Slide showing a men playing a game of baseball at smeltersite. Large crowd of people are watching them. Behind them is a cleared out slope with some buildings. Mountains beyond.
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 a men playing a game of baseball at smeltersite. Large crowd of people are watching them. Behind them is a cleared out slope with some buildings. Mountains beyond.
Photograph of a man playing a guitar at the Aluminum City Telethon. He is wearing a black suite with a yellow, decorative shoulder pad on his left shoulder.
Photograph of a man playing a guitar at the Aluminum City Telethon. He is wearing a black suite with a yellow, decorative shoulder pad on his left shoulder.
Photograph of a man playing a guitar at the Aluminum City Telethon. He is wearing a black shirt with a yellow, decorative shoulder pad on his left shoulder. There is a rainbow rug crumpled on the floor by his feet. Donation panel visible behind him.
Photograph of a man playing a guitar at the Aluminum City Telethon. He is wearing a black shirt with a yellow, decorative shoulder pad on his left shoulder. There is a rainbow rug crumpled on the floor by his feet. Donation panel visible behind him.
Photograph of a man playing a guitar on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. There is a Royal Order of the Purple Elks Club member on the panel behind him.
Photograph of a man playing a guitar on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. There is a Royal Order of the Purple Elks Club member on the panel behind him.
Photograph of a large group of young boys and girls playing on the indoor "playground" with a bunch of slides. They are posing with the Telethon symbol picture.
Photograph of a large group of young boys and girls playing on the indoor "playground" with a bunch of slides. They are posing with the Telethon symbol picture.