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 82 Oriole Street and surrounding homes in the snow. There is a broom stuck in the snow in the foreground.
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 82 Oriole Street and surrounding homes in the snow. There are a few seagulls in the foreground.
Photograph of an aerial of a possible transmission line camp clearing. There is a single white building visible in the clearing. Surrounding area is forest, and behind is the shoreline of the Douglas Channel. Streams can be seen flowing into it. In the water on the right a log boom can be seen.
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of an aerial of a possible transmission line camp clearing. There is a single white building visible in the clearing. Surrounding area is forest, and behind is the shoreline of the Douglas Channel. Streams can be seen flowing into it. In the water on the right a log boom can be seen.
Photograph of Alcan maintenence men who check empty houses almost didn't find this one at 80 Starling, On a routine check, H, Andruchow (left) and Per Johansen discovered the place practically buried in-guess what? Sentinel photographer Walter Suessmayer found them (above) trying to figure out where to attack. They dug through the wall showing curving from the roof and he got the second second shot (below).
Photograph of Alcan maintenence men who check empty houses almost didn't find this one at 80 Starling, On a routine check, H, Andruchow (left) and Per Johansen discovered the place practically buried in-guess what? Sentinel photographer Walter Suessmayer found them (above) trying to figure out where to attack. They dug through the wall showing curving from the roof and he got the second second shot (below).
Photograph of Alcan - Power Distribution
Five cables being strung on a messenger cable by Canadian Comstock will form part of the Aluminum Co.'s power distribution plan for the townsite.
Photograph of Alcan - Power Distribution
Five cables being strung on a messenger cable by Canadian Comstock will form part of the Aluminum Co.'s power distribution plan for the townsite.
