Acid plant, digester bldg., warehouse
- G-07450
- Item
- 1929
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Acid plant, digester bldg., warehouse
Central laboratory, Mr. H. Arbo, Chief Chemist
Cleaning deck and sawmill crew
Concrete cribbing of boiler house
Inagural dance at community hall
Part of Reynoldston Research and Studies oral history collection
SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Kuri Takenaka PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1972 RECORDED: New Denver (B.C.), 1972-04-26 SUMMARY: Kuri Takenaka was born in 1912 in Japan and married in 1930 at the age of 18. Came to Canada with her husband, Mr. Takenaka, a handyman who had lived in Canada since 1922. Mr. Takenaka's father was a fisherman. Kuri attended Mora School in Vancouver for a year to learn to be a hairdresser. They moved to Woodfibre where Kuri opened her own barbershop, and Mr. Takenaka worked in the sawmill as a handyman. Her barbershop was in business for 9 years before WWII started and they moved to Kaslo camp. After the war they moved to New Denver where Kuri has a barbershop.
Queen and maids of honour.
May queen and her maids of honour
Mr. Sweeney and family, Mr. Bolger and Dr. McLean
Mr. W. Arnold, chief engineer and master mechanic
Prize winning costume at Woodfibre masquerade ball
Road approaching 2000 ft. level
The ballad of Woodfibre ; Bennett's railroad song
Part of B.C. music collection
Part of Edward Davidson McRae fonds
Unedited footage. Shows "instant" resource towns in British Columbia, their industrial facilities, and the amenities available to workers and their families, including housing, shopping centres, schools, company stores, etc. Includes footage of the open-pit mine at Phoenix; the town of Mackenzie, north of Prince George; the mill town of Woodfibre, including its ferry service; and the forestry town of Gold River on Vancouver Island.
Toe excavation at buttress no. 5.A.