Slide showing piles of concrete made pieces for construction. To be used as building material for something. Powerline pole, cleared area, and forest 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 piles of concrete made pieces for construction. To be used as building material for something. Powerline pole, cleared area, and forest visible behind.
Photograph of an x-ray machine. In the photogrpah, there is special procedure equiptment containig closed circuit television with an image intensifier. There is a T.V camera at the top of the unit. Towards the left is the regular x-ray tube. Ray Mabbett is head x-ray tecnician.
Photograph of an x-ray machine. In the photogrpah, there is special procedure equiptment containig closed circuit television with an image intensifier. There is a T.V camera at the top of the unit. Towards the left is the regular x-ray tube. Ray Mabbett is head x-ray tecnician.
Notes
Pictures of where your various parts and pieces are and what shape and condition they are in is provided by the x-ray department. Central in the photograph is special procedure equipment containing closed circuit television with an image intensifier. The T. V camera is at the top of the unit. At the left is the regular x-ray tube. Ray Mabbett is the head x-ray technician.
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 view of looking out at some water. Trees around it with some snow visible on ground. Image has a pink tint.
