Photo showing Kitimat United Church "Jingle Bells Bazaar", from left: Mrs. Douglas Van Kleeck, Mrs. Frank Biss, Janice Parsham, Mrs. Norman Parsham, Mrs. Gerry Wier, Mrs. James W. Bell.
Photo showing Kitimat United Church "Jingle Bells Bazaar", from left: Mrs. Douglas Van Kleeck, Mrs. Frank Biss, Janice Parsham, Mrs. Norman Parsham, Mrs. Gerry Wier, Mrs. James W. Bell.
Photograph of foundation for Anglican Christ Church at the corner of Kingfisher and Gyrfalcon Avenues. The Rectory in the background is almost ready for occupancy. Other houses visible in background too.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
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Photograph of foundation for Anglican Christ Church at the corner of Kingfisher and Gyrfalcon Avenues. The Rectory in the background is almost ready for occupancy. Other houses visible in background too.
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 dedication of the chapel of the holy spirit. By Bishop Dean. The white satin used in the dove over the alter came from the material of Jean Tuckers wedding dress.
Photos donated by Joan Smith for Anglican Church 50th Anniversary. Donated in April 2003.
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Photograph of dedication of the chapel of the holy spirit. By Bishop Dean. The white satin used in the dove over the alter came from the material of Jean Tuckers wedding dress.