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 first trailers arrived in Kitimat via boat.
Photograph of Trailex all-aluminum boat trailers, worlds first of their kind, sold-out the U.S manufacturer's 1964 production capacity before the end of the mid- January New York Boat Show. Light, rust-free trailers of anodized Alcan aluminum, extensions range in size from 500 lb. capacity (weight only 99 lb.) to 2400 lb. capacity for boats up to 23 ft in length. Best- selling Trailex model is this TX-1100 of half-ton capacity.
Photograph of Trailex all-aluminum boat trailers, worlds first of their kind, sold-out the U.S manufacturer's 1964 production capacity before the end of the mid- January New York Boat Show. Light, rust-free trailers of anodized Alcan aluminum, extensions range in size from 500 lb. capacity (weight only 99 lb.) to 2400 lb. capacity for boats up to 23 ft in length. Best- selling Trailex model is this TX-1100 of half-ton capacity.
