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Morrison-Knudsen Sign at Wharf

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description30424
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950s
Accession Number
2002.44.51
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kemano project. Sign at wharf showing general contractor 'Morrison-Knudsen'.
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Creator
Feliks Rewers
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.44.51
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950s
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 1.75 x 2.75 in
Custodial History
Wanda Rewers
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kemano project. Sign at wharf showing general contractor 'Morrison-Knudsen'.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1950
Accession Number
985.65.113
Scope and Content
Photo showing sign Welcome to Kitimat BC, Aluminum Company of Canada LTD. Smeltersite Project, and all eight companies, greeting all people coming into the Kitimat project as they came off boats.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.113
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1950
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 25 x 21.5 cm 1 photograph: b&w; 9 x 6 in
Scope and Content
Photo showing sign Welcome to Kitimat BC, Aluminum Company of Canada LTD. Smeltersite Project, and all eight companies, greeting all people coming into the Kitimat project as they came off boats.
Notes
photograph marked with white pen C6054. Photo 9 x 6 in in red album
Subject Access
Kitimat

Welcome to Kitimat sign

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description137
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the welcome sign for Kitimat on the wharf that greeted all workers to the Kitimat Project upon their arrival by boat.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
131
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the welcome sign for Kitimat on the wharf that greeted all workers to the Kitimat Project upon their arrival by boat.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Hal Whiting was Project Manager, Kitimat Constructors, for smelter and town construction. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.113
Subject Access
Smelters
Images

Give them both barrels sign

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description51
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
March 19, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a worker looking up at a sign above the entrance to the recreation hall that reads, "Tunnel target, give them both barrels Tahtsa." The sign was a target date for the two ends of the tunnel to meet September 1st.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
45
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
March 19, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a worker looking up at a sign above the entrance to the recreation hall that reads, "Tunnel target, give them both barrels Tahtsa." The sign was a target date for the two ends of the tunnel to meet September 1st.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-798. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Images

Kitimat Smeltersite Dock - Welcome to Kitimat sign

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description15000
Part Of
Frank Diersen Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1954]
Accession Number
2009.1.39
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kitimat Smeltersite Dock 1954, Welcome to Kitimat Sign.
Part Of
Frank Diersen Collection
Creator
Frank Diersen
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2009.1.39
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1954]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kitimat Smeltersite Dock 1954, Welcome to Kitimat Sign.
Name Access
Diersen, Frank
Subject Access
Smeltersite
Storage Location
Photograph storage

Aluminum Company of Canada Sign

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description31395
Part Of
Bonnie Monkman Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
2019.64.11
Scope and Content
Slide of sign. Aluminum Company of Canada LTD. Smelter Site Project. Contractors Kitimat Constructors.
Part Of
Bonnie Monkman Collection
Creator
John Leveret
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2019.64.11
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 slide : colour
History / Biographical
John Leveret - one of the founders of the Rod & Gun Club, Kitimat Construction, scenery, Rod & Gun Club activities, 1953
Custodial History
Bonnie Monkman
Scope and Content
Slide of sign. Aluminum Company of Canada LTD. Smelter Site Project. Contractors Kitimat Constructors.
Storage Location
Slide Box 1

Ben Dicker Standing in Front of Building with Kitimat Welcome Sign

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description36345
Part Of
Alice Dicker Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[between 1955 and 1959]
Accession Number
2018.18.29
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ben Dicker standing in front of a building with a Kitimat Welcome sign. Sign also lists industries and organizations.
Part Of
Alice Dicker Collection
Creator
Alice Dicker
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2018.18.29
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[between 1955 and 1959]
Physical Description
1 photograph : colour ; 10 x 13.5cm
History / Biographical
Alice Dicker's father, Benard, came to Canada to work in 1955. He was a forman D-shift for Alcan. He married Anna in 1959. Alice and her sister Claudia were born in Kitimat and the family lived here until 1969, at which time they returned to Germany.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ben Dicker standing in front of a building with a Kitimat Welcome sign. Sign also lists industries and organizations.
Name Access
Dicker, Benard
Storage Location
Photograph Storage

Officers of HMCS Cordova

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description20615
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
3 February 1955
Accession Number
2005.8.4788
Scope and Content
Photo showing officers of H.M.C.S Cordova entertained by Alcan executives, Captain - Lieutenant Commander A.F. Rowland, CD RCN (to the right of) A.C. Turney (Works manager), on extreme right is R.S.S. Wilson and R.C.M.P. Inspector Tom Taylor, nearest to camera is J.G. Campbell, production superintendent.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.4788
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
3 February 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 12 x 19 cm
Custodial History
Northern Sentinel - (A)Historical (1)Royal Canadian Navy (a)Personnel (b)Visits
Scope and Content
Photo showing officers of H.M.C.S Cordova entertained by Alcan executives, Captain - Lieutenant Commander A.F. Rowland, CD RCN (to the right of) A.C. Turney (Works manager), on extreme right is R.S.S. Wilson and R.C.M.P. Inspector Tom Taylor, nearest to camera is J.G. Campbell, production superintendent.
Name Access
Rowland, A. F.
Turney, A.C.
Wilson, R.S.S.
Taylor, Tom
Campbell, J.G.
Subject Access
navy

