Photograph of a man sitting on the edge of a motorboat. He has his foot in the water. Shoreline behind him has a lot of stumps and tree debris on it. Forest beyond it. Image has a pink tint.
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 man sitting on the edge of a motorboat. He has his foot in the water. Shoreline behind him has a lot of stumps and tree debris on it. Forest beyond it. Image has a pink tint.
Photograph of a man sitting on a couch that has a flower pattern all over it. He has light straight hair and is wearing a black white collared shirt along with some wide legged jeans.
Photograph of a man sitting on a couch that has a flower pattern all over it. He has light straight hair and is wearing a black white collared shirt along with some wide legged jeans.
Photograph of students holding baby chicks. Handle with care. Holding baby chicks are Grade One pupils, Cindy Ryan, Michaela Palaniak and Cindy Johnson of Nechako Elementary School-Miss Chambers, their teacher had the chicks shipped in by plane from Lower Mainland to illustrate part of class study of farm life.
Photograph of students holding baby chicks. Handle with care. Holding baby chicks are Grade One pupils, Cindy Ryan, Michaela Palaniak and Cindy Johnson of Nechako Elementary School-Miss Chambers, their teacher had the chicks shipped in by plane from Lower Mainland to illustrate part of class study of farm life.
An R.C.M.P officer holding a baby cub. There is a boy behind the officer wearing a plaid button up shirt, and a man with a video camera behind the young boy.
An R.C.M.P officer holding a baby cub. There is a boy behind the officer wearing a plaid button up shirt, and a man with a video camera behind the young boy.
Photograph showing four women standing on the curling ice all wearing matching sweaters and holding their brooms. The two girls in the middle were holding a Winnie the Pooh teddy bear.
Photograph showing four women standing on the curling ice all wearing matching sweaters and holding their brooms. The two girls in the middle were holding a Winnie the Pooh teddy bear.
Photograph of Eunnel Cheung throwing toy food at a toy mouse in a wall. For feed the mouse game. Girl in violet coat holding bag with toy food is Ting-Ya Guizzo. Man on right watching is Ming Lo. For Year of the Rat Chinese New Year celebration. Red rat posters visible on the wall. Event held at Riverlodge.
The Kitimat Chinese Association was founded in 1985. Their purpose was to connect all Chinese Canadians in Kitimat, with the local people too. They encouraged the members involved in the community to show and share Chinese culture with the people in Kitimat. Like activities in Multicultural Day, Canada Day, Canada Cancer Society's Relay of Life, etc. Every year they had three gatherings, summer picnic, Christmas and Chinese New Year. The association disbanded in December 2008 as most of the members got older and retired.
Custodial History
Donated by Huey-lin Wu
Scope and Content
Photograph of Eunnel Cheung throwing toy food at a toy mouse in a wall. For feed the mouse game. Girl in violet coat holding bag with toy food is Ting-Ya Guizzo. Man on right watching is Ming Lo. For Year of the Rat Chinese New Year celebration. Red rat posters visible on the wall. Event held at Riverlodge.
