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.
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 bus at smeltersite. There is a group of people standing outside the bus. Water towers and forest in the background.
Photo showing two men fatally crushed when shovel overturns along railway grade, between Big Wedeene River and Bannock Creek Bridge, about 15 miles from Kitimat
Photo showing two men fatally crushed when shovel overturns along railway grade, between Big Wedeene River and Bannock Creek Bridge, about 15 miles from Kitimat
Photo showing uprooted tree cause damage and delays in construction progress. Trailer belonged to L.A. Gehrke at Kitimat Concrete plant, no one injured.
Photo showing uprooted tree cause damage and delays in construction progress. Trailer belonged to L.A. Gehrke at Kitimat Concrete plant, no one injured.
