Photo of three women and a man sitting on a log on the beach. Smiling, two of the women have a leg up liesurely, and the man is wearing a hat and has a cigarette in his mouth.
Photo of three women and a man sitting on a log on the beach. Smiling, two of the women have a leg up liesurely, and the man is wearing a hat and has a cigarette in his mouth.
Photograph showing 11 children standing in rows and posing for a photograph. Back row of 4 standing, middle 5 standing and front row of 2 kneeling children.
Photograph showing 11 children standing in rows and posing for a photograph. Back row of 4 standing, middle 5 standing and front row of 2 kneeling children.
Notes
On back of picture, text reads "Little Friends" then under that text reads "Donate to Retarded Children." The Museum acknowledges that today's society uses "intellectual disability."
Photograph of view of the 11 man bunkhouses at the back of the motel site. Roofing is now being placed. These are prefab. units - went up in 6 days from dockside. Logs are laid in the foreground.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of view of the 11 man bunkhouses at the back of the motel site. Roofing is now being placed. These are prefab. units - went up in 6 days from dockside. Logs are laid in the foreground.
Jamieson came to Kitimat from Vancouver to work on the Alcan project in 1952. With his first pay cheque he bought a small "Pony Kodak" camera at the local store (Hudson Bay?), and started taking coloured slides of the Kitimat from 1952-1953. Left Kitimat at the end of August 1953 to move to Montreal.
Metal sign advertising Wolf Werner Services, the music/DJ business of Wolfgang Scholz. The top 2/3rds of the sign are painted blue with the image of a gray wolf's head howling in the centre. The bottom third of the sign is white, with "WOLF WERNER" written in red capital letters and "Services" written in red cursive below them. Along the bottom of the sign are black letters reading "KITIMAT 632-3900." Two small holes in the top corners for hanging.
Metal sign advertising Wolf Werner Services, the music/DJ business of Wolfgang Scholz. The top 2/3rds of the sign are painted blue with the image of a gray wolf's head howling in the centre. The bottom third of the sign is white, with "WOLF WERNER" written in red capital letters and "Services" written in red cursive below them. Along the bottom of the sign are black letters reading "KITIMAT 632-3900." Two small holes in the top corners for hanging.
Physical Condition
Good
Material
metal
Condition Remarks
Various small stains, scratches, scuff marks, etc. across surface.
Height
61
Width
60.6
Accession Number
2023.30.1
Biographical Notes
Belonged to Wolfgang Scholz, an Alcan employee and radio DJ who lived in Kitimat from 1956 onwards. He provided DJ services at public events through his business Wolf Werner Services (also known as Wolf Werner Discotheque).
Alice Dicker's father, Benard, came to Canada to work in 1955. He was a forman D-shift for Alcan. He married Anna in 1959. Alice and her sister Claudia were born in Kitimat and the family lived here until 1969, at which time they returned to Germany.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alice, Claudia, and Anna Dicker with some sort of cartoon worm? statue. Fields, forest, and mountain in background behind them.
Photograph of an elderly man sitting at a table with a cup infront of him. He has thin light hair and is wearing glasses. the elderly man is wearing a black blazer with a black thin shirt underneath.
Photograph of an elderly man sitting at a table with a cup infront of him. He has thin light hair and is wearing glasses. the elderly man is wearing a black blazer with a black thin shirt underneath.
Photograph of an older man, kneeling down while hammering an object on a wooden board. The man has light or grey hair and a beard. He is wearing a black vest with a light collared shirt underneath. He is wearing jeans with black dress shoes.
Photograph of an older man, kneeling down while hammering an object on a wooden board. The man has light or grey hair and a beard. He is wearing a black vest with a light collared shirt underneath. He is wearing jeans with black dress shoes.
