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Interior of Alcan's power chamber

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description81
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Accession Number
987.10.2
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the powerhouse during construction. View is of the interior of Alcan's Power Chamber located a quarter-mile inside Mount DuBose.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
75
Accession Number
987.10.2
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the powerhouse during construction. View is of the interior of Alcan's Power Chamber located a quarter-mile inside Mount DuBose.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. District of Kitimat Collection
Subject Access
Industry
Images

Construction of smelter lines numbers 1 and 2

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description151
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Accession Number
987.10.2
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the construction of smelter lines numbers 1 and 2.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
145
Accession Number
987.10.2
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the construction of smelter lines numbers 1 and 2.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Photograph taken in the summer. District of Kitimat Collection
Subject Access
Industry
Images

Ocelot Reformer Furnace Aerial

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description16140
Part Of
Ocelot Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
29, April, 1981
Accession Number
981.23.4
Scope and Content
Photo showing Ocelot reformer furnace from aerial view
Part Of
Ocelot Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
981.23.4
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Max Patzelt
Date Range
29, April, 1981
Physical Description
1 photographic print : b&w ; 11 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing Ocelot reformer furnace from aerial view
Subject Access
Industry
Images

Eurocan Pulp & Paper Mill

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description7505
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[31 July 1972]
Accession Number
1998.1.7435
Scope and Content
In the foreground are hills of sawdust, and in the middle are numerous rows of log piles. The mill is on the left side of the photograph, with trees and mountains in the background.
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Creator
Patzelt, Max
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
1998.1.7435
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Max Patzelt
Date Range
[31 July 1972]
Physical Description
1 photograph, 1 negative : b&w
Scope and Content
In the foreground are hills of sawdust, and in the middle are numerous rows of log piles. The mill is on the left side of the photograph, with trees and mountains in the background.
Notes
Patzelt No. 5617
Name Access
Eurocan Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd.
Subject Access
Industry
Images
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1 Oct 1967]
Accession Number
1998.1.8152
Scope and Content
The Christmas tree being planted in front of the hospital by the Kitimat Jaycees
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Creator
Patzelt, Max
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
1998.1.8152
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Max Patzelt
Date Range
[ca. 1 Oct 1967]
Physical Description
1 photograph and 1 negative: b&w
Scope and Content
The Christmas tree being planted in front of the hospital by the Kitimat Jaycees
Notes
Patzelt #3434
Subject Access
Christmas Tree
Kitimat General Hospital
Images
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 13, 1964
Scope and Content
Photo depicts three men wearing aluminum hardhats giving the Haisla Look-Out sign a coat of linseed oil. One man holds a ladder steady and the bucket while another on the ladder and the man standing on the left brush the wood log supports of the sign.
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
Item Number
240
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 13, 1964
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
1 negative b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts three men wearing aluminum hardhats giving the Haisla Look-Out sign a coat of linseed oil. One man holds a ladder steady and the bucket while another on the ladder and the man standing on the left brush the wood log supports of the sign.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- No. 2178.
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 13, 1964
Scope and Content
The Annual Jaycee clean up of the town included the Haisla Look-Out sign, originially presented to the District of Kitimat by the Chamber of Commerce and created in colour by Bill Diesing.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
240
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by Max Patzelt.
Date Range
May 13, 1964
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
The Annual Jaycee clean up of the town included the Haisla Look-Out sign, originially presented to the District of Kitimat by the Chamber of Commerce and created in colour by Bill Diesing.
Notes
Max Patzelt Collection 1998.1.7897 (no. 2178)
Subject Access
Towns
Images

Line up at the post office

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description206
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Scope and Content
Photo depicts residents lined up outside the Townsite Camp Post Office.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
200
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts residents lined up outside the Townsite Camp Post Office.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Alcan Collection 78.11.149
Subject Access
Services
Post offices
Images

Line up at the Bank of Montreal

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description207
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Accession Number
2001.30.2
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers lined up inside the Bank of Montreal in Smeltersite.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
201
Accession Number
2001.30.2
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers lined up inside the Bank of Montreal in Smeltersite.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Lorne & Sharon Earle Collection
Subject Access
Bank of Montreal
Images

