Photograph of students holding baby chicks. Handle with care. Holding baby chicks are Grade One pupils, Cindy Ryan, Michaela Palaniak and Cindy Johnson of Nechako Elementary School-Miss Chambers, their teacher had the chicks shipped in by plane from Lower Mainland to illustrate part of class study of farm life.
Photograph of students holding baby chicks. Handle with care. Holding baby chicks are Grade One pupils, Cindy Ryan, Michaela Palaniak and Cindy Johnson of Nechako Elementary School-Miss Chambers, their teacher had the chicks shipped in by plane from Lower Mainland to illustrate part of class study of farm life.
Malcolm Baxter died in 2020. His father Basil, was very instrumental in the organization of Kitimat in the early years. Basil was married to Cathy Baxter and they had two sons - Malcolm and Michael.
Custodial History
Part of items collected by Malcolm Baxter, former editer of NSP. Brought into the museum by Judith Cullington, Malcolm's sister-in-law.
Scope and Content
Photograph of two boys crouching on street in Cubs uniforms. Winter.
Photos from Kim Creed from the Iron Mountain mine sites. Kim worked at the mine. The photo collection shows the diamond driller that helped to drill out thousands of feet of drill core back in the early 1960s.
Custodial History
These photos belonged to Kim Creed. They were given to Walter Thorne who donated them to the museum.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kim - diamond drillers helper holding drilling core sample drill pipe. He is on a helicopter pad.
Notes
For more info on the diamond driller, please see Walter Thorne's article in NSP Feb/March 2022.
Photograph of Mount Elizabeth Secondary School Classroom. Four young women and one man are working with office equipment. People in this photo are unidentified.
Photograph of Mount Elizabeth Secondary School Classroom. Four young women and one man are working with office equipment. People in this photo are unidentified.
