One Used License Hanger from Pryde Automotive Ltd. (1954-1963 Move) (Smeltersite) to Service Centre until Retirement-leaving Kitimat 1971. Mrs. Ouwehand didn’t remember when they purchased the car
One Used License Hanger from Pryde Automotive Ltd. (1954-1963 Move) (Smeltersite) to Service Centre until Retirement-leaving Kitimat 1971. Mrs. Ouwehand didn’t remember when they purchased the car
Physical Condition
fair
Material
metal
Condition Remarks
A bit of Rust on the front left-bottom & on the back
K& E Survey Level: Used on Aluminum Co. surveys in early years of construction. Mr. Le Franc came to Kitimat in 1954. He purchased this item from the company when the equipment had been sold off. Alcan had over 300 people on the survey.
Crane Operator License: Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd. Crane operators badge.
K& E Survey Level: Used on Aluminum Co. surveys in early years of construction. Mr. Le Franc came to Kitimat in 1954. He purchased this item from the company when the equipment had been sold off. Alcan had over 300 people on the survey.
Crane Operator License: Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd. Crane operators badge.
Moses Williams attended the Kitamaat Village Day School, and then the Coqualeetza Residential School until the age of fifteen. Army recruiters conscripted Haisla men into the Canadian Army and Moses went in 1945. He was sent by train to the Canadian Forces' training camp at Maple Creek, Saskatchewan. He never shipped out overseas and the war ended. Moses and his wife Kay married in 1950, shortly after she arrived to teach at Kitamaat. They moved to Terrace in 1964. Moses worked as a carpenter, brick layer and fisherman. His wife Kay taught at Northwest Community College.
British Columbia Driver's Licence No. 706351. From Basil Stacy Baxter. 1954.
Physical Condition
Fair
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
Very dirty
Height
8.2cm
Width
6cm
Accession Number
2020.12.37
Biographical Notes
Items Collected by Malcom Baxter, former editor of NSP. Malcolm died in 2020. His father Basil, was very instrumental in the organization of Kitimat in the early years. Basil was married to Cathy Baxter and they had two sons - Malcolm and Michael. The items were delivered by Judith Cullington - Malcolm's sister-in-law.
Porcelain, blue-white design, from Holland ca. 1900, Mendal family hierloom.
Design of a blue hummingbird in the center surrounded by imagery on the perimeter of the dish.
Porcelain, blue-white design, from Holland ca. 1900, Mendal family hierloom.
Design of a blue hummingbird in the center surrounded by imagery on the perimeter of the dish.
Physical Condition
fair
Condition Remarks
broken but repaired: visible, glued crack. Plate broke in two
