Postcard featuring different historical illustartions of BC. Enjoying a Stroll in Early 1900's, Parliament Buildings Victoria, B.C., Old Fort Langley, B.C., Malkin Memorial Bowl, Vancouver, B.C.
Postcard featuring different historical illustartions of BC. Enjoying a Stroll in Early 1900's, Parliament Buildings Victoria, B.C., Old Fort Langley, B.C., Malkin Memorial Bowl, Vancouver, B.C.
Physical Condition
Good
Material
paper
Height
8cm
Width
14cm
Inscriptions
British Columbia Centennial Celebrations 1958
British Columbia 1858-1958 A Century to Celebrate
Photo postcard with image of a large Christmas dinner. Taken in the cafeteria/mess hall of a construction camp. Dinner includes two suckling pigs pulling a sleigh laden with roast turkey. A doll is also riding the sleigh, and there is plenty of other food on the table around it.
Photo postcard with image of a large Christmas dinner. Taken in the cafeteria/mess hall of a construction camp. Dinner includes two suckling pigs pulling a sleigh laden with roast turkey. A doll is also riding the sleigh, and there is plenty of other food on the table around it.
Physical Condition
Good
Material
paper
Height
14cm
Width
9cm
Inscriptions
Note on back of postcard reads: "Note Two sucking pigs pulling sleigh laden with roast turkey - we are in the heart of the mountains but xmas is xmas. Chappie
Accession Number
2022.8
Biographical Notes
Lynn Beckett's father was a civil engineer and often received correspondence from fellow engineers across Canada and abroad. He is described as quirky and funny, and exemplified what his daughter saw in construction camp chefs trying to do for staff who could not go home.
Postcard featuring image the Kitimat smelter of the Aluminum Company of Canada, Limited.
Physical Condition
Fair
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
Corners a little worn, image shows fine scratching, back a bit dirty
Height
9cm
Width
14cm
Inscriptions
Back of postcard read: KITIMAT WORKS - B.C. The Kitimat smelter of the Aluminum Company of Canada, Limited. Installed capacity - 192,000 tons per year.
Postcard featuring an image of the Interdenominational Church in Kemano, B.C.
Physical Condition
Good
Material
paper
Height
9cm
Width
14cm
Inscriptions
Interdenominational Church, Kemano, B.C. This church was built and decorated by the residents of Kemano and is used by a number of congregations. EPC 69
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd. Aluminum Smelter at Kitimat British Columbia, Canada
A view of the northern section of Alcan's Kitimat Smelter, one of the largest in the world. All raw materials are imported to produce 268,000 tonnes of value - added aluminum ingots annually for use in Alcan's Western Canada fabricating plants and export mainly to Asia and the U.S.A.
Postcard featuring an image Kitimat, B.C. looking east down Haisla blvd with the hospital in view.
Physical Condition
Good
Material
paper
Height
9cm
Width
14cm
Inscriptions
Kitimat, B.C. "The Aluminum City"
Kitimat British Columbia
This thoroughfare largely divides the 4 sections of this professionally planned and completely new "Aluminum" City. Part of the residential section is seen above the hospital.
Picture postcard showing an aerial view of the Nechako neighbourhoods under construction. In the foreground of the photo are Ptarmigan, Plover, Pintail, and Partridge streets. Behind them to the right are some trees, and to the left is an empty area where Nechako School would later be built. In the background runs Nalabila Blvd. with some of the curved streets (Starling, Swallow) running off of it. A black mark has been drawn near the upper middle of the card, indicating where the sender lived (at the 'curve' of Starling Street').
Message from sender (possibly Mike or Nancy Marciniak) on back:
"This picture of Townsite was taken last year, now the whole area is nearly filled with houses. I live near the centre where the cross is.
Three years ago this was all forest, the same as you see all around the edge of the town."
Picture postcard showing an aerial view of the Nechako neighbourhoods under construction. In the foreground of the photo are Ptarmigan, Plover, Pintail, and Partridge streets. Behind them to the right are some trees, and to the left is an empty area where Nechako School would later be built. In the background runs Nalabila Blvd. with some of the curved streets (Starling, Swallow) running off of it. A black mark has been drawn near the upper middle of the card, indicating where the sender lived (at the 'curve' of Starling Street').
