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Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Accession Number
2003.5.33
Scope and Content
Photograph shows 5 totem poles some topped with various figures others not. 2 houses stand behind them a short distance with a wide view of the mountains behind them.
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.5.33
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.7 cm 1 negative : b&w ; 12.6 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph shows 5 totem poles some topped with various figures others not. 2 houses stand behind them a short distance with a wide view of the mountains behind them.
Storage Location
photograph storage

1955-1958 Sagimat In Review

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description32087
Part Of
Alfred Inhart Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2001.20.8
Scope and Content
An Account of the Accomplishments of The Saguenay-Kitimat Company.
Part Of
Alfred Inhart Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2001.20.8
Physical Description
1 booklet
Custodial History
Donated by Alfred Inhart in 2001.
Scope and Content
An Account of the Accomplishments of The Saguenay-Kitimat Company.
Storage Location
Curator's Office Bay 2 Shelf 2 Box 59
Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957
Accession Number
2003.8.5
Scope and Content
Photograph of 1956 Dodge truck. Side of truck reads Orsted Bros Kitimat B.C.
Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Creator
Malcolm Orsted
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.8.5
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3.5 x 3.5 in
History / Biographical
Malcolm Orsted arrived in Terrace BC in 1955 to work for the CNR as an assistant agent. In 1956 he started to work in Alcan.
Custodial History
Malcolm Orsted
Scope and Content
Photograph of 1956 Dodge truck. Side of truck reads Orsted Bros Kitimat B.C.
Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957
Accession Number
2003.8.15
Scope and Content
Photograph of 1956 Dodge truck taken 1957. Orsted Bros.
Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Creator
Malcolm Orsted
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.8.15
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3.5 x 3.5 in
History / Biographical
Malcolm Orsted arrived in Terrace BC in 1955 to work for the CNR as an assistant agent. In 1956 he started to work in Alcan.
Custodial History
Malcolm Orsted
Scope and Content
Photograph of 1956 Dodge truck taken 1957. Orsted Bros.

1956 GMC Hauling Roots from Topsoil

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description30636
Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957
Accession Number
2003.8.12
Scope and Content
Photograph of 1956 Ford hauling roots from topsoil to do lawns in new subdivision near dyke.
Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Creator
Malcolm Orsted
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.8.12
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3.5 x 3.5 in
History / Biographical
Malcolm Orsted arrived in Terrace BC in 1955 to work for the CNR as an assistant agent. In 1956 he started to work in Alcan.
Custodial History
Malcolm Orsted
Scope and Content
Photograph of 1956 Ford hauling roots from topsoil to do lawns in new subdivision near dyke.
Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957
Accession Number
2003.8.11
Scope and Content
Photograph of 1956 GMC hauling top soil for lawns.
Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Creator
Malcolm Orsted
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.8.11
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3.5 x 3.5 in
History / Biographical
Malcolm Orsted arrived in Terrace BC in 1955 to work for the CNR as an assistant agent. In 1956 he started to work in Alcan.
Custodial History
Malcolm Orsted
Scope and Content
Photograph of 1956 GMC hauling top soil for lawns.

Alcan Project humorous reprieve certificate

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description19
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca.1952
Scope and Content
Image depicts a humorous reprieve certificate given to employees of the Alcan Project. The content also implies the hardships endured by the Morrison-Knudsen Company workers in Kemano.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
13
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca.1952
Physical Description
1 digital image : col.
Scope and Content
Image depicts a humorous reprieve certificate given to employees of the Alcan Project. The content also implies the hardships endured by the Morrison-Knudsen Company workers in Kemano.
Notes
Title based on contents of text. Ernie Archer Collection
Subject Access
Kemano
Morrison-Knudsen Company
Images

Barges loaded with flat-top houses

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description223
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
77.58.10
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two barges moored in Douglas Channel and loaded with flat-top house sections for construction workers and their families.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
217
Accession Number
77.58.10
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two barges moored in Douglas Channel and loaded with flat-top house sections for construction workers and their families.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Temporary housing destined for Kitimat was assembled at Vancouver Tug and Barge below the Lion's Gate Bridge 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. Pat Jimenez Collection
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Housing
Images
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1957
Accession Number
2003.32.36
Scope and Content
Boys standing on dirt slope near house.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.32.36
Date Range
1957
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Boys standing on dirt slope near house.
Part Of
Jean Lunny Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
2018.2.161
Scope and Content
Slide of two men at a bunk house party. One man is holding a glass over the other man's head.
Part Of
Jean Lunny Collection
Creator
John McLachlan
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2018.2.161
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 slide : colour
History / Biographical
John McLachlan worked for Property Engineering with Alcan.
Custodial History
Jean Lunny
Scope and Content
Slide of two men at a bunk house party. One man is holding a glass over the other man's head.
Name Access
McLachlan, John
Storage Location
Slide Box 1

