Photos of early Kitimat life, including Hans W. Harnoth and Shirley Harnoth, parents of Harry Harnoth. Hans. W. Harnoth was born in Berlin but immigrated to Kitimat after hearing about job opportunities at Alcan. Hans and Shirley Harnoth were in Kitimat from 1955-1958, and always ranted and raved about how beautiful Kitimat was and all the wonders it has to offer.
Custodial History
Donated by Jacob Lubberts
Scope and Content
Photograph of 4 shirtless men walking down a dirt road with a river? behind them and forest on the left. Hans Harnoth included?
Photo showing boom sticks hit the water at Minette Bay as the first load of NarRiele Bloedel Company logs is unloaded. Driver of truck was Pat Stevens of Canae River Logging Limited.
Photo showing boom sticks hit the water at Minette Bay as the first load of NarRiele Bloedel Company logs is unloaded. Driver of truck was Pat Stevens of Canae River Logging Limited.
Malcolm Baxter died in 2020. His father Basil, was very instrumental in the organization of Kitimat in the early years. Basil was married to Cathy Baxter and they had two sons - Malcolm and Michael.
Custodial History
Part of items collected by Malcolm Baxter, former editer of NSP. Brought into the museum by Judith Cullington, Malcolm's sister-in-law.
Scope and Content
Photograph of boys with hockey sticks on snowy street. Mother in long, dark coat standing behind them.
A group of people leaving the catholic church to start the walk a thon. There is a man at the front of the group playing the bagpipes, and there are two nuns walking to the right of him.
A group of people leaving the catholic church to start the walk a thon. There is a man at the front of the group playing the bagpipes, and there are two nuns walking to the right of him.
Photograph showing several children walking in their bathing suits with a couple of adults. There is a young women with dark hair and bangs tied up in a pony tail leading the children. She has a bunch of papers in her hand and is wearing shorts and a T-shirt. Each child has a partner walking beside them. In the background there is a dirt hill and a hole in the ground. Farther in the background is Nechako school, some houses, telephone poles and trees.
Photograph showing several children walking in their bathing suits with a couple of adults. There is a young women with dark hair and bangs tied up in a pony tail leading the children. She has a bunch of papers in her hand and is wearing shorts and a T-shirt. Each child has a partner walking beside them. In the background there is a dirt hill and a hole in the ground. Farther in the background is Nechako school, some houses, telephone poles and trees.
There is a man walking towards the left side of the photograph, and there are shoeprints in the snow, which come together at the bottom right corner of the picture.
There is a man walking towards the left side of the photograph, and there are shoeprints in the snow, which come together at the bottom right corner of the picture.
Photograph of group of people walking in outdoor Nechako Centre corridor. Shop signs visible on left side. On the right there is lots of snow beyond the covered area.
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of group of people walking in outdoor Nechako Centre corridor. Shop signs visible on left side. On the right there is lots of snow beyond the covered area.
Photograph of a man named Heather Ripley dressed as a clown for Dominion Day, as he is holding a young girls hand named Douglas Ripley as they are walking.
Photograph of a man named Heather Ripley dressed as a clown for Dominion Day, as he is holding a young girls hand named Douglas Ripley as they are walking.
