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 group of people on a boat. Wharf railing above, in the foreground. One man in a grey suit is walking on the wharf.
Photo depicts two barges moored in Douglas Channel and loaded with flat-top house sections for construction workers and their families.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Temporary housing destined for Kitimat was assembled at Vancouver Tug and Barge below the Lion's Gate Bridge in three sections, then barged to Kitimat - 10 houses or 30 sections on each barge. -- Electrician Bill Frahler wired approximately 2,000 houses in Kitimat camps and townsite between 1954 and 1958, working first for Johnson-Crooks then Straits Construction, both U.S. contractors. Pat Jimenez Collection
Photograph of a man and a women; the women sitting and the mans hand is on her shoulder ; possibily in a boat cabin; women is sitting at a table with a tea cup, sugar and napkins.
Photographs taken by Gordon Lee donated to the museum by his daughter Michelle Simeoni.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a man and a women; the women sitting and the mans hand is on her shoulder ; possibily in a boat cabin; women is sitting at a table with a tea cup, sugar and napkins.
Photograph of two men; one sitting while the other is smoking a cigar ; papers and magazines behind them along with a small window. Possibily a boat cabin.
Photographs taken by Gordon Lee donated to the museum by his daughter Michelle Simeoni.
Scope and Content
Photograph of two men; one sitting while the other is smoking a cigar ; papers and magazines behind them along with a small window. Possibily a boat cabin.
Portrait of a group of people standing againt a wall with ladies holding wrapped gifts and the men dressed in tuxedos. Tables with china arranged in front of them.
Portrait of a group of people standing againt a wall with ladies holding wrapped gifts and the men dressed in tuxedos. Tables with china arranged in front of them.