Cartoon Featuring Workers at Kemano Transmission Project

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description33218
Part Of
Bill Gallacher Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.5.105
Scope and Content
Photograph of cartoon featuring workers at the Kemano transmission project. Mt. Ripley?
Part Of
Bill Gallacher Collection
Creator
Bill Gallacher
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.5.105
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 20.5x23.5cm
History / Biographical
Bill was one of the superintendents with Saguenay Kitimat.
Custodial History
Donated by Joanna Gallacher
Scope and Content
Photograph of cartoon featuring workers at the Kemano transmission project. Mt. Ripley?
Subject Access
Industry
Early Kitimat
Storage Location
Photograph storage

Century House, City Centre

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description259
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Accession Number
78.11.126
Scope and Content
Aerial of Kitimat's office building in the downtown area. The Royal Bank of Canada occupied the main floor, and Property and Power Operations for the Aluminum Company of Canada occupied an upper floor. Kildala Neighbourhood is shown in the background.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
253
Accession Number
78.11.126
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w 1 negative : b&w ; 6x7.5cm
Scope and Content
Aerial of Kitimat's office building in the downtown area. The Royal Bank of Canada occupied the main floor, and Property and Power Operations for the Aluminum Company of Canada occupied an upper floor. Kildala Neighbourhood is shown in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Alcan Collection. Negative found in 2014.14 collection.
Subject Access
commerce
Images
Part Of
Judith Saunders Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1954-1955
Accession Number
2020.25.14
Scope and Content
Photograph of cleared space with newly built Kitimat houses.
Part Of
Judith Saunders Collection
Creator
Edwin Charles Bateman
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2020.25.14
Date Range
1954-1955
Physical Description
1 slide : colour
History / Biographical
Edwin Charles Bateman (Ted) was a Commando in WWII, and later enjoyed his hobbies of cycle racing, ballroom dancing, and photography. He lived in Toronto, LA, and finally Vancouver in the early 50s. After arriving in vancouver he was offered a job as an assistant surveyor in Kitimat. He was subsequently offered a job as a lineman with what became BC Tel.
Custodial History
Judith Saunders
Scope and Content
Photograph of cleared space with newly built Kitimat houses.
Name Access
Bateman, Edwin Charles (Ted)
Storage Location
Slide Box 1

Dishwashing Process at Sagimat Lodge

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description31715
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
19 May, 1955
Accession Number
2005.8.8903
Scope and Content
Photograph showing Paul Sofos showing the lodge manager at the Sagimat Lodge, Harry J. Goulet, the dishwashing process in the cafeteria
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8903
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
19 May, 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 23 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing Paul Sofos showing the lodge manager at the Sagimat Lodge, Harry J. Goulet, the dishwashing process in the cafeteria
Name Access
Goulet, Harry J.
Sofos, Paul

Display House on Plover Street

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description30819
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[March 24, 1955]
Accession Number
2005.8.8782
Scope and Content
Photograph showing Kitimat Valley Builders' display house on Plover Street.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8782
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[March 24, 1955]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 20.5 x 23 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing Kitimat Valley Builders' display house on Plover Street.
Subject Access
Kitimat Valley Builders

Early housing and landscaping

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29791
Part Of
Lorna Daniel Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2020.1.9
Scope and Content
Early housing and landscaping
Part Of
Lorna Daniel Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2020.1.9
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.9 x 9 cm 1 negative : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Early housing and landscaping
Subject Access
Housing
Geographic Access
Kitimat
Storage Location
photograph storage
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
2003.32.247
Scope and Content
First house being constructed in Kitimat.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.32.247
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
First house being constructed in Kitimat.

GMC Truck and Orsted House

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description30631
Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957
Accession Number
2003.8.7
Scope and Content
Photograph of 1956 G.M.C. truck next to house Orsted's lived in in 1957.
Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Creator
Malcolm Orsted
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.8.7
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3.5 x 3.5 in
History / Biographical
Malcolm Orsted arrived in Terrace BC in 1955 to work for the CNR as an assistant agent. In 1956 he started to work in Alcan.
Custodial History
Malcolm Orsted
Scope and Content
Photograph of 1956 G.M.C. truck next to house Orsted's lived in in 1957.

Hard Hats vs. The Wilderness on the Alcan Project

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description10
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Scope and Content
Illustration depicts a map of the Alcan project area, reaching from Prince Rupert to Kenney Dam. Seen is the transmission line, Kemano power plant and the lakes of the region.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
4
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Physical Description
1 illustration : b&w : col. annotations
Custodial History
From photo album in the Fritz Wurster Collection.
Scope and Content
Illustration depicts a map of the Alcan project area, reaching from Prince Rupert to Kenney Dam. Seen is the transmission line, Kemano power plant and the lakes of the region.
Notes
Clipping origin unknown. Fritz Wurster Collection. 2002.32
Images
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
2003.32.253
Scope and Content
Cleared out area with hill and machinery on top.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.32.253
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Cleared out area with hill and machinery on top.

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