Stone hammer is grey. Has a groove throughout the circumference of the center, possibly as a hand gripping point or to wrap a binding component around (rope/twine).
Stone hammer is grey. Has a groove throughout the circumference of the center, possibly as a hand gripping point or to wrap a binding component around (rope/twine).
Photo postcard with image of a large Christmas dinner. Taken in the cafeteria/mess hall of a construction camp. Dinner includes two suckling pigs pulling a sleigh laden with roast turkey. A doll is also riding the sleigh, and there is plenty of other food on the table around it.
Photo postcard with image of a large Christmas dinner. Taken in the cafeteria/mess hall of a construction camp. Dinner includes two suckling pigs pulling a sleigh laden with roast turkey. A doll is also riding the sleigh, and there is plenty of other food on the table around it.
Physical Condition
Good
Material
paper
Height
14cm
Width
9cm
Inscriptions
Note on back of postcard reads: "Note Two sucking pigs pulling sleigh laden with roast turkey - we are in the heart of the mountains but xmas is xmas. Chappie
Accession Number
2022.8
Biographical Notes
Lynn Beckett's father was a civil engineer and often received correspondence from fellow engineers across Canada and abroad. He is described as quirky and funny, and exemplified what his daughter saw in construction camp chefs trying to do for staff who could not go home.
Pocket Lumber Scale.
Donor found while renovating Whitesail Corner Store on Oct 1994. The owner of the building, Arnie Kokesch, was a construction contractor. Donor found another scale with these objects and gave it back to origin business, Kitimat Builders. Originally received by museum on June 16, 1995.
Pocket Lumber Scale.
Donor found while renovating Whitesail Corner Store on Oct 1994. The owner of the building, Arnie Kokesch, was a construction contractor. Donor found another scale with these objects and gave it back to origin business, Kitimat Builders. Originally received by museum on June 16, 1995.