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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1959
Scope and Content
Photo depicts three potline workers.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
148
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1959
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts three potline workers.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Subject Access
Smelters
Images

Kemano Powerhouse - Generator Floor

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29195
Part Of
Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca.1959]
Accession Number
2014.14.260
Scope and Content
Photo Kemano Powerhouse - Generator Floor. Shows three workers looking at various pieces of equipment and drawings.
Part Of
Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2014.14.260
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca.1959]
Physical Description
1 negative : colour ; 12.5 x 10
Scope and Content
Photo Kemano Powerhouse - Generator Floor. Shows three workers looking at various pieces of equipment and drawings.
Subject Access
Kemano Powerhouse
Storage Location
Negative in negative cabinet

Two Totems on Floor of Workshop.

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description31470
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Accession Number
2003.5.30
Scope and Content
A pair of Totem Poles on the floor of a workshop. note the man in the upper right.
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.5.30
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.6 x 25.6 cm 1 negative : b&w ; 9.6 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
A pair of Totem Poles on the floor of a workshop. note the man in the upper right.
Storage Location
photograph storage

Northern Radio and Record Sales Ad

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29773
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[May 10, 1957]
Accession Number
2005.8.8647
Scope and Content
Photograph showing an unknown woman holding a record and standing beside a record player. This photo was used as an ad for Northern Radio and Record Sales Ltd.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8647
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[May 10, 1957]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b and w : 13 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing an unknown woman holding a record and standing beside a record player. This photo was used as an ad for Northern Radio and Record Sales Ltd.
Subject Access
Northern Radio and Record Sales Ltd.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a newly erected conveyor to be used in transporting fill to the smelter.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
139
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a newly erected conveyor to be used in transporting fill to the smelter.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. This photograph number is 2005.8.215
Subject Access
Smelters
Images

Delta King at Smelter Site

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description18477
Part Of
Delta King Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956-1958
Accession Number
1991.8.1
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Delta King on the shore with smoke coming out of its pipe, trees and houses at the background, body of water at foreground. There is writing on the back that reads "The first bunk house at Kitimat Aluminum smelter plant - a converted paddle wheeler."
Part Of
Delta King Collection
Creator
Max Patzelt
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
1991.8.1
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956-1958
Physical Description
1 Photograph Print : b&w ; 36 x 28 cm
History / Biographical
Given to Barkerville by Dave Johnson of Wells, June 19, 1991.
Custodial History
W.G. Quackenbush, Dave Johnson
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Delta King on the shore with smoke coming out of its pipe, trees and houses at the background, body of water at foreground. There is writing on the back that reads "The first bunk house at Kitimat Aluminum smelter plant - a converted paddle wheeler."
Name Access
Johnson, Dave
Quackenbush, W.G.
Storage Location
Map Cabinet Drawer 1

Floor Plan for the Hudson's Bay Company Store

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description11318
Part Of
Hudson's Bay Company Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956-1985
Accession Number
985.44
Part Of
Hudson's Bay Company Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.44
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956-1985
Physical Description
1 plan : 29.5 x 23.5 in
Notes
Floor plan created for the Kitimat Hudson's Bay store. The Hudson's Bay Company operated in Kitimat - first at Smeltersite, then in City Centre - since August 18, 1952. The City Centre store opened on December 12, 1956 and closed on June 15, 1985.
Storage Location
Map Cabinet Drawer 8
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[23 November 1956]
Accession Number
2005.8.8666
Scope and Content
Photograph showing a new apartment building built by G. W Golden Construction Ltd.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8666
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[23 November 1956]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 21.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing a new apartment building built by G. W Golden Construction Ltd.
Subject Access
G. W Golden Construction Ltd.

New Row of Apartment Buildings

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29813
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[November 23, 1956]
Accession Number
2005.8.8667
Scope and Content
Photograph showing a row of new apartment buildings built by G.W. Golden Construction Ltd.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8667
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[November 23, 1956]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 20 x 15.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing a row of new apartment buildings built by G.W. Golden Construction Ltd.
Subject Access
G. W Golden Construction Ltd.

Interior of New Apartment Buildings

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29814
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[November 23, 1956]
Accession Number
2005.8.8668
Scope and Content
Photograph showing the interior of one of the units in the new apartment buildings built by G. W, Golden Construction Ltd.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8668
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[November 23, 1956]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 17.5 x 15.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing the interior of one of the units in the new apartment buildings built by G. W, Golden Construction Ltd.
Subject Access
G. W Golden Construction Ltd.

Smeltersite, Smelter Wharf

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29788
Part Of
Lorna Daniel Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
19 - 30 Aug 1955
Accession Number
2020.1.6
Scope and Content
Smeltersite, smelter wharf in background, Rivtow wharf in forground.
Part Of
Lorna Daniel Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2020.1.6
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
19 - 30 Aug 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 8.8 cm 1 negative : b&w ; 13.4 x 6.3 cm
Scope and Content
Smeltersite, smelter wharf in background, Rivtow wharf in forground.
Subject Access
Wharf
Geographic Access
Smeltersite
Storage Location
photograph storage

