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Building Permit Register

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description34367
Part Of
District of Kitimat Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1954-1965
Accession Number
984.65
Scope and Content
Brown cover book. Building Permit Register July 2, 1954 to Novemeber 5, 1965. Contains info about property construction and modifications for these years.
Part Of
District of Kitimat Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
984.65
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1954-1965
Physical Description
1 book
Scope and Content
Brown cover book. Building Permit Register July 2, 1954 to Novemeber 5, 1965. Contains info about property construction and modifications for these years.
Storage Location
Archives Bay 1 Shelf 3 Box 35

Max Patzelt Photo Collection Directory Binders

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description34916
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Fonds
GMD
textual records
Accession Number
1998.1
Scope and Content
Three green binders containing the Max Patzelt Photo Collection Directory.
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Creator
Max Patzelt
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
1998.1
GMD
textual records
Physical Description
3 binders
History / Biographical
In 1987, Max Patzelt donated his photograph and negative collection - over 10,000 images - to the Museum. This talented and prolific photographer and businessman operated Kitimat Photo Supply and Max's Photo Studio for over 25 years. Max took portraits of Kitimat citizens - babies, wedding parties, school classes, sports teams, local government - and recorded events for the Northern Sentinel and Alcan's ingot. School District No. 80 published many of Max's photos in promotional materials to attract teachers to Kitimat. Max photographed for Alcan and processed prints for the ingot. Max became a resident of Kitimat in 1956 when he hired on at Alcan as a stud puller. He arrived in Kitimat with a camera around his neck. After a year in the lines, he had had enough. He resigned from Alcan, packed his bags and headed for the CN station to head to Vancouver. Fred Ryan had recently established his photo studio, Kitimat Photo, retail photo processing and the town's only industrial photographers located in the Smeltersite recreation hall. Fred had heard of Max's photographic knowledge and rushed to the train station to offer Max a job running the new processing machine. Max joined Kitimat Photo and was quickly "up to his ears in negatives" (ingot, May 22, 1987). They couldn't keep photographic equipment in stock - everyone who came for work in Kitimat purchased a camera. Max recalled that during the July 1 parade in 1957, he processed approximately 3,000 rolls of black and white film. It took days to process them all. With a new town and smelter, and surrounded by innovation, photography was just booming in Kitimat. Alcan wanted to document its construction events for both town and smelter, and workers wanted to document their time here. Max and partner, Hazel Hatton, opened Kitimat Photo Supply Ltd. in City Centre in 1960. Max and Hazel operated the business until 1967 when Max moved the portrait studio, Max's Photo Studio Ltd., to Service Centre, and operated until 1987. Hazel kept the retail business Kitimat Photo in City Centre and operated until 1985.
Scope and Content
Three green binders containing the Max Patzelt Photo Collection Directory.
Name Access
Patzelt, Max
Storage Location
Archives Bay 3 Shelf 6

Old Kitimat Hospital Drawings and Building Information

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description36226
Part Of
District of Kitimat fonds
Description Level
Series
GMD
textual records
Part Of
District of Kitimat fonds
Description Level
Series
GMD
textual records
Custodial History
Collections of documents pertaining to the old Kitimat General Hospital. Includes plans, drawings, site discourse, and building information.
Subject Access
Kitimat General Hospital
Storage Location
Map Cabinet Drawer 6

Scrapbook page with photos of Kitimat youth

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description36219
Part Of
Arvid Hardin collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
textual records
Date Range
[1955-1959]
Accession Number
2022.18
Scope and Content
Photocopied page from a scrapbook/album, containing four photographs of Kitimat youth, c. late 1950s. Clockwise from top left: teenagers line-dancing at Sadie Hawkins dance; three people with shovels in a snowy driveway; another shot of line dancers in gym; two boys posing for camera, dated Jan. 1958.
Part Of
Arvid Hardin collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
2022.18.15
Accession Number
2022.18
GMD
textual records
Date Range
[1955-1959]
Physical Description
1 colour photocopy; 30.5 x 20.3 cm
Custodial History
Donated to the Kitimat Museum & Archives by Arvid Hardin on May 10th 2022.
Scope and Content
Photocopied page from a scrapbook/album, containing four photographs of Kitimat youth, c. late 1950s. Clockwise from top left: teenagers line-dancing at Sadie Hawkins dance; three people with shovels in a snowy driveway; another shot of line dancers in gym; two boys posing for camera, dated Jan. 1958.
Notes
Names on margin of top photo: [Dowe & Gillian?], Gilda Dean, Arv. Hardin, Mel Seebvau?
Storage Location
Photo storage