Photos of early Kitimat life, including Hans W. Harnoth and Shirley Harnoth, parents of Harry Harnoth. Hans. W. Harnoth was born in Berlin but immigrated to Kitimat after hearing about job opportunities at Alcan. Hans and Shirley Harnoth were in Kitimat from 1955-1958, and always ranted and raved about how beautiful Kitimat was and all the wonders it has to offer.
Custodial History
Donated by Jacob Lubberts
Scope and Content
Photograph of two men with hats on either side of a woman with glasses. Man on right possibly Hans Harnoth wearing Kitimat FC jacket.
Photograph of two men holding their fish for a picture. The man on the left is hold one big fish and the man on the left is holding four really small fish.
Photograph of two men holding their fish for a picture. The man on the left is hold one big fish and the man on the left is holding four really small fish.
Photograph of two men standing together while holding an envelope. They are both smiling for the photo and are standing in what looks like a radio shop. The man on the left is wearing a quarter zip with khaki pants and the man on the right is wearing a quarter zip with pants.
Photograph of two men standing together while holding an envelope. They are both smiling for the photo and are standing in what looks like a radio shop. The man on the left is wearing a quarter zip with khaki pants and the man on the right is wearing a quarter zip with pants.
Photograph showing two men holding a cheque and smiling for the photo. One is wearing a Salvation Army suit and the other is wearing a normal black suit and has square glasses. In the background are two wooden walls and a desk with a telephone on it. Out one of the walls is a window showing a telephone pole and a house.
Photograph showing two men holding a cheque and smiling for the photo. One is wearing a Salvation Army suit and the other is wearing a normal black suit and has square glasses. In the background are two wooden walls and a desk with a telephone on it. Out one of the walls is a window showing a telephone pole and a house.
Photograph of a man presenting a cheque to another man. Man on left has bushy eyebrows and is wearing a jacket that has a Husky patch and a Canada flag patch on it. The man on the right, presenting the cheque has a horseshoe mustache and is wearing a nice tuxedo.
Photograph of a man presenting a cheque to another man. Man on left has bushy eyebrows and is wearing a jacket that has a Husky patch and a Canada flag patch on it. The man on the right, presenting the cheque has a horseshoe mustache and is wearing a nice tuxedo.
Photograph of two men holding a paper that resembles a cheque. It looks like they’re in a art store. The man on the left has a big beard and is wearing a knit sweater with stripes on it. The man on the right is wearing a suit under a leather jacket.
L-R : Detlef Beck, ?
Photograph of two men holding a paper that resembles a cheque. It looks like they’re in a art store. The man on the left has a big beard and is wearing a knit sweater with stripes on it. The man on the right is wearing a suit under a leather jacket.
L-R : Detlef Beck, ?
The Aluminum City Telethon was started in 1980. The Kitimat Sports Association was approached by the board of directors of the Child Development Centre, and asked for their assistance in raising funds. The idea of a Telethon was agreed on and a committee was formed.
Each year the Telethon executive receives requests from the different non-profit organizations within our own community. They then decide on how to disburse the funds raised that year. after the letters of requests are reviewed and a brief presentation is made to the board of directors explaining how the money received will be spent.
Custodial History
Dorothy Cheyne
Scope and Content
Photograph of a woman in ethnic clothes and holding two candles in glass jars. Performance for the Aluminum City Telethon.
Photograph of an older woman. She has short, dark, curly hair, glasses and is wearing a button up shirt, cardigan over top, and a necklace shaped like a heart.
Photograph of an older woman. She has short, dark, curly hair, glasses and is wearing a button up shirt, cardigan over top, and a necklace shaped like a heart.
Slide showing front end loader filling a dump truck with soil. There is a hole in front from where it has been digging from. Behind there is construction and material visible.
James McNay was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, on January 31, 1907. Between 1951 and 1953, he worked in the payroll department for Alcan. He had to leave his wife Effie and his two young daughters, Margaret and Diane, aged 6 and 5 in 1951, at home in Surrey, B.C., during his 3-4 month stints in Kitimat. To fill some of his free time and show his family where he was and what Kitimat was like, he spent many hours walking in the area with a 35mm Kodak camera. He photographed the scenic beauty of the area and parts of the construction of both the smelters and the town. He died in Surrey on August 7, 1983.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret McNay. Images were taken by her father and sent to their family in Surrey in the 1950s.
Scope and Content
Slide showing front end loader filling a dump truck with soil. There is a hole in front from where it has been digging from. Behind there is construction and material visible.
Photo showing a TD-24 spreading a layer of alrge stones at the base of Nechako Damn west to the rock fill portion which is laid in first, these layers of various size rock, stone and clay with all slope towards the rock fill at about the degree pitch.
Photo showing a TD-24 spreading a layer of alrge stones at the base of Nechako Damn west to the rock fill portion which is laid in first, these layers of various size rock, stone and clay with all slope towards the rock fill at about the degree pitch.
