A photograph of guests of a trip to Kemano. Five Kitiamt students went on this trip as a result of essays written on the history and development of Kitimat. Shown at Kitimat dock before leaving on the MV to Nechako are, Back Row (L-R) : Roy Berry (principal of Mt. Elizabeth), Reg Handford, Capt. Bill Cogswell, Bill Long (teacher) Tarsten Schmid Front Row (L-R): Mary Wright, Joan Stickney and Sheila Sinclair
A photograph of guests of a trip to Kemano. Five Kitiamt students went on this trip as a result of essays written on the history and development of Kitimat. Shown at Kitimat dock before leaving on the MV to Nechako are, Back Row (L-R) : Roy Berry (principal of Mt. Elizabeth), Reg Handford, Capt. Bill Cogswell, Bill Long (teacher) Tarsten Schmid Front Row (L-R): Mary Wright, Joan Stickney and Sheila Sinclair
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 Captain Bill Cogswell in the captain's room of a ship. He is standing next to the ship wheel, and holding a part next to it. Clouds visible putside the window.
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Captain Bill Cogswell in the captain's room of a ship. He is standing next to the ship wheel, and holding a part next to it. Clouds visible putside the window.