Photobook of Early Kitimat and Alcan Smelter

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description35205
Part Of
Lydia Strecheniuk Collection
Description Level
Series
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2022.14.7
Scope and Content
Photographs of early Kitimat and Alcan smelter. Souvenir photobook with five photos.
Townsite with Mount Elizabeth in background. Smoke is visible beyond townsite in the forest. May 15, 1956.
Townsite with sandhill visible in background. May 15, 1956.
Main Road - Motel - Townsite. View of road leading from service centre into town. Kildala area cleared but not much is built. Kitimat River bridge visible at bottom. Aug 1955.
Kitimat Valley. View of Alcan site, hospital beach, and pier. Looking north.
Smeltersite. View of Alcan smelter and smeltersite.
Part Of
Lydia Strecheniuk Collection
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
2022.14.7
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph print : 9x9cm ; colour
Custodial History
Donated by Carol Larson. Originally belonged to her mother, Lydia Strecheniuk.
Scope and Content
Photographs of early Kitimat and Alcan smelter. Souvenir photobook with five photos.
Townsite with Mount Elizabeth in background. Smoke is visible beyond townsite in the forest. May 15, 1956.
Townsite with sandhill visible in background. May 15, 1956.
Main Road - Motel - Townsite. View of road leading from service centre into town. Kildala area cleared but not much is built. Kitimat River bridge visible at bottom. Aug 1955.
Kitimat Valley. View of Alcan site, hospital beach, and pier. Looking north.
Smeltersite. View of Alcan smelter and smeltersite.
Subject Access
Townsite
Mount Elizabeth
Sand Hill
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Smeltersite
Storage Location
photograph storage

Loading ingots at the dock

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description156
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1955
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a worker spotting the loading pallets of ingots as they are hoisted aboard a freighter at the dock at Alcan Kitimat Works.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
150
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a worker spotting the loading pallets of ingots as they are hoisted aboard a freighter at the dock at Alcan Kitimat Works.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Subject Access
Smelters
Images

Archival Ephemera from Northern Sentinel Press Ltd.

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29588
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
992.26.
Scope and Content
Newspapers, correspondence, information compiled by the Northern Sentinel Press Ltd. in the creation of newspaper articles. Information compiled from Kitimat General Hospital Society, BC Centennial Committee, Kitimat Public Health, Canadian Red Cross, Lehndorff (City Centre Mall owners), Canadian Association of Smelter and Allied Workers - Local No.1, United Steelworkers of America, Kitamaat Village Council, District of Kitimat, Kitimat Community Council, Kitimat Chamber of Commerce, Kitimat Scholarship Association, Board of School Trusteees, Delta King photographs, Kitimat Steelworkers Union Members photographs, Miss Kitimat photographs.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
992.26.
Physical Description
21 photographs b&w 76 envelopes
History / Biographical
Given to museum by Rosalina Cordeiro - Editor of the Northern Sentinel Press Ltd.
Scope and Content
Newspapers, correspondence, information compiled by the Northern Sentinel Press Ltd. in the creation of newspaper articles. Information compiled from Kitimat General Hospital Society, BC Centennial Committee, Kitimat Public Health, Canadian Red Cross, Lehndorff (City Centre Mall owners), Canadian Association of Smelter and Allied Workers - Local No.1, United Steelworkers of America, Kitamaat Village Council, District of Kitimat, Kitimat Community Council, Kitimat Chamber of Commerce, Kitimat Scholarship Association, Board of School Trusteees, Delta King photographs, Kitimat Steelworkers Union Members photographs, Miss Kitimat photographs.
Notes
Was 992.6 Photographs described at the item level.
Subject Access
Canadian Red Cross
Lehndorff (City Centre Mall owners)
Canadian Association of Smelter and Allied Workers - Local No.1
United Steelworkers of America
Kitamaat Village Council
District of Kitimat
Kitimat Community Council
Kitimat Chamber of Commerce
Kitimat Scholarship Association
Kitimat Board of School Trusteees
Delta King
Miss Kitimat
Kitimat General Hospital Society
BC Centennial Committee
Kitimat Public Health
Storage Location
Curator Bay 1 Shelf 1 Box 8 Curator Bay 1 Shelf 1 Box 9
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Scope and Content
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.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
143
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
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.
Notes
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
Subject Access
Smelters
Images

Prince Phillip at the Opening of the Alcan Smelter

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description33695
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[August 4, 1954]
Accession Number
2005.8.9243
Scope and Content
Negative showing Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, examining ingot at the opening of the Alcan Smelter
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.9243
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[August 4, 1954]
Physical Description
1 negative : b & w
Scope and Content
Negative showing Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, examining ingot at the opening of the Alcan Smelter

Minette Bay & Christmas at the Smelter Site

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27764
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
Date Range
[1954]
Accession Number
72.6
Scope and Content
Photographs of Minette Bay, Transmission Line, Halloween, and Christmas at the Smelter Site
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
72.6
Date Range
[1954]
Physical Description
88 slides : colour
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her position as curator of the Kitimat Museum
Scope and Content
Photographs of Minette Bay, Transmission Line, Halloween, and Christmas at the Smelter Site
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
2005
Scope and Content
Alcan's 50th Anniversary Collection 1954-2004. Includes Corporate Affairs DVD "Kitimat Works 50th Anniversary 1954-2004, 1.Cynthia Carrole Message, 2.Ceremonial Ingot Pour, 3.Highlight Video
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
2005
Scope and Content
Alcan's 50th Anniversary Collection 1954-2004. Includes Corporate Affairs DVD "Kitimat Works 50th Anniversary 1954-2004, 1.Cynthia Carrole Message, 2.Ceremonial Ingot Pour, 3.Highlight Video
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Storage Location
Bay 2 Shelf 5 Box 4
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
2003.32.100
Scope and Content
Alcan plant site and buildings under construction
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.32.100
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Alcan plant site and buildings under construction

Alcan Beach Site filled with Debris

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29909
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
2003.32.101
Scope and Content
Alcan beach site with shore covered in wood and metal debris
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.32.101
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Alcan beach site with shore covered in wood and metal debris

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