Photo of Union members holding up a sign: "Operating Engineers Local 115"

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description26008
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca Sept 7 1956
Accession Number
2005.8.7435
Scope and Content
"N.Sentinel Sept 7 1956, Labor Day -parade, union local 115"
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.7435
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca Sept 7 1956
Physical Description
1 photo : b&w ; 20.1cm
Scope and Content
"N.Sentinel Sept 7 1956, Labor Day -parade, union local 115"
Notes
Historical Labor Day
Subject Access
union
Historical
Historical -
Historical - Event
Engineering
Labour Day

Installing Red Cross Sign

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description10856
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
8 March 1957
Accession Number
2005.8.1621
Scope and Content
Photo showing Red Cross sign mounted on the corner of Haisla and Enterprise.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.1621
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
8 March 1957
Physical Description
1 b&w: 7"x5"
Custodial History
Northern Sentinel Box #3- (A) Historical (1) Canadian Red Cross
Scope and Content
Photo showing Red Cross sign mounted on the corner of Haisla and Enterprise.
Name Access
Red Cross
Subject Access
Service Organization
Storage Location
Artifact Storage
Images
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
16 October 1957
Accession Number
2005.8.4789
Scope and Content
Photo showing Mrs. J. Peel, daughter Louise and Jill Gregory, daughter of Sergeant and Mrs. J. F. Gregory. They are three of almost 4,000 Kitimatians who called on H.M.C.S. Crescent when she was in port on the weekend. Here Mrs. Peel and the two girls are caught by the Sentinel camera, checking one of the many complex, strange things used to equip a vessel of the destroyer escort class.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.4789
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
16 October 1957
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 14 x 14.5 cm
Custodial History
Northern Sentinel - (A)Historical (1)Royal Canadian Navy (a)Personnel (b)Visits
Scope and Content
Photo showing Mrs. J. Peel, daughter Louise and Jill Gregory, daughter of Sergeant and Mrs. J. F. Gregory. They are three of almost 4,000 Kitimatians who called on H.M.C.S. Crescent when she was in port on the weekend. Here Mrs. Peel and the two girls are caught by the Sentinel camera, checking one of the many complex, strange things used to equip a vessel of the destroyer escort class.
Name Access
Peel, Mrs. J.
Peel, Louise
Gregory, Jill
Subject Access
navy

The signing on the dated line

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description2444
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[23 October 1957]
Accession Number
2005.8.7832
Scope and Content
Photograph of the signing on the dated line in Aluminum company employee Fred Farr
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.7832
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[23 October 1957]
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 14.8 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the signing on the dated line in Aluminum company employee Fred Farr
Notes
Signing on the dotted line is Aluminum Company employee Fred Farr, one of the first to purchase a 12TH series Canada Savings Bond here. Norah Jacobson looks on. Coming week will give Sagimat employees an opportunity to invest in the bonds.
Name Access
Farr, Fred
Jacobson, Norah

Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description21289
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
25 September 1958
Accession Number
2005.8.4933
Scope and Content
Photo showing two 1,700 ton frigates of the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Fore as they reach HMC Dockyard at Esquimalt for a two day visit. At left is JDS Harukaze; nearing the jetty is JDS Uranami. It marked the first time in 25 years that Japanese warships had visited British Columbia.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.4933
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
25 September 1958
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 15 x 15.5 cm
Custodial History
Northern Sentinl - (A)Historical (1)Navy (a)Ships
Scope and Content
Photo showing two 1,700 ton frigates of the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Fore as they reach HMC Dockyard at Esquimalt for a two day visit. At left is JDS Harukaze; nearing the jetty is JDS Uranami. It marked the first time in 25 years that Japanese warships had visited British Columbia.
Subject Access
navy
Part Of
Lorraine Sharun Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1960]
Accession Number
2010.16.4
Scope and Content
Photograph of sign - 'Safety First', Accident Record while working for Morrison-Knudsen Company of Canada on the Alcan Project.
Part Of
Lorraine Sharun Collection
Creator
Bernard Lind
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2010.16.4
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1960]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of sign - 'Safety First', Accident Record while working for Morrison-Knudsen Company of Canada on the Alcan Project.
Name Access
Morrison-Knudsen Company of Canada
Storage Location
Photograph storage

