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.
Four postcards featuring images of early Kitimat and Alcan.
5 - The Townsite - Birds Eye View
6 - Camp 5 - Kemano
7 - The Kitimat Townsite
8 - The Kitimat Townsite - Mt. Elizabeth
Four postcards featuring images of early Kitimat and Alcan.
5 - The Townsite - Birds Eye View
6 - Camp 5 - Kemano
7 - The Kitimat Townsite
8 - The Kitimat Townsite - Mt. Elizabeth
3 Kitimat postcards from 1954. 1. "The Townsite" Birds Eye View, 2. Aerial View of Aluminum Company of Canada's Smelter Site, 3. Aerial View of Kitimat River and Bridge.
3 Kitimat postcards from 1954. 1. "The Townsite" Birds Eye View, 2. Aerial View of Aluminum Company of Canada's Smelter Site, 3. Aerial View of Kitimat River and Bridge.
