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Aerial View of City Centre and Nechako

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27323
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Accession Number
78.11.125
Scope and Content
Aerial view of Kitimat General Hospital, City Centre and part of the Nechako neighbourhood
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.125
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan Photo
Date Range
1959
Physical Description
1 Photograph : b&w ; 27x21
Scope and Content
Aerial view of Kitimat General Hospital, City Centre and part of the Nechako neighbourhood
Subject Access
Aerial
Kitimat General Hospital
Images

Aerial view of Kenney Dam

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description23
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960?
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of Kenney Dam showing the original construction road system and camp area.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
17
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960?
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of Kenney Dam showing the original construction road system and camp area.
Notes
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Subject Access
Dams
Construction
Aerial
Images
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 23 Feb. 1970
Accession Number
1998.1.3059
Scope and Content
Portrait of Aluminum City bonspiel
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Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Creator
Patzelt, Max
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
1998.1.3059
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Max Patzelt
Date Range
ca. 23 Feb. 1970
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 10.2 cm 1 negative : b&w ; 12.5 x 9.9 cm
Scope and Content
Portrait of Aluminum City bonspiel
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Subject Access
curling
Images

Anderson Creek Bowling Alley construction

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description191
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
August 04, 1955
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Anderson Creek Bowling Alley under construction.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
185
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
August 04, 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Anderson Creek Bowling Alley under construction.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Subject Access
Construction
Images

Barges loaded with flat-top houses

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description223
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
77.58.10
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two barges moored in Douglas Channel and loaded with flat-top house sections for construction workers and their families.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
217
Accession Number
77.58.10
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two barges moored in Douglas Channel and loaded with flat-top house sections for construction workers and their families.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Temporary housing destined for Kitimat was assembled at Vancouver Tug and Barge below the Lion's Gate Bridge in three sections, then barged to Kitimat - 10 houses or 30 sections on each barge. -- Electrician Bill Frahler wired approximately 2,000 houses in Kitimat camps and townsite between 1954 and 1958, working first for Johnson-Crooks then Straits Construction, both U.S. contractors. Pat Jimenez Collection
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Housing
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca.1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers looking on as a Sikorsky S-55 helicopter brings in a load of supplies to the transmission line camp atop Kildala Pass.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
11
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca.1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers looking on as a Sikorsky S-55 helicopter brings in a load of supplies to the transmission line camp atop Kildala Pass.
Notes
Photographed by the International Harverster Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.82
Subject Access
Camps
Transmission line
Construction
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 22, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a view from Camp No. 4 in the "Hanging Valley" below Kildala Pass, upper right. Tower No. 130L is in the foreground. Telephoto view.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
113
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
October 22, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a view from Camp No. 4 in the "Hanging Valley" below Kildala Pass, upper right. Tower No. 130L is in the foreground. Telephoto view.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1368. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images

Century House, City Centre

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description259
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Accession Number
78.11.126
Scope and Content
Aerial of Kitimat's office building in the downtown area. The Royal Bank of Canada occupied the main floor, and Property and Power Operations for the Aluminum Company of Canada occupied an upper floor. Kildala Neighbourhood is shown in the background.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
253
Accession Number
78.11.126
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w 1 negative : b&w ; 6x7.5cm
Scope and Content
Aerial of Kitimat's office building in the downtown area. The Royal Bank of Canada occupied the main floor, and Property and Power Operations for the Aluminum Company of Canada occupied an upper floor. Kildala Neighbourhood is shown in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Alcan Collection. Negative found in 2014.14 collection.
Subject Access
commerce
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

City Centre Construction

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description6387
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[6 April 1973]
Accession Number
1998.1.6320
Scope and Content
Construction happening at city centre with a huge hole beside the Bank of Commerce. There is also a lot of construction equipment. The area in front of City Centre mall is boarded off and out of limits. City Centre Mall expansion construction.
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Creator
Patzelt, Max
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
1998.1.6320
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Max Patzelt
Date Range
[6 April 1973]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.4 x 12.6 cm 1 negative : b&w ; 9.9 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Construction happening at city centre with a huge hole beside the Bank of Commerce. There is also a lot of construction equipment. The area in front of City Centre mall is boarded off and out of limits. City Centre Mall expansion construction.
Subject Access
commerce
Storage Location
Photograph Storage
Images

The Coffee Cup Restaurant at Nechako Centre

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description10433
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
24 November 1955
Accession Number
2005.8.1394
Scope and Content
Photo showing "The Coffee Cup" Nechako centre. L/R; Susan Simmons (waitress), Armida Campbell (waitress), P.C. Stanforth (manager).
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Creator
NSP
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.1394
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
NSP
Date Range
24 November 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 7" x 9"
Custodial History
Northern Sentinel: Box #4: (A) Historical (1) Nechako Centre (a) Coffee Cup
Scope and Content
Photo showing "The Coffee Cup" Nechako centre. L/R; Susan Simmons (waitress), Armida Campbell (waitress), P.C. Stanforth (manager).
Name Access
Campbell, Armida
Stanforth, P.C.
Simmons, Susan
Subject Access
Businesses
Restaurants
Storage Location
Artifact Storage
Images

