Deck of standard playing cards, 54 card in the deck. Consists of cardboard box with flaps at both ends to open box. Box is white with black and grey decoration. On either end is brand name 'dynamic'. Cut out window in front, so that you can see commemorative text written on cards. Cards are standard faces, white and blue background with text - Kitimat Old Timers Hockey Tournament 1989 - written in silver.
Deck of standard playing cards, 54 card in the deck. Consists of cardboard box with flaps at both ends to open box. Box is white with black and grey decoration. On either end is brand name 'dynamic'. Cut out window in front, so that you can see commemorative text written on cards. Cards are standard faces, white and blue background with text - Kitimat Old Timers Hockey Tournament 1989 - written in silver.
An entire deck of alcan playing cards in card box still wrapped in plastic. The front has an Alcan pattern, the back has a plain brown design with the four suits at each corner. There is information around the sides of the card case "GEMACO BRIDGE" "PLAYING CARDS MADE IN U.S.A." "GEMACO TRADEMARK OF QUALITY IN PLAYING CARDS" "PLASTIC COATED"
An entire deck of alcan playing cards in card box still wrapped in plastic. The front has an Alcan pattern, the back has a plain brown design with the four suits at each corner. There is information around the sides of the card case "GEMACO BRIDGE" "PLAYING CARDS MADE IN U.S.A." "GEMACO TRADEMARK OF QUALITY IN PLAYING CARDS" "PLASTIC COATED"
Small light brown box with an image on the lid of a kneeling Mountie inside a circle looking through binoculars. 'Odds and Ends' is printed in cursive above the circle, and 'Kitimat Canada' is printed to the lower right. There is a jagged triangular pattern along 3 edges of the lid and around the circle, the latter of which also has a border of white, blue, red, and yellow stripes. The lid has two hinges, each in a fanciful shape with six curls and three dots; this shape is mirrored on the top of the lid and the back side of the box. At the front of the box there is a cardboard latch with a snap button to close up the box. Inside the box are more decorative shapes and the name 'KEITH WYN WILLIAMS,' with each letter inside an ovalesque gold sticker.
Small light brown box with an image on the lid of a kneeling Mountie inside a circle looking through binoculars. 'Odds and Ends' is printed in cursive above the circle, and 'Kitimat Canada' is printed to the lower right. There is a jagged triangular pattern along 3 edges of the lid and around the circle, the latter of which also has a border of white, blue, red, and yellow stripes. The lid has two hinges, each in a fanciful shape with six curls and three dots; this shape is mirrored on the top of the lid and the back side of the box. At the front of the box there is a cardboard latch with a snap button to close up the box. Inside the box are more decorative shapes and the name 'KEITH WYN WILLIAMS,' with each letter inside an ovalesque gold sticker.
Physical Condition
Fair
Condition Remarks
Fragile from age, especially the front latch, which is highly creased and partially ripped. Some smudges and marks on the top of the lid, especially in the area with the Mountie, and on the bottom of the box as well.
Height
3 cm
Width
10 cm
Length
14.8 cm
Inscriptions
'Odds and Ends'
'KITIMAT CANADA'
'R.C.M.P.'
Date Range
1954-1955
Accession Number
2024.3.5
Biographical Notes
Original owner lived in Kitimat as a young boy in the 1950s.
Two grey three ring binders containing photos, maps and typewritten reports dated 1951 and 1952 detailing the Morrison-Knudsen Kemano Project involving Kemano, Canyon River and Tahtsa Lake Tunnel Project.
Two grey three ring binders containing photos, maps and typewritten reports dated 1951 and 1952 detailing the Morrison-Knudsen Kemano Project involving Kemano, Canyon River and Tahtsa Lake Tunnel Project.
