Slide showing front end loader filling a dump truck with soil. There is a hole in front from where it has been digging from. Behind there is construction and material visible.
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 front end loader filling a dump truck with soil. There is a hole in front from where it has been digging from. Behind there is construction and material visible.
Photo showing construction underway on the new school board offices and board room in Terrace. The board got the green light for the building on December 14 after waiting since 1966 for permission to build.
Photo showing construction underway on the new school board offices and board room in Terrace. The board got the green light for the building on December 14 after waiting since 1966 for permission to build.
Photo showing the latest view of the hospital addition and psychiatric wing for Mills Memorial Hospital. The psychiatric wing is the one storey building in the foreground and the addition is between it and the existing building. The view is from Haughland Avenue.
Photo showing the latest view of the hospital addition and psychiatric wing for Mills Memorial Hospital. The psychiatric wing is the one storey building in the foreground and the addition is between it and the existing building. The view is from Haughland Avenue.
Photo showing crews busily working on the installation of the last pier for the new Skeena River bridge span. Work has been proceeding at a snail's pace for the past year but has improved in recent months. No completion date for the span has been set,
Photo showing crews busily working on the installation of the last pier for the new Skeena River bridge span. Work has been proceeding at a snail's pace for the past year but has improved in recent months. No completion date for the span has been set,
Photo showing Aristides (Ziggy) Monteilo operating the loader as Dave McLeod sat beind the wheel of the dump truck. Instructing the crew was Ed Zuchotzki.
Photo showing Aristides (Ziggy) Monteilo operating the loader as Dave McLeod sat beind the wheel of the dump truck. Instructing the crew was Ed Zuchotzki.