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Albatross Avenue

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Part Of
Frank Diersen Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955-1956]
Accession Number
2009.1.10
Scope and Content
Photograph of Albatross Avenue, Mount Elizabeth in background, temporary housing in foreground.
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Part Of
Frank Diersen Collection
Creator
Frank Diersen
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2009.1.10
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955-1956]
Physical Description
1 photograph ; b&w ; 10 x 7.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Albatross Avenue, Mount Elizabeth in background, temporary housing in foreground.
Name Access
Diersen, Frank
Subject Access
Scenery
Housing
Streets
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Alcan Smeltersite Housing

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Part Of
Jennings-Giles fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1954]
Accession Number
2012.9.23
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alcan Smeltersite Housing
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Part Of
Jennings-Giles fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2012.9.23
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1954]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 6.3 cm x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alcan Smeltersite Housing
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Housing
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Barges loaded with flat-top houses

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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.
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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
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Beached Barge

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Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
9 December 1953
Accession Number
985.65.437
Scope and Content
Photo showing barge beached near the mouth of Moore Creek after a bad storm during the night of 8-9 December, no damage was done to the scow or load of housing material for the townsite.
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Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.437
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
9 December 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing barge beached near the mouth of Moore Creek after a bad storm during the night of 8-9 December, no damage was done to the scow or load of housing material for the townsite.
Subject Access
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Bennett Mackenzie Apartments

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Part Of
Board of School Trustees, School District No. 80 fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1958
Accession Number
982.91.120
Scope and Content
Photo showing Bennett Mackenzie Apartments including sidewalk with mother and child strolling.
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Part Of
Board of School Trustees, School District No. 80 fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
982.91.120
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1958
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing Bennett Mackenzie Apartments including sidewalk with mother and child strolling.
Subject Access
Housing
Storage Location
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Bunkhouse Collapsed

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Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1 February 1953
Accession Number
985.65.147
Scope and Content
Photo showing bunkhouse at Anderson Creek Camp collapsed by snow load.
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Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.147
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1 February 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing bunkhouse at Anderson Creek Camp collapsed by snow load.
Subject Access
Housing
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Bunkhouses

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Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1950
Accession Number
985.65.71
Scope and Content
Photo showing Kemano Project bunkhouses, International Harvester Company Photo.
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Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.71
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1950
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing Kemano Project bunkhouses, International Harvester Company Photo.
Subject Access
Housing
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Bunkhouses

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Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1950
Accession Number
985.65.77
Scope and Content
Photo showing Kemano Bunkhouses, rounded and flat roofs, made of wood, machinery and part of automobiles visible.
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Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.77
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1950
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing Kemano Bunkhouses, rounded and flat roofs, made of wood, machinery and part of automobiles visible.
Subject Access
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Cabin at Minette Bay

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Part Of
Boye Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1955
Accession Number
984.21
Scope and Content
Photo showing a cabin at Minette Bay in 1955.
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Part Of
Boye Collection
Creator
Ole Boye
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
984.21
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing a cabin at Minette Bay in 1955.
Subject Access
Housing
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Caissons Floated In

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Part Of
Manton Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1955
Accession Number
983.38.2a
Scope and Content
Photo showing caissons being floated in for graving dock in Kitimat and for the Alcan Project, Delta King in centre left, housing and road.
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Part Of
Manton Collection
Creator
Leslie Manton
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
983.38.2a
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 9 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing caissons being floated in for graving dock in Kitimat and for the Alcan Project, Delta King in centre left, housing and road.
Subject Access
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Construction of House

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Part Of
Board of School Trustees, School District No. 80 fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1955
Accession Number
982.91.89
Scope and Content
Photo showing Teacherage House under construction,a two family duplex.
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Part Of
Board of School Trustees, School District No. 80 fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
982.91.89
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing Teacherage House under construction,a two family duplex.
Subject Access
Housing
Storage Location
Photograph Storage
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Construction of Teacherage

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Part Of
Board of School Trustees, School District No. 80 fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1955
Accession Number
982.91.90
Scope and Content
Photo showing the construction of a two family duplex to be used for housing teachers.
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Part Of
Board of School Trustees, School District No. 80 fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
982.91.90
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing the construction of a two family duplex to be used for housing teachers.
Subject Access
Housing
Storage Location
Photograph Storage
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Contract Home

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Part Of
District of Kitimat fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960
Accession Number
987.19.18
Scope and Content
Photo showing residences at 45 Plover Street, arch over walkway to home, sidwalk and road.
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Part Of
District of Kitimat fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
987.19.18
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 9 x 12.8 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing residences at 45 Plover Street, arch over walkway to home, sidwalk and road.
Subject Access
Housing
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Contract Home

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Part Of
District of Kitimat fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960
Accession Number
987.19.24
Scope and Content
Photo showing residence at 61 Teal Street and neabry dwellings with fencing and attached garage.
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Part Of
District of Kitimat fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
987.19.24
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&wl 9 x 12.8 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing residence at 61 Teal Street and neabry dwellings with fencing and attached garage.
Subject Access
Housing
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Contract Home

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Part Of
District of Kitimat fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960
Accession Number
987.19.25
Scope and Content
Photo showing contract homes at 16 Swallow Street inlcuding road and homes on other side.
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Part Of
District of Kitimat fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
987.19.25
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 9 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing contract homes at 16 Swallow Street inlcuding road and homes on other side.
Subject Access
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Contract Homes

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Part Of
District of Kitimat fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960
Accession Number
987.19.13
Scope and Content
Photo showing contract dwellings on Lillooet Crescent, clothing hung up to air dry in field behing homes.
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Part Of
District of Kitimat fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
987.19.13
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 9 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing contract dwellings on Lillooet Crescent, clothing hung up to air dry in field behing homes.
Subject Access
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Contract House

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Part Of
District of Kitimat fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960
Accession Number
987.19.11
Scope and Content
Photo showing residence with vehicle and clothes drying under open garage, contract house with no structural changes at 12 Capilano Street.
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Part Of
District of Kitimat fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
987.19.11
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 9 x 12.6 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing residence with vehicle and clothes drying under open garage, contract house with no structural changes at 12 Capilano Street.
Subject Access
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Contract House

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Part Of
District of Kitimat fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960
Accession Number
987.19.12
Scope and Content
Photo showing contract dwelling with no structural change at 17 Brant Street, two houses on new lot.
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Part Of
District of Kitimat fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
987.19.12
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 9 x 12.8 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing contract dwelling with no structural change at 17 Brant Street, two houses on new lot.
Subject Access
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Contract houses

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Part Of
District of Kitimat fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960
Accession Number
987.19.10
Scope and Content
Photo showing contract houses with no structural change at 37 Kootenay Street, house with attached garage and low fence.
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Part Of
District of Kitimat fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
987.19.10
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 9 x 12.6 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing contract houses with no structural change at 37 Kootenay Street, house with attached garage and low fence.
Subject Access
Housing
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Contract Houses

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Part Of
District of Kitimat fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960
Accession Number
987.19.15
Scope and Content
Photo showing residences on Bittern Street from back,clothing is air drying on racks, fence is seperating properties.
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Part Of
District of Kitimat fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
987.19.15
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 9 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing residences on Bittern Street from back,clothing is air drying on racks, fence is seperating properties.
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