Photograph of Alcan employees gathering for celebration. Back L-R Les Fidler, Loris Tyakoff, Mel ---, Christine Floren, Ken Robertson, Max Keyner, Marc Parthew. Front L-R Mike Greening, Carole Christiansen, Wanda Medeiros, June Coulton.
Donor: June Coultan, 28-1525 Cooper Rd. Victoria, B.C. V94 7A6
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alcan employees gathering for celebration. Back L-R Les Fidler, Loris Tyakoff, Mel ---, Christine Floren, Ken Robertson, Max Keyner, Marc Parthew. Front L-R Mike Greening, Carole Christiansen, Wanda Medeiros, June Coulton.
Photograph showing Aubrey Creed standing beside an old fire truck. He is pointing at an unidentified object. Aubrey Creed is wearing a uniform. He has short, light hair.
Photograph showing Aubrey Creed standing beside an old fire truck. He is pointing at an unidentified object. Aubrey Creed is wearing a uniform. He has short, light hair.
Photograph of a standing band riding a yellow truck at Dominion Day parade at Nechako Centre. Truck has speakers on the roof. Man on left of band has a guitar. All men to the right are wearing hats. Nechako Centre and crowd visible behind, and a group of kids is visible in the foreground. Some clouds in sky.
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 standing band riding a yellow truck at Dominion Day parade at Nechako Centre. Truck has speakers on the roof. Man on left of band has a guitar. All men to the right are wearing hats. Nechako Centre and crowd visible behind, and a group of kids is visible in the foreground. Some clouds in sky.
Photo depicts a black bear hanging onto the passenger side door of a survey truck.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Northern Sentinel Press Collection. Published Thursday, September 2, 1954. Caption: "SOME BEARS don't drive, we're told. This friendly fellow, so the story goes, offered to drive Alcan photographer Fred Ryan back to his dark room to see his picture processed. Shot was taken near newly erected Anderson Creek railway bridge, while Fred was taking progress pictures."
