photo showing civil defence equipment "Mobile Feeding Unit" being inspected by Assessor A. Sanderson (foreground on left) and Reeve Sam Lindsay (background on left). Sign on the wall with stencilled letters all in capitals states: "District of Kitimat, Emergency Welfare Service, Mobile Feeding Unit."
photo showing civil defence equipment "Mobile Feeding Unit" being inspected by Assessor A. Sanderson (foreground on left) and Reeve Sam Lindsay (background on left). Sign on the wall with stencilled letters all in capitals states: "District of Kitimat, Emergency Welfare Service, Mobile Feeding Unit."
Notes
Date of photograph is believed to be April 9, 1964.
Photo depicts the newly constructed dock, Terminal Wharf No. 1. View looking south-west from a point on the graving dock. Hydraulic fill dredge pipeline in the foreground running along at water level.
Photo depicts the newly constructed dock, Terminal Wharf No. 1. View looking south-west from a point on the graving dock. Hydraulic fill dredge pipeline in the foreground running along at water level.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-846. -- Note progress of conveyor gallery steel, kangaroo crane and pneumatic unloading equipment. Alcan Collection 78.11.68
Photo depicts Nechako Neighbourhood, swath of land cleared for Neighbourhood "D", and Douglas Channel in the background, smelter on the right.
Notes
Famed Canadian documentary photographer Malak Karsh was hired in the 1950s by Alcan to take photographs of Arvida and Kitimat. Many were published in Alcan literature and textbooks on Canada. A colourized version of this photograph appears on the cover of the Canadian Geographical Journal, November 1959, Vol. LIX No.5. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Photo depicts Philip ("Flying Phil") Gaglardi, B.C. Minister of Highways, doing the honors at the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the opening of Highway No. 25, Terrace to Kitimat. A crowd of smiling people look on from the background.
Photo depicts Philip ("Flying Phil") Gaglardi, B.C. Minister of Highways, doing the honors at the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the opening of Highway No. 25, Terrace to Kitimat. A crowd of smiling people look on from the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Photograph appears in the Northern Sentinel, November 28, 1957. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Max Patzelt seated at a table wearing a plaid buttonup shirt. The white banner above reads "Mission Impossible? Call Kitimat Photo Supply Ltd.". The wall to the right of Max is colored orange, and the wall behind him is colored green.
Max Patzelt seated at a table wearing a plaid buttonup shirt. The white banner above reads "Mission Impossible? Call Kitimat Photo Supply Ltd.". The wall to the right of Max is colored orange, and the wall behind him is colored green.
A man in a suit and tie is speaking at the trade fair opening. There is a man in the background wearing a dark suit with sunglasses on, and there is a Lions Club banner hanging above.
A man in a suit and tie is speaking at the trade fair opening. There is a man in the background wearing a dark suit with sunglasses on, and there is a Lions Club banner hanging above.
Kitimat Pipe Band marching while playing on the ice. The man in the middle of the band is playing a drum that has "Kitimat BC Canada", written on it. The right side of the picture shows four flags hanging above spectator heads.
Kitimat Pipe Band marching while playing on the ice. The man in the middle of the band is playing a drum that has "Kitimat BC Canada", written on it. The right side of the picture shows four flags hanging above spectator heads.