Car heading up Lahakas Boulevard

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description162
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a car heading up Lahakas Boulevard. A large washout has occurred to the right.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
156
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a car heading up Lahakas Boulevard. A large washout has occurred to the right.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Judy Bachynsky Collection 2002.14
Subject Access
Towns
Images

Men and machines Copco drill set-up

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description41
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
March 18, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the placing of men and machines in a typical "Copco" drilling set-up on the West Tahtsa main bore jumbo.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
35
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
March 18, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the placing of men and machines in a typical "Copco" drilling set-up on the West Tahtsa main bore jumbo.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-789. -- The lowest platform folds to allow the passage of muck cars. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 23, 1956
Accession Number
76.66.324
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the 10-man bunkhouses recently constructed on the old Trailer Camp site. 72-man bunkhouses are in the background.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
210
Accession Number
76.66.324
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 23, 1956
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the 10-man bunkhouses recently constructed on the old Trailer Camp site. 72-man bunkhouses are in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. J-2-324. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Images

300 Japanese Flowering Cherry Trees

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description14275
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
12 May 1960
Accession Number
2005.8.3099
Scope and Content
Photo showing Minori Nishi (centre) and his gift to the town: 300 Japanese flowering cherry trees. Norman Barber (left) and Municipal Manager Art Currie (right) looking on.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.3099
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
12 May 1960
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 7" x 5"
Custodial History
Northern Sentinel Box #3 - (A)Historical (1)Miscellaneous
Scope and Content
Photo showing Minori Nishi (centre) and his gift to the town: 300 Japanese flowering cherry trees. Norman Barber (left) and Municipal Manager Art Currie (right) looking on.
Name Access
Nishi, Minori
Barker, Norman
Currie, Art
Subject Access
Tree Planting
Storage Location
Artifact Storage
Images

A Man Speaking Into A Microphone At The Trade Fair Opening

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description7277
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[30 May 1968]
Accession Number
1998.1.7208
Scope and Content
A man in a suit and tie is speaking at the trade fair opening. There is a man in the background wearing a dark suit with sunglasses on, and there is a Lions Club banner hanging above.
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Creator
Patzelt, Max
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
1998.1.7208
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Max Patzelt
Date Range
[30 May 1968]
Physical Description
1 photograph, 1 negative : b&w
Scope and Content
A man in a suit and tie is speaking at the trade fair opening. There is a man in the background wearing a dark suit with sunglasses on, and there is a Lions Club banner hanging above.
Notes
Patzelt No. 3710
Subject Access
commerce
Images
Material Type
Virtual Exhibit
Description
Kitimat was the place to be in North America in the 1950s. The massive Alcan project in the northwest British Columbia was completed in just five years - dam, tunnel, powerhouse, Kemano, transmission line, smelter, and Kitimat. Browse through Kitimat history with these project images - a BC digital collection. The project was one of the most photographed and filmed construction jobs in BC history.
  1 image     1 website  
Material Type
Virtual Exhibit
Description
Kitimat was the place to be in North America in the 1950s. The massive Alcan project in the northwest British Columbia was completed in just five years - dam, tunnel, powerhouse, Kemano, transmission line, smelter, and Kitimat. Browse through Kitimat history with these project images - a BC digital collection. The project was one of the most photographed and filmed construction jobs in BC history.
Images
Websites / Virtual Exhibits

District of Kitimat Celebrating 60 Years of Community 1953 to 2013

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Material Type
Virtual Exhibit
Description
In 2013, the Kitimat Museum and Archives worked with the District of Kitimat, and the Recreation Department, to select images commemorating 60 years of Community in the town of Kitimat. The display can physically be seen on display in the hallway of Riverlodge Recreation Centre.
  1 image     1 website  
Material Type
Virtual Exhibit
Description
In 2013, the Kitimat Museum and Archives worked with the District of Kitimat, and the Recreation Department, to select images commemorating 60 years of Community in the town of Kitimat. The display can physically be seen on display in the hallway of Riverlodge Recreation Centre.
Images
Websites / Virtual Exhibits

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