Construction - Paving - Heritage Files

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description9679
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
24 May 1956
Accession Number
2005.8.960
Scope and Content
Photo showing paving (probably Osprey, Oriole Streets).
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Creator
Photographer: Mike Kinnear
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.960
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Mike Kinnear
Date Range
24 May 1956
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 7" x 4"
Custodial History
#2 Northern Sentinel: Box #2: Heritage - Construction - Paving
Scope and Content
Photo showing paving (probably Osprey, Oriole Streets).
Notes
P00178 on Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Subject Access
Construction
Storage Location
Artifact Storage
Images

Construction of Highway 25

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description8966
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2005.8.695
Scope and Content
Photo showing the "Big Boss" of B.C Highways Hon. Phil Gaglardi (foreground at right) surveying the construction work being done on the highway. Bulldozer in middleground and tractor in background. -Construction of Hwy 25 -Opened 28 November 1957
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Creator
NSP
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.695
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
NSP
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 7.5" x 5.5"
Custodial History
NSP 1970: Miscellaneous
Scope and Content
Photo showing the "Big Boss" of B.C Highways Hon. Phil Gaglardi (foreground at right) surveying the construction work being done on the highway. Bulldozer in middleground and tractor in background. -Construction of Hwy 25 -Opened 28 November 1957
Notes
No. P00232 on Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Name Access
Gaglardi, Phillip A.
Subject Access
NSP 1970: Construction of Hwy 25
Storage Location
Artifact Storage
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a unidentified man sitting on the Nechako River bank watching the the activities of construction of the dam at the canyon. Right bank stripping and left bank tunnel haul road shown.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
15
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a unidentified man sitting on the Nechako River bank watching the the activities of construction of the dam at the canyon. Right bank stripping and left bank tunnel haul road shown.
Notes
Title based on content of photo. -- A rock dam was chosen for its ability to withstand earthquakes. Morrison-Knudsen Company Collection
Subject Access
Dams
Construction
Images
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
11 Feb 1963
Accession Number
1998.1.772
Scope and Content
Municipal Manager, Art Currie (L) presenting Fire Chief Aubrey Creed, the keys to the new Kitimat Ambulance. Taken outside the Kitimat Public Safety Building.
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Creator
Patzelt, Max
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
1998.1.772
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Max Patzelt
Date Range
11 Feb 1963
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25.3 x 20.3 cm 1 negative : b&w ; 12.5 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Municipal Manager, Art Currie (L) presenting Fire Chief Aubrey Creed, the keys to the new Kitimat Ambulance. Taken outside the Kitimat Public Safety Building.
Notes
987-26-434
Subject Access
Fire Chief Aubrey Creed
Images

District of Kitimat - Debentures

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description1109
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
14 Nov 1962
Accession Number
1998.1.910
Scope and Content
Kitimat Reeve Sam Lindsay beginning the ceremonial burning of the Municipal debentures with a cigarette. The $2 million in debentures had been taken out for the construction of the Haisla Bridge, and had just been paid in full.
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Creator
Patzelt, Max
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
1998.1.910
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Max Patzelt
Date Range
14 Nov 1962
Physical Description
1 Photograph : b&w ; 20.3 x 25.3 cm 1 negative : b&w ; 12.5 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Kitimat Reeve Sam Lindsay beginning the ceremonial burning of the Municipal debentures with a cigarette. The $2 million in debentures had been taken out for the construction of the Haisla Bridge, and had just been paid in full.
Notes
987.26.329A P00243
Subject Access
Infrastructure
Images

District of Kitimat Celebrating 60 Years of Community 1953 to 2013

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/exhibitdok60
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.
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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.
Images
Websites / Virtual Exhibits

District of Kitimat contest for Medallion design

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description14311
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1 November 1962
Accession Number
2005.8.3118
Scope and Content
Photo showing contest for Medallion design, District of Kitimat
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.3118
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1 November 1962
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 7" x 5"
Custodial History
Northern Sentinel Box #3 - (A)Historical (1)Miscellaneous
Scope and Content
Photo showing contest for Medallion design, District of Kitimat
Subject Access
District of Kitimat
Storage Location
Artifact Storage
Images

Dominion Day Celebrations, Nechako Centre

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description10358
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1 July 1956
Accession Number
2005.8.1331
Scope and Content
Photos showing Dominion Day Celebrations, Nechako Centre.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Creator
Northern Sentinel
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.1331
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Northern Sentinel
Date Range
1 July 1956
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 8" x 10"
Custodial History
Envelopes #1 & #2 Northern Sentinel: Box #3: (A) Historical (1) Dominion Day (a) Events
Scope and Content
Photos showing Dominion Day Celebrations, Nechako Centre.
Subject Access
Dominion Day
Storage Location
Artifact Storage
Images

Hilite Electric Services building

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description2580
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[4 Apr 1964]
Accession Number
1998.1.5392
Scope and Content
Exterior of building exposing the various signs that Hilite repairs.
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Creator
Patzelt, Max
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
1998.1.5392
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Max Patzelt
Date Range
[4 Apr 1964]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 10.5 cm 1 negative : b&w ; 12.5 x 9.9 cm
Scope and Content
Exterior of building exposing the various signs that Hilite repairs.
Subject Access
commerce
Hilite Electric Services
Storage Location
Photograph Storage
Images

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