District Employees 'Contract Signing

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description17425
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1960
Accession Number
2005.8.4311
Scope and Content
Photo showing District employees' contract signing.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.4311
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1960
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 15 x 15 cm
Custodial History
Current: 1960s -District of Kitimat -Personnel
Scope and Content
Photo showing District employees' contract signing.
Subject Access
District of Kitimat
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
10 Nov 1960
Accession Number
2005.8.3388
Scope and Content
A photograph of a sign in Kitwanga to a Phil Gaglardi near the Kitwanga Ferry from the Kitwanga Indian Band sayng "Sorry to embarrass you Mr. Gaglardi, you have not paid for this 4 miles Indian Reserve Land"
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.3388
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
10 Nov 1960
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 6 in
Scope and Content
A photograph of a sign in Kitwanga to a Phil Gaglardi near the Kitwanga Ferry from the Kitwanga Indian Band sayng "Sorry to embarrass you Mr. Gaglardi, you have not paid for this 4 miles Indian Reserve Land"
Name Access
Gaglardi, Phillip A.
Subject Access
Kitwanga
Ferries
Indian Affairs

Second Canadian Minesweeping Squadron

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description21286
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
15 March 1962
Accession Number
2005.8.4930
Scope and Content
Photo showing four vessels carrying over 200 officers and men constituting the second Canadian Minesweeping Squadron under the command of Lieutenant/Commander A. B. Torrie. The minesweepers include HMCS Mirimachi, HMCS Cowichan, HMCS James Bay and HMCS Fortune.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.4930
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
15 March 1962
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 15 x 20 cm
Custodial History
Northern Sentinel - (A)Historical (1)Royal Canadian Navy (a)Ships
Scope and Content
Photo showing four vessels carrying over 200 officers and men constituting the second Canadian Minesweeping Squadron under the command of Lieutenant/Commander A. B. Torrie. The minesweepers include HMCS Mirimachi, HMCS Cowichan, HMCS James Bay and HMCS Fortune.
Subject Access
navy

Second Canadian Minesweeping Squadron

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description21287
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
15 March 1962
Accession Number
2005.8.4931
Scope and Content
Photo showing four vessels carrying over 200 officers and men, constituting the second Canadian Minesweeping Squadron under the command of Lieutenant/Commander A. B. Torrie. The minesweepers include: HMCS Mirimachi, HMCS Cowichan, HMCS James Bay, and HMCS Fortune.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.4931
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
15 March 1962
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 15 x 20 cm
Custodial History
Northern Sentinel - (A)Historical (1)Royal Canadian Navy (a)Ships
Scope and Content
Photo showing four vessels carrying over 200 officers and men, constituting the second Canadian Minesweeping Squadron under the command of Lieutenant/Commander A. B. Torrie. The minesweepers include: HMCS Mirimachi, HMCS Cowichan, HMCS James Bay, and HMCS Fortune.
Subject Access
navy
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
15 March 1962
Accession Number
2005.8.4932
Scope and Content
Photo showing HMCS Mirimachi (MCB-163), the 390 ton "Bay" Class Coastal Minesweeper.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.4932
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
15 March 1962
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 17 x 21.5 cm
Custodial History
Northern Sentinel - (A)Historical (1)Royal Canadian Navy (a)Ships
Scope and Content
Photo showing HMCS Mirimachi (MCB-163), the 390 ton "Bay" Class Coastal Minesweeper.
Subject Access
navy
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
22 March 1962
Accession Number
2005.8.4791
Scope and Content
Photo showing officer commanding the second Canadian Minesweeping Squadron, Lieutenant Commander A.B. Torrie is seen on the bridge of his ship H.M.C.S. Fortune leading his squadron to Kemano, Monday. In the background can be seen H.M.C.S. James Bay Lieutenant Commander R. A. Orton, H.M.C.S. Miramichi Lieutenant Commander C. Cotaras and H.M.C.S. Cowichan Lieutenant Commander R. Okros. The squadron covered 54 nautical miles to Kemano in four hours easily.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.4791
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
22 March 1962
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 15 x 15 cm
Custodial History
Northern Sentinel - (A)Historical (1)Royal Canadian Navy (a)Personnel
Scope and Content
Photo showing officer commanding the second Canadian Minesweeping Squadron, Lieutenant Commander A.B. Torrie is seen on the bridge of his ship H.M.C.S. Fortune leading his squadron to Kemano, Monday. In the background can be seen H.M.C.S. James Bay Lieutenant Commander R. A. Orton, H.M.C.S. Miramichi Lieutenant Commander C. Cotaras and H.M.C.S. Cowichan Lieutenant Commander R. Okros. The squadron covered 54 nautical miles to Kemano in four hours easily.
Name Access
Torrie, A.B.
Subject Access
navy

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