Photograph of a large group of women and men singing on the stage. There is a man singing and playing a guitar. There are street signs hanging from the roof.
Photograph of a large group of women and men singing on the stage. There is a man singing and playing a guitar. There are street signs hanging from the roof.
Slide showing a large, round container. Possibly a reel of transmission line. Outside of container reads "Aluminum Company of Canada Limited". Other crates visible behind.
James McNay was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, on January 31, 1907. Between 1951 and 1953, he worked in the payroll department for Alcan. He had to leave his wife Effie and his two young daughters, Margaret and Diane, aged 6 and 5 in 1951, at home in Surrey, B.C., during his 3-4 month stints in Kitimat. To fill some of his free time and show his family where he was and what Kitimat was like, he spent many hours walking in the area with a 35mm Kodak camera. He photographed the scenic beauty of the area and parts of the construction of both the smelters and the town. He died in Surrey on August 7, 1983.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret McNay. Images were taken by her father and sent to their family in Surrey in the 1950s.
Scope and Content
Slide showing a large, round container. Possibly a reel of transmission line. Outside of container reads "Aluminum Company of Canada Limited". Other crates visible behind.
Photograph of a group of kids sitting on a rainbow rug in front of a man playing a guitar at the Aluminum City Telethon. Kids consist of four girls and one boy. Guitar man is wearing a black shirt with a yellow, decorative shoulder ornament. Donation panel visible behind them.
Photograph of a group of kids sitting on a rainbow rug in front of a man playing a guitar at the Aluminum City Telethon. Kids consist of four girls and one boy. Guitar man is wearing a black shirt with a yellow, decorative shoulder ornament. Donation panel visible behind them.
Photograph of a man playing a guitar at the Aluminum City Telethon. He is wearing a black suite with a yellow, decorative shoulder pad on his left shoulder.
Photograph of a man playing a guitar at the Aluminum City Telethon. He is wearing a black suite with a yellow, decorative shoulder pad on his left shoulder.
Photograph of a man playing a guitar at the Aluminum City Telethon. He is wearing a black shirt with a yellow, decorative shoulder pad on his left shoulder. There is a rainbow rug crumpled on the floor by his feet. Donation panel visible behind him.
Photograph of a man playing a guitar at the Aluminum City Telethon. He is wearing a black shirt with a yellow, decorative shoulder pad on his left shoulder. There is a rainbow rug crumpled on the floor by his feet. Donation panel visible behind him.
Photograph of a man playing a guitar on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. There is a Royal Order of the Purple Elks Club member on the panel behind him.
Photograph of a man playing a guitar on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. There is a Royal Order of the Purple Elks Club member on the panel behind him.