Photo of three women and a man sitting on a log on the beach. Smiling, two of the women have a leg up liesurely, and the man is wearing a hat and has a cigarette in his mouth.
Photo of three women and a man sitting on a log on the beach. Smiling, two of the women have a leg up liesurely, and the man is wearing a hat and has a cigarette in his mouth.
Photograph of view of the 11 man bunkhouses at the back of the motel site. Roofing is now being placed. These are prefab. units - went up in 6 days from dockside. Logs are laid in the foreground.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of view of the 11 man bunkhouses at the back of the motel site. Roofing is now being placed. These are prefab. units - went up in 6 days from dockside. Logs are laid in the foreground.
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 an elderly man sitting at a table with a cup infront of him. He has thin light hair and is wearing glasses. the elderly man is wearing a black blazer with a black thin shirt underneath.
Photograph of an elderly man sitting at a table with a cup infront of him. He has thin light hair and is wearing glasses. the elderly man is wearing a black blazer with a black thin shirt underneath.
Photograph of an older man, kneeling down while hammering an object on a wooden board. The man has light or grey hair and a beard. He is wearing a black vest with a light collared shirt underneath. He is wearing jeans with black dress shoes.
Photograph of an older man, kneeling down while hammering an object on a wooden board. The man has light or grey hair and a beard. He is wearing a black vest with a light collared shirt underneath. He is wearing jeans with black dress shoes.
Malcolm Baxter died in 2020. His father Basil, was very instrumental in the organization of Kitimat in the early years. Basil was married to Cathy Baxter and they had two sons - Malcolm and Michael.
Custodial History
Part of items collected by Malcolm Baxter, former editer of NSP. Brought into the museum by Judith Cullington, Malcolm's sister-in-law.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Basil Baxter sitting at a desk in paperwork and holding a pipe.