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.
Notes
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
Photograph of Mr. Guy Martin (Saguenay Inn - Arvida), Mr. Georges Carrier (Secretary-Treasurer - Arvida), Mr. K. Gummer, and Mr. Georges Carrier. At dinner with food on plates.
Photograph of Mr. Guy Martin (Saguenay Inn - Arvida), Mr. Georges Carrier (Secretary-Treasurer - Arvida), Mr. K. Gummer, and Mr. Georges Carrier. At dinner with food on plates.
Photograph of City Manager Roland Lemieux (Arvida), Mr. Georges Carrier (Sec-Treasurer-Arvida), Reeve Sam Lindsay, and Mayor Georges Hebert (Arvida) standing around a desk. Seated: Mr. J.S. Lamontagne (Newspaper).
Photograph of City Manager Roland Lemieux (Arvida), Mr. Georges Carrier (Sec-Treasurer-Arvida), Reeve Sam Lindsay, and Mayor Georges Hebert (Arvida) standing around a desk. Seated: Mr. J.S. Lamontagne (Newspaper).
Photograph of Mr. Kenneth Guy (Protestant School Board - Arvida), Mr. Georges Carrier (Sec-Treasurer - Arvida), City Manager Roland Lemieux (Arvida), Mayor Romain Langlois (Ville des Saules), Mrs. Romain Langlois, Mr. Art Laxton, Mrs. Julie Nichol, Reeve Sam Lindsay, Mayor Georges Hebert (Arvida), Mrs. Georges Hebert, Mr. Roy Simmonds, and Mr. Jack Wood. Listening to a speech?
Photograph of Mr. Kenneth Guy (Protestant School Board - Arvida), Mr. Georges Carrier (Sec-Treasurer - Arvida), City Manager Roland Lemieux (Arvida), Mayor Romain Langlois (Ville des Saules), Mrs. Romain Langlois, Mr. Art Laxton, Mrs. Julie Nichol, Reeve Sam Lindsay, Mayor Georges Hebert (Arvida), Mrs. Georges Hebert, Mr. Roy Simmonds, and Mr. Jack Wood. Listening to a speech?
Photograph of Mr. Kenneth Guy (Protestant School Board - Arvida), Mr. Georges Carrier (Sec-Treasurer - Arvida), City Manager Roland Lemieux (Arvida), Mayor Romain Langlois (Ville des Saules), Mrs. Romain Langlois, Mr. Art Laxton, Mrs. Julie Nichol, Reeve Sam Lindsay, Mayor Georges Hebert (Arvida), Mrs. Georges Hebert, Mr. Roy Simmonds, Mr. Jack Wood, and Municipal Manager Art Currie. Listening to a speech?
Photograph of Mr. Kenneth Guy (Protestant School Board - Arvida), Mr. Georges Carrier (Sec-Treasurer - Arvida), City Manager Roland Lemieux (Arvida), Mayor Romain Langlois (Ville des Saules), Mrs. Romain Langlois, Mr. Art Laxton, Mrs. Julie Nichol, Reeve Sam Lindsay, Mayor Georges Hebert (Arvida), Mrs. Georges Hebert, Mr. Roy Simmonds, Mr. Jack Wood, and Municipal Manager Art Currie. Listening to a speech?
Photograph of Reeve Sam Lindsay, Father Walter Lavoie (St. Mathias Church - Arvida), Mrs. Julie Nichol, Municipal Manager Art Currie, Mr. Roy Simmonds, Mr. Georges Carrier (Sec-Treasurer - Arvida), Alderman Georges Potvin (Arvida), Mr. Jack Wood, Mr. Emile Frigon (Catholic School Commission - Arvida), Mr. Paul Labrie (President - Sports Commission - Arvida), Mr. Art Laxton.
Photograph of Reeve Sam Lindsay, Father Walter Lavoie (St. Mathias Church - Arvida), Mrs. Julie Nichol, Municipal Manager Art Currie, Mr. Roy Simmonds, Mr. Georges Carrier (Sec-Treasurer - Arvida), Alderman Georges Potvin (Arvida), Mr. Jack Wood, Mr. Emile Frigon (Catholic School Commission - Arvida), Mr. Paul Labrie (President - Sports Commission - Arvida), Mr. Art Laxton.
