Slide showing the firehall at smeltersite. Firetruck is visible in the center, and to its left is a target on a tree. To the left is also a building and other equipment. Behind, there are other buildings and powerlines, with the forest even further back.
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 the firehall at smeltersite. Firetruck is visible in the center, and to its left is a target on a tree. To the left is also a building and other equipment. Behind, there are other buildings and powerlines, with the forest even further back.
Photo showing Kitimat's 1st Fashion Show, sponsored by the United Church Women's Association, presented by Hazel Hoppel of the Mary Lynne Dress Shoppe, Terrace.B.C. Flower girls - Diane Gooding, Diane Carlson.
Photo showing Kitimat's 1st Fashion Show, sponsored by the United Church Women's Association, presented by Hazel Hoppel of the Mary Lynne Dress Shoppe, Terrace.B.C. Flower girls - Diane Gooding, Diane Carlson.
Photo showing Fashion Show at Recreation Hall Smeltersite. L/R Youla Fulton, Terry Coghlin, Molly Hilton, Liesel Pansegrau, Fashion's from Iona Burnett's Dress Shop.
Photo showing Fashion Show at Recreation Hall Smeltersite. L/R Youla Fulton, Terry Coghlin, Molly Hilton, Liesel Pansegrau, Fashion's from Iona Burnett's Dress Shop.
Photo showing fashion show at Rec Hall, from left: Youla Fulton, Terry Coghlin, Molly Hilton, Liesel Pansegrau. Fashions from Iona Burnett's Dress Shop.
Northern Sentinel Box #3 - (A)Historical
(1)Women's Fashions
(a)Kitimat's First Fashion Show
Scope and Content
Photo showing fashion show at Rec Hall, from left: Youla Fulton, Terry Coghlin, Molly Hilton, Liesel Pansegrau. Fashions from Iona Burnett's Dress Shop.
Photo showing Early Fashion Show - L/R Mrs. Graham Wright, Mrs. Bill Hatch (nee Mary Helen); ?? R.N. Smeltersite Hospital; Mrs. Iona Burnett - Iona's Clothes, Opened store 1955 (Smeltersite); Iona's Dress Shoppe opened Nechako Centre 1 April 1955.
Photo showing Early Fashion Show - L/R Mrs. Graham Wright, Mrs. Bill Hatch (nee Mary Helen); ?? R.N. Smeltersite Hospital; Mrs. Iona Burnett - Iona's Clothes, Opened store 1955 (Smeltersite); Iona's Dress Shoppe opened Nechako Centre 1 April 1955.
Photo showing donation from the Jimmy Green Fund in the amount of $5l8. L/R Elmer Togavassy, head of the subscription committee; Mr. Green, J. Boziak; The Greens suffered the loss of a daughter and their house and belongings in a recent village fire. Council A.F. of L.
Photo showing donation from the Jimmy Green Fund in the amount of $5l8. L/R Elmer Togavassy, head of the subscription committee; Mr. Green, J. Boziak; The Greens suffered the loss of a daughter and their house and belongings in a recent village fire. Council A.F. of L.
Photograph of Kitimat first firehall with firetruck. Firetruck is outside garage, and side of building has a tarp on the left. Regular truck and buildings visible behind.
Photograph of Kitimat first firehall with firetruck. Firetruck is outside garage, and side of building has a tarp on the left. Regular truck and buildings visible behind.
