Mid - 1940 ' S Photograph Album N. Alberta NWT Yukon River Boats Kiewit Construction
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:4360348 | Modified Item: No |
| Type: photo album |
More than 200 images (I’m pretty sure the total is 212). Somewhat tattered leather cover with “Snap Shot Album” and “Whitehorse Yukon” burned/etched into it and an image of an Indian chief painted on it. There’s a certain amount of helpful captioning on the pages in the front of the album, which, along with signs seen in some of the images, sort of helps to tell the story. I can't say if the pictures are mounted in chronological order, but they seem like they probably ar...e. The first page has two real photo postcards from Edmonton, and the handwritten captioning on that page says, “‘Marine Operators’ April 25, 1943 to April 26, 1944 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada” There are no further dates anywhere in the album, so it’s not clear if that time range only refers to time spent in Edmonton, or if it includes the entire book which includes construction-related (mining-related? oil-related?) travels in Northern Alberta, the Northwest Territories and which finishes in/near Whitehorse, Yukon. I’m assuming that the images are in the book pretty much in chronological order, but I can’t prove that they are. As for “Marine Operators” I couldn’t find anything definitive online about such a company having operated in Canada in the 1940’s. OK - I can only provide 12 images with this listing, so I’ll try to give you a page-by-page listing of the contents, noting (*) which pages I’ve provided images of. This is not a random sampling - I've tried to show as many of what I consider to be the most interesting images here. Pg.#: 1, two Edmonton RPPC’s 2* four photos… one of six men in front of Studebaker dealership (next to the Scott Building), “Carignan, Dugan, [Holma? Holmes?], Kear, Lowry.” Presumably the sixth, unnamed man, was the owner of the album, whose wife – according to a caption on the next page – probably assembled the album. One of two men – “Kear – Ellenwood, ” one of Dugan and one of Lowry. 3* seven images, all of women w one man in one image – Helen O’Shea / Ione–B.J. / Edith–Eliz.–Kay / Kay Samson (Sun Drug Store in background w McCosham Storage billboard above it) / Eliz.–Ben–B.J. / B.J.-Eliz (in front of Studebaker shop) / Me-Mrs. Kear-Helen 4, six photos, no captions, all of people, dog sleds in one, ice skating 5, seven photos, people, no captions 6, nine photos, people, no captions 7, eight photos, people, no captions, four with one or more men in military uniform 8 & 9, twelve wintertime photos of people, six of them captioned – Billie Jean-Mac / Billie Jean / Elizabeth / Capt. Mac / Chet / Helen-Me 10* five photos – first clear indication they’ve left Edmonton: Hotel–Waterways / tall “Marine Operators” building/tower and mess hall at Waterways / Dugan- (Peter) Kiewit – Carignan – Berry (lots of pipe and other construction materials in background / Timme-Lillian-Bob H.-Marso-K.Samson (and others unnamed)/ Carignan, Col. Levison, Dugan and one unnamed, maybe the album’s owner. 11* four photos, G. Ellenwood-B. Egan-M. Booth (and others) aboard tug boat “Fitzgerald” / Peter Kiewit in front of pile of pipe / Ellenwood-Egan-Carignan-Booth and one unnamed w huge wooden structure (river barge on land?) / unnamed (same as in last photo on previous page)-Col. Levison- C.B. Carignan 12* four photos: (no caption) river boat “Fort Norman” on wheels for portage, bit of a town in background / distant view of “Boat over Portage / vague river view “Sunken Barge” / “Boat on Portage” (the “Slave”) 13* five photos, “Clearwater [River] entering Athabasca [River]” in NE Alberta / “Loading Skip Boxes on Barge” (with a “Danger High Explosives” sign) / uncaptioned scene of three tugs pushing barge the photographer was on / “R.G.D. Boat pushing Barge” / “Fitzgerald Office Gang” (w “Marine Operators” sign on building 14* four photos: “Cook Shack on Barge” / “Road to Abasand Oil Co. W.W.” (Waterways, presumably) / “Portage – Fitzgerald” (riverboat being hauled over land by line of tractors) / “Cutting thru’ Trees for Pipeline” (this photo has a sharp full-height crease) 15* four photos: one is a real photo postcard by Sutherland, “Marine Operators Transporting Across the Portage, Fort Smith, N.W.T.” / “Waterways Dock” / “Refrigerator-units” / “Hudson’s Bay Boat- fuel Barge” 16, three uncaptioned photos: Tug “Chipewyan” pushing river barge / view of ??? / four hunters w two dead animals 17* four dramatic images with one caption – “Northern Lights” 18, three uncaptioned photos: five men w car, building / large passenger steamer at dock (sort of like Tutshi, but smaller) / river tug Chipewyan
