Photograph of little league winning team. Group of boys posing for a photo in baseball gear. Coach behind them and other kids observing on the sides. Baseball fence and forest (Nechako?) behind them.
Malcolm Baxter 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.
Custodial History
Part of items collected by Malcolm Baxter, former editer of NSP. Brought into the museum by Judith Cullington, Malcolm's sister-in-law.
Scope and Content
Photograph of little league winning team. Group of boys posing for a photo in baseball gear. Coach behind them and other kids observing on the sides. Baseball fence and forest (Nechako?) behind them.
Photograph of "Otto" and "Big" leading the 1956 July 1st parade in Kitimat in a white car. There is a big crowd watching. Parade is running down Kingfisher Avenue past the Oceanview apartments. There are people on the roof of the apartment also watching.
Edna Nicolay (Webb) was the former Miss Kitimat in 1955. Her and her family moved to Kitimat on April 8, 1955.
Scope and Content
Photograph of "Otto" and "Big" leading the 1956 July 1st parade in Kitimat in a white car. There is a big crowd watching. Parade is running down Kingfisher Avenue past the Oceanview apartments. There are people on the roof of the apartment also watching.
Photo depicts soccer All Stars posing in front of a Canadian National Railway train, before leaving for Vancouver via Canadian Pacific Airlines from the Terrace Airport.
Photo depicts soccer All Stars posing in front of a Canadian National Railway train, before leaving for Vancouver via Canadian Pacific Airlines from the Terrace Airport.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- The team lost 9-0 against Vancouver. It was noted at this time by League President George Madden that the Kitimat All Stars were handicapped by having to play on grass, which was very strange to them. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Photo showing Kitimat All-Stars soccer team leaving by Canadian national railway and Canadian Pacific Airlines for Vancouver, B.C. (see enclosed newspaper article, August 24, 1956).
Photo showing Kitimat All-Stars soccer team leaving by Canadian national railway and Canadian Pacific Airlines for Vancouver, B.C. (see enclosed newspaper article, August 24, 1956).
Photo showing Kitimat All- Star Soccer Team leaving by Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Airlines for Vancouver, B.C. (see 2005.8.14 Newspaper Article , August 24, 1956).
Photo showing Kitimat All- Star Soccer Team leaving by Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Airlines for Vancouver, B.C. (see 2005.8.14 Newspaper Article , August 24, 1956).
Photo showing Hungarians giving a big welcome to country men, greeting newly arrived fellow country men who had fled from the communist domination of their revolt torn country.
Photo showing Hungarians giving a big welcome to country men, greeting newly arrived fellow country men who had fled from the communist domination of their revolt torn country.
Photo showing Blue Adriatics Soccer Team members
Back row L/R; John McCarthy; Brian Turnball; Tony Mrakich; Doug Franuschick; Cvjecto Kustopee; Ivan Vratan; Tony Bendervish
Front Row L/R; Tony Antism; Tony Habazin; Cvjecto Kustopee; Ivan Vratan; Tony Bendervish
Photo showing Blue Adriatics Soccer Team members
Back row L/R; John McCarthy; Brian Turnball; Tony Mrakich; Doug Franuschick; Cvjecto Kustopee; Ivan Vratan; Tony Bendervish
Front Row L/R; Tony Antism; Tony Habazin; Cvjecto Kustopee; Ivan Vratan; Tony Bendervish