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 Ben Dicker standing in front of a building with a Kitimat Welcome sign. Sign also lists industries and organizations.
Photo depicts Electrician Bill Frahler's family standing beside his truck. Johnson-Crooks houses under construction in Nechako Neighbourhood are in the background.
Photo depicts Electrician Bill Frahler's family standing beside his truck. Johnson-Crooks houses under construction in Nechako Neighbourhood are in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- "Alva and the Boys", Slide No. 95 -- Bill Frahler wired over 2,000 temporary construction and permanent homes between 1954 and 1958, first working for Johnson-Crooks and then Straits Construction. Bill Frahler Collection 2003.32
Alice Dicker's father, Benard, came to Canada to work in 1955. He was a foreman 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 cars parked in front of a Kitimat camp. Albatross homes on hill in background.
Photograph shows a small Church located at the end of a road with buildings spread out to ether side of photograph. A car can be seen in the centre, and a people spaced out from the centre to bottom left.
1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm
1 Neg : b&w ; 7.7 x 6.1 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a small Church located at the end of a road with buildings spread out to ether side of photograph. A car can be seen in the centre, and a people spaced out from the centre to bottom left.