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.
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Photograph of view of City Centre and Hudson's Bay building. Houses and Kildala School in background.
Photograph of building construction at the Alcan smeltersite. Possibly part of the service buildings. Building is still framework. Building material is piled in front. Three men are walking on the right side.
Mike (Miecyszlaw) and Nancy Marciniak lived and worked in Kitimat in the 1950s. Their daughter, Nancy Anne, was born here in 1957.
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Photograph of building construction at the Alcan smeltersite. Possibly part of the service buildings. Building is still framework. Building material is piled in front. Three men are walking on the right side.
Photo showing "Santa Visits The Bay", Hudson's Bay Trading Company at Smeltersite. L/R Santa, Janice Hallman, daughter Reeve Wilbur Hallman, Marc Dumesnil, Johnny Fortier, son of J.J. Fortier.
Photo showing "Santa Visits The Bay", Hudson's Bay Trading Company at Smeltersite. L/R Santa, Janice Hallman, daughter Reeve Wilbur Hallman, Marc Dumesnil, Johnny Fortier, son of J.J. Fortier.
Photograph of second floor entrance of Hudson's Bay company's building in the city centre a few moments after the building officially opened. Very crowded.
Photos belonged to Raymond Stanyer who worked in Kitimat, and were donated by his wife, Pat Stanyer
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Photograph of second floor entrance of Hudson's Bay company's building in the city centre a few moments after the building officially opened. Very crowded.
Photograph of North West entrance of Hudson Bay Building in the City Centre. Electrical service on side of building is temporary until underground distribution system is constructed next year.
Photograph of North West entrance of Hudson Bay Building in the City Centre. Electrical service on side of building is temporary until underground distribution system is constructed next year.
Photograph of lower City Centre Mall and the Hudson's Bay Company building. Some cars are parked in front of the mall in the lower parking lot. Albatross homes visible on hill in background.
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.
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Photograph of lower City Centre Mall and the Hudson's Bay Company building. Some cars are parked in front of the mall in the lower parking lot. Albatross homes visible on hill in background.
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.
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Slide of smeltersite and Kitimat Bay viewed from top of cement tower.
