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.
Scope and Content
Slide of BCIE boys at water storage tank area. Kitimat townsite.
Photograph of a girl in a white shirt and pink shorts standing on sand near some water that is behind her. Water is possibly a portion of the Kitimat River, and is surrounded by leafy trees. There is another girl sitting at the bottom front. Only her head is visible. Another person is standing to the left, but only their shadow is visible.
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 a girl in a white shirt and pink shorts standing on sand near some water that is behind her. Water is possibly a portion of the Kitimat River, and is surrounded by leafy trees. There is another girl sitting at the bottom front. Only her head is visible. Another person is standing to the left, but only their shadow is visible.
