Photo showing three men behind a "Beer Sold Out" sign. Provincial shortage of bottled beer. Investigated causes include a machinery breakdown with slow repairs, labour and union disputes and a greater demand because of the summer season.
Photo showing three men behind a "Beer Sold Out" sign. Provincial shortage of bottled beer. Investigated causes include a machinery breakdown with slow repairs, labour and union disputes and a greater demand because of the summer season.
Photo showing Organized Recreation Trip to Hirsch Creek, Supervision by Secondary School Students Gilda Dean and Gordon Stockman, District of Kitimat Summer Playground Programs.
Northern Sentinel: Box #4: (A) Historical (1) District of Kitimat (a) Recreation - Playgrounds
Scope and Content
Photo showing Organized Recreation Trip to Hirsch Creek, Supervision by Secondary School Students Gilda Dean and Gordon Stockman, District of Kitimat Summer Playground Programs.
Slide showing float plane circling in over man made pad on the Douglas Channel for the Alcan smelter. Mount Elizabeth in background partially obscured in cloud.
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 float plane circling in over man made pad on the Douglas Channel for the Alcan smelter. Mount Elizabeth in background partially obscured in cloud.
