A picture of downtown Kitimat taken from Haisla Hill. There is a sidewalk running across the photograph, and the Kitimat Ice Rink and Post Office is shown on the left side of the picture. The background shows mountains and trees.
A picture of downtown Kitimat taken from Haisla Hill. There is a sidewalk running across the photograph, and the Kitimat Ice Rink and Post Office is shown on the left side of the picture. The background shows mountains and trees.
Edwin Charles Bateman (Ted) was a Commando in WWII, and later enjoyed his hobbies of cycle racing, ballroom dancing, and photography. He lived in Toronto, LA, and finally Vancouver in the early 50s. After arriving in vancouver he was offered a job as an assistant surveyor in Kitimat. He was subsequently offered a job as a lineman with what became BC Tel.
Custodial History
Judith Saunders
Scope and Content
Photograph of hill with cut, dried trees overlooking curved shoreline along forest.
photograph showing a group of people standing on a dirt road looking over the edge of a steep hill observing tree and rocks that had fallen over the side.
photograph showing a group of people standing on a dirt road looking over the edge of a steep hill observing tree and rocks that had fallen over the side.
Alice Dicker's father, Benard, came to Canada to work in 1955. He was a forman D-shift for Alcan. He married Anna in 1959. Alice and her sister Claudia were born in Kitimat and the family lived here until 1969, at which time they returned to Germany.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ben Dicker standing in front of a car at Smeltersite. Bus and home in background.
Photograph of a letter of congratulations that had been sent out by the Reeve and Municipal council to Alice Jones, a 12 grade student of Kitimat junior-senior High school, for winning the 1957 Municipal citizenship Annual PTA award.
Photograph of a letter of congratulations that had been sent out by the Reeve and Municipal council to Alice Jones, a 12 grade student of Kitimat junior-senior High school, for winning the 1957 Municipal citizenship Annual PTA award.
Alice Dicker's father, Benard, came to Canada to work in 1955. He was a forman D-shift for Alcan. He married Anna in 1959. Alice and her sister Claudia were born in Kitimat and the family lived here until 1969, at which time they returned to Germany.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ben Dicker standing in front of a building with a Kitimat Welcome sign. Sign also lists industries and organizations.
Jamieson came to Kitimat from Vancouver to work on the Alcan project in 1952. With his first pay cheque he bought a small "Pony Kodak" camera at the local store (Hudson Bay?), and started taking coloured slides of the Kitimat from 1952-1953. Left Kitimat at the end of August 1953 to move to Montreal.
Scope and Content
Slide of ski hill priority 3 neighbourhood A at townsite of Kitimat.
Photograph of a man up on a bit of a hill. There appear to be the handrails for stairs behind him. Powerlines above him, and some trees in the background.
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a man up on a bit of a hill. There appear to be the handrails for stairs behind him. Powerlines above him, and some trees in the background.
