This item is part of a large collection of photographs from Prince Rupert Daily News that was first transfered to the Prince Rupert City & Regional Archives. Images pertaining to Kitimat/Kemano were subsequently transfered to our repository.
Initially a reporter fro the Victoria Times, J. Gordon Smith joined the Colonist and became marine editor of the paper, serving additionally as wire service's foreign correspondent. Smith left the newspaper field in 1912 to join the provincial civil service and aided in the development of the province's tourist industry. He retired after serving the provincial government for over thirty years.
Custodial History
Originally donated to the Campbell Museum by Emily Faak, Black Creek, B.C. in 1998. Photographs originally taken by J. Gordon Smith, and Ms. Faak somehow aquired his collection. Donated to the Kitimat museum by Frances Gundry.
Scope and Content
Photograph of unknown couple standing in front of log home in early Kitimat.
Photograph of a newly married couple signing their marriage licence together. The bride is holding her bouquet and is writing on the papers. The groom is pointing at a section on the papers and is starring over his glasses.
Photograph of a newly married couple signing their marriage licence together. The bride is holding her bouquet and is writing on the papers. The groom is pointing at a section on the papers and is starring over his glasses.
Photograph of Pioneer Area; Clifford, Charles William Digby ; Portraits ; Entrepreneur - Responsible For First Kitimat Hotel 1904 ; M.L.A. - For Skeena Electoral District ; Ca 1900
Photograph of Pioneer Area; Clifford, Charles William Digby ; Portraits ; Entrepreneur - Responsible For First Kitimat Hotel 1904 ; M.L.A. - For Skeena Electoral District ; Ca 1900
