bay Pony League team. Baseball season may be over, but they are looking forward to their favorite winter sports. Back row, L/R Bill Gerry, Trey Whiting, Jim Humes, Doug Oleinek, Geoff Grant, Ian Berry, Dale Orr. Front row: L/R Bill Forward, Steve Connolly, Lorne Shupe, Doug Kendricks, Gordon Stockman, Batboy at front is Dale Nixon.
Photo showing "The American Dream" by Edward Albee is one of 3 one-act plays being presented by Kitimat Players for 10th annual Skeena Zone competition of the BC Drama Association. From left: Pat Munson, Lorna Prebble, Ian Berry, Pat Byrne, Jim Donlon.
Photo showing "The American Dream" by Edward Albee is one of 3 one-act plays being presented by Kitimat Players for 10th annual Skeena Zone competition of the BC Drama Association. From left: Pat Munson, Lorna Prebble, Ian Berry, Pat Byrne, Jim Donlon.
Photo showing Kitimat High School; Ian Berry off to Ottawa on Rotary's "Adventure in Citizenship". John Calam (Principal), Ian Berry, Mrs. Peter Oleinek (Kitimat Travel Service)
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Photo showing Kitimat High School; Ian Berry off to Ottawa on Rotary's "Adventure in Citizenship". John Calam (Principal), Ian Berry, Mrs. Peter Oleinek (Kitimat Travel Service)
Electrician Bill Frahler wired approximately 2000 houses in Kitimat camps and townsite between 1954 and 1958, working first for Johnson-Crooks then Straits Construction, both U.S.contractors.
