Photos showing Elks' Frontier Day Celebration, Smeltersite. Featuring: Geo and Mrs. Mary Pierce; Frank Grogan; Murray Evans; Bill Martenuk; Geo Birch; John Grey.
Envelopes #1 & #2 Northern Sentinel: Box #3: (A) Historical (1) Dominion Day (a) Frontier Day
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Photos showing Elks' Frontier Day Celebration, Smeltersite. Featuring: Geo and Mrs. Mary Pierce; Frank Grogan; Murray Evans; Bill Martenuk; Geo Birch; John Grey.
Photo depicts a crowd of mostly men gathered to watch Peggy Burbidge crowned Miss Kitimat at the Elk's Smeltersite Carnival on Dominion Day. Don Stewart, Kitamaat, Haisla Nation, in the crowd (lower left of centre).
Photo depicts a crowd of mostly men gathered to watch Peggy Burbidge crowned Miss Kitimat at the Elk's Smeltersite Carnival on Dominion Day. Don Stewart, Kitamaat, Haisla Nation, in the crowd (lower left of centre).
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Title based on content of photograph. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Photo showing an original float designed as a viking ship and manned by members of the troop was entered by the Wolf Cub Pack of Kitamaat Village. Agnes Barber and Mavis Dillon, both teachers in the Kitamaat Village School were responsible for the design of the float. Miss Dillon who was dressed as a clown is seen at the left.
Photo showing an original float designed as a viking ship and manned by members of the troop was entered by the Wolf Cub Pack of Kitamaat Village. Agnes Barber and Mavis Dillon, both teachers in the Kitamaat Village School were responsible for the design of the float. Miss Dillon who was dressed as a clown is seen at the left.
Photo showing "Sky High"; Spectators had to crane their necks to look at Kim Creed on stilts as he advertised a Kitimat Pharmacy. No wonder volunteer fireman Max Patzelt dressed as Donald Duck was staring.
Photo showing "Sky High"; Spectators had to crane their necks to look at Kim Creed on stilts as he advertised a Kitimat Pharmacy. No wonder volunteer fireman Max Patzelt dressed as Donald Duck was staring.
Photo showing "Trophy Dust-Up"; Muriel Richel YMCA stenographer takes time off from her other duties to polish up the eleven challenge trophies which will be completed for at the Dominion Day holiday Track and Field meet. Billed for Saturday June 29, the meet will take place in the Nechako school grounds. Mrs. Richel will be statistician and recorder.
Photo showing "Trophy Dust-Up"; Muriel Richel YMCA stenographer takes time off from her other duties to polish up the eleven challenge trophies which will be completed for at the Dominion Day holiday Track and Field meet. Billed for Saturday June 29, the meet will take place in the Nechako school grounds. Mrs. Richel will be statistician and recorder.
Photo depicts a boy, possibly Glen or Bruce Currie (sons of Municipal Manager Art Currie), sitting in his derby racer, sponsored by Kitimat Rotary, on Oriole Street in Kitimat. The Shop-Easy and Nechako Centre are visible between the houses.
Photo depicts a boy, possibly Glen or Bruce Currie (sons of Municipal Manager Art Currie), sitting in his derby racer, sponsored by Kitimat Rotary, on Oriole Street in Kitimat. The Shop-Easy and Nechako Centre are visible between the houses.
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Title based on content of photograph. Old accession #1998.1.704.