Message from sender (possibly Mike or Nancy Marciniak) on back:
"This picture of Townsite was taken last year, now the whole area is nearly filled with houses. I live near the centre where the cross is.
Three years ago this was all forest, the same as you see all around the edge of the town."
Physical Condition
Fair
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
Some creases in postcard, especially at upper and lower right-hand corners. All corners have been worn down. Back of the card is yellowed and has some smudges and stains on it, including a brown teardrop-shaped stain below the "Put Stamp Here" label.
Width
8.5 cm
Length
13.7 cm
Inscriptions
"THE TOWNSITE" BIRDS EYE VIEW Kitimat, B.C., Canada
P9733
Published for The Hudson's Bay Company, Canada
Plastichrome (R) by COLOURPICTURE PUBLISHERS, INC., Boston 15, Mass., U.S.A.
Reproduced from 35MM Transparency
Date Range
[1955]
Accession Number
2014.13.39
Biographical Notes
Nancy Anne Hickinbottom was born in Kitimat in 1957 to Mike (Miecyszlaw) and Nancy Marciniak, who lived in the town during its early days.
Postcard featuring Haisla men on a motorized canoe on the Kitimat River. Haisla Bridge in the background.
Physical Condition
Good
Material
paper
Height
9
Length
14
Inscriptions
Kitimat, B.C., Canada
Bridge across the glacier fed Kitimat River, world famous for its salmon and trout. Here natives from the Kitamaat Village in a 30-foot dug-out canoe, fish the river for Spring salmon.
Postcard featuring Flower Garden behind Nechako Centre. There are two women walking through it. Mt. Elizabeth in the background.
Physical Condition
Good
Material
paper
Height
9
Length
14
Inscriptions
Kitimat, B.C., Canada
Flower Garden at Nechako Centre with beautiful Mt. Elizabeth in the background. At sunset the mountains in this area take on a red glow and are sometimes referred to as "Fire Mountains".
Postcard featuring the Alcan Administrative Building.
Physical Condition
Good
Material
paper
Height
9
Length
14
Inscriptions
Kitimat, B.C., Canada
The Administrative Building of the Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd. Adjacent to this beautiful building is one of three natural waterfalls in the area.
Postcard featuring aerial view of Nechako neighbourhood, with focus on Petrel, Plover, Partridge, and Pintail streets. Houses and neighbourhoods still under construction.
Postcard featuring aerial view of Nechako neighbourhood, with focus on Petrel, Plover, Partridge, and Pintail streets. Houses and neighbourhoods still under construction.
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Height
8.3 cm
Length
13.8 cm
Inscriptions
"The Townsite" Birds Eye View
Kitimat, B.C., Canada
Published for The Hudson's Bay Company, Canada
Reproduced from 35MM Transparency
Postcard featuring aerial view of Alcan smeltersite and potlines.
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Height
8.9 cm
Length
13.8 cm
Inscriptions
Aerial View of Aluminum Company of Canada's Smelter Site
Kitimat, B.C., Canada
Published for The Hudson's Bay Company, Canada
Reproduced from 35MM Transparency
Postcard featuring view of the highway from Kitimat in winter. Mount Elizabeth in background. Edges of postcard are wavy.
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Height
9 cm
Length
14 cm
Inscriptions
Here one can get a magnificent view of the mountains surrounding the city of Kitimat while leaving the town and driving towards Terrace. Kitimat is a model city built by top planners in order that up to 50,000 people could be housed and serviced. The basic industry is a huge Aluminum Smelter, lumbering, some fishing and tourist trade. The name Kitimat was derived from the Indian Village across Kitimat channel.
Date Range
ca. 1977
Accession Number
2022.32.16
Biographical Notes
The road in this photo, Highway 25, was renamed highway 37 in 1986.
Postcard showing the Skeena River and mountains near Terrace. Edges of postcard ar wavy.
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Height
10.7 cm
Length
15 cm
Inscriptions
Here one can view the beauty abounding in the Skeena area a few miles north of Terrace. At this point one can first glimpse the Seven Sisters range which are portrayed here on sharp left of snow-capped peaks.
