Jamieson came to Kitimat from Vancouver to work on the Alcan project in 1952. With his first pay cheque he bought a small "Pony Kodak" camera at the local store (Hudson Bay?), and started taking coloured slides of the Kitimat from 1952-1953. Left Kitimat at the end of August 1953 to move to Montreal.
Photograph of Potline 2 looking south west from roof of the forge shop. Note purlin clips welded for roof deck. Column forms in place. Concrete being poured for top lift air duct entrance Potroom 2B. Rectified building #102 at right.
Photograph of Potline 2 looking south west from roof of the forge shop. Note purlin clips welded for roof deck. Column forms in place. Concrete being poured for top lift air duct entrance Potroom 2B. Rectified building #102 at right.
Slide showing NW view from smeltersite towards Clague Mountain. Building visible on left side, and mountain in the distance. Image is a double exposure, and trucks can be seen in the ghosted image.
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 NW view from smeltersite towards Clague Mountain. Building visible on left side, and mountain in the distance. Image is a double exposure, and trucks can be seen in the ghosted image.
Photograph of a man talking on the phone and writing on a piece of paper. He is wearing a black shirt and has a watch on. His hair is done nicely and slicked to one side. He is in a room with wooden walls and is sitting on a chair that has a coat on the back of it.
In the background is a window and through that window you can see a van and a truck.
Photograph of a man talking on the phone and writing on a piece of paper. He is wearing a black shirt and has a watch on. His hair is done nicely and slicked to one side. He is in a room with wooden walls and is sitting on a chair that has a coat on the back of it.
In the background is a window and through that window you can see a van and a truck.
