Photograph of group of people standing along a fence. Man, woman, and child on the right, and group of men wearing Kitimat FC jackets the left. Hans Harnoth one of men?
Photos of early Kitimat life, including Hans W. Harnoth and Shirley Harnoth, parents of Harry Harnoth. Hans. W. Harnoth was born in Berlin but immigrated to Kitimat after hearing about job opportunities at Alcan. Hans and Shirley Harnoth were in Kitimat from 1955-1958, and always ranted and raved about how beautiful Kitimat was and all the wonders it has to offer.
Custodial History
Donated by Jacob Lubberts
Scope and Content
Photograph of group of people standing along a fence. Man, woman, and child on the right, and group of men wearing Kitimat FC jackets the left. Hans Harnoth one of men?
Photos of early Kitimat life, including Hans W. Harnoth and Shirley Harnoth, parents of Harry Harnoth. Hans. W. Harnoth was born in Berlin but immigrated to Kitimat after hearing about job opportunities at Alcan. Hans and Shirley Harnoth were in Kitimat from 1955-1958, and always ranted and raved about how beautiful Kitimat was and all the wonders it has to offer.
Custodial History
Donated by Jacob Lubberts
Scope and Content
Photograph of group of people standing in a circle wearing Kitimat FC jackets. Hans Harnoth one of them?
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 view of Hospital Beach from likely the Delta King. Buildings and boats visible.
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.
Photo depicts Bob Jamieson, Chief Cook for Crawley McCracken posing with a bear that is being hand fed by someone out of sight. The men's bunkhouse in Smeltersite is in the background.
Photo depicts Bob Jamieson, Chief Cook for Crawley McCracken posing with a bear that is being hand fed by someone out of sight. The men's bunkhouse in Smeltersite is in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Alcan Collection 73.3.3.24
Photograph of a group of men at middle standing by crane, man at left standing by crane touching equipment, and man inside crane. Kemano Tunnel Collection.
Photograph of a group of men at middle standing by crane, man at left standing by crane touching equipment, and man inside crane. Kemano Tunnel Collection.
