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 view of smeltersite from across Douglas Channel. Smeltersite homes visible.
Photographs of panorama of smeltersite from water tower. 1 - not quite to pole. 2 - pole to small pole. right hand corner. 3 - some pole at 2 to left one of 2 doubles. 4 - Just beyond. Left of double.
Photographs of panorama of smeltersite from water tower. 1 - not quite to pole. 2 - pole to small pole. right hand corner. 3 - some pole at 2 to left one of 2 doubles. 4 - Just beyond. Left of double.
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 top of mountain across bay from Kitimat main camp. El. 1900.
Photograph of One Step ahead! keeping ahead of road paving operations is this municipal water crew seen seen laying pipes across Lahakas preparatory to completing the main extensions to neighbourhood B-2. Surveyors in the background are busy taking road grades for paving purposes and the Municipality is making sure that pipes are laid ahead of the contractor's work so that when the road is paved no further road excavation is needed.
Photograph of One Step ahead! keeping ahead of road paving operations is this municipal water crew seen seen laying pipes across Lahakas preparatory to completing the main extensions to neighbourhood B-2. Surveyors in the background are busy taking road grades for paving purposes and the Municipality is making sure that pipes are laid ahead of the contractor's work so that when the road is paved no further road excavation is needed.