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Part Of
Kinnear Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
2000.33.169
Scope and Content
Photograph of the back of a 1950s Chevrolet. Possibly a brown colour. Image has a pink tint.
Part Of
Kinnear Collection
Creator
Mike Kinnear
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.33.169
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 slide : colour
History / Biographical
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 the back of a 1950s Chevrolet. Possibly a brown colour. Image has a pink tint.
Storage Location
slide storage
Part Of
Kinnear Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
2000.33.178
Scope and Content
Photograph of a 1950s chevy logo on a car. Very close up so model of car not visible. Image has a pink tint.
Part Of
Kinnear Collection
Creator
Mike Kinnear
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.33.178
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 slide : colour
History / Biographical
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 1950s chevy logo on a car. Very close up so model of car not visible. Image has a pink tint.
Storage Location
slide storage
Part Of
Kinnear Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
2000.33.148
Scope and Content
Photograph of the front of a 1950s Pontiac. Grey or beige in colour. Image has a pink tint.
Part Of
Kinnear Collection
Creator
Mike Kinnear
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.33.148
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 slide : colour
History / Biographical
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 the front of a 1950s Pontiac. Grey or beige in colour. Image has a pink tint.
Storage Location
slide storage
Part Of
Kinnear Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
2000.33.215
Scope and Content
Photograph of a black 1950s Pontiac with a Quebec licence plate. There is another car behind it to the right, and beyond that there is a green home.
Part Of
Kinnear Collection
Creator
Mike Kinnear
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.33.215
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 slide : colour
History / Biographical
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 black 1950s Pontiac with a Quebec licence plate. There is another car behind it to the right, and beyond that there is a green home.
Storage Location
slide storage

Brown Photo Album of Kemano 1950s

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description32086
Part Of
Viola Bird Fonds
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1950s
Accession Number
2001.21.1
Scope and Content
Brown photo album filled with photos from Kemano. Includes images of camps, workers, machinery, construction, transmission line work, Sports teams, Christmas, Kemano tunnel, and views.
Part Of
Viola Bird Fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2001.21.1
Date Range
1950s
Physical Description
1 photo album
Custodial History
Donated by Viola Bird in 2001
Scope and Content
Brown photo album filled with photos from Kemano. Includes images of camps, workers, machinery, construction, transmission line work, Sports teams, Christmas, Kemano tunnel, and views.
Notes
Photocopy of album included.
Storage Location
Curator's Office Bay 1 Shelf 2 Box 17

District of Kitimat - Municipal Council 1950s

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description8608
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
19 October 1956
Accession Number
2005.8.340
Scope and Content
Photo showing District of Kitimat staff, L/R Matt Gooding, Councillor; Cyril Henderson, Municipal Manager; Dr. Hollister Kent
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Creator
NSP
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.340
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
NSP
Date Range
19 October 1956
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 7" x 6"
Custodial History
Historical- Miscellaneous - Municipal
Scope and Content
Photo showing District of Kitimat staff, L/R Matt Gooding, Councillor; Cyril Henderson, Municipal Manager; Dr. Hollister Kent
Name Access
Gooding, Reeve Matt E.
Henderson, Cyril
Kent, Dr. Hollister
Subject Access
District of Kitimat
Municipal Council - 1950s
Storage Location
Artifact Storage

Front of 1950s Chevrolet

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description35807
Part Of
Kinnear Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
2000.33.180
Scope and Content
Photograph of the front of a 1950s Chevrolet vehicle. There is a person squatting down a bit further back next to it on the right.
Part Of
Kinnear Collection
Creator
Mike Kinnear
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.33.180
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 slide : colour
History / Biographical
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 the front of a 1950s Chevrolet vehicle. There is a person squatting down a bit further back next to it on the right.
Storage Location
slide storage
Part Of
Taylor Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
[ca.1950]
Accession Number
984.54.1
Scope and Content
VHS Cassette copy of three 8mm films loaned from the Taylor family. Images include: #1 film contained 1955 Kitimat a-plant and dock b-Delta King c-Hudson's Bay Store at Smelter d-Paving Kingfisher Avenue e-Building Nechako Theatre f-Nov. 11, 1955 g-Snow at last. Mr. Taylor's daughter going to work at B.C. Telephone h-Building homes on inside loop of Mallard St. i-Wren St j-Nechako School- Pink building temporary class rooms k-Buildings brought up by barge l-Nechako Shopping Centre #2 a-Teal Street b-Waterfall at Northern Dock c-Fishermen out on Channel d-Kitamaat Village across the Channel e-Powerline to Kemano f-Looking down Douglas Channel g-On the Delta king h-#4 Teal St. before paving i-Kitimat Hotel area 2nd Bank of Montreal Radley Pk. j-Kitimat's first army cadets under command of Gordon Booth #3a-Bear at the corner of Teal and Nalabila b-Lower City Centre in the background c-Haisla hill prior to landscaping d-Parade July 1st, 1957
Part Of
Taylor Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
984.54.1
Date Range
[ca.1950]
Physical Description
1 VHS Cassette
Custodial History
Movie reel of early Kitimat. Super 8 and 8 mm- 400ft 120m a Kodak 884. 3 films were loaned to us from Mr. & Mrs. W. Taylor, 167, 5000 Dalhousie Dr., Calgary, Alberta. These films were all put on the Kodak 884 reel. #1 film contained 1955 Kitimat. They were then transfered to VHS
Scope and Content
VHS Cassette copy of three 8mm films loaned from the Taylor family. Images include: #1 film contained 1955 Kitimat a-plant and dock b-Delta King c-Hudson's Bay Store at Smelter d-Paving Kingfisher Avenue e-Building Nechako Theatre f-Nov. 11, 1955 g-Snow at last. Mr. Taylor's daughter going to work at B.C. Telephone h-Building homes on inside loop of Mallard St. i-Wren St j-Nechako School- Pink building temporary class rooms k-Buildings brought up by barge l-Nechako Shopping Centre #2 a-Teal Street b-Waterfall at Northern Dock c-Fishermen out on Channel d-Kitamaat Village across the Channel e-Powerline to Kemano f-Looking down Douglas Channel g-On the Delta king h-#4 Teal St. before paving i-Kitimat Hotel area 2nd Bank of Montreal Radley Pk. j-Kitimat's first army cadets under command of Gordon Booth #3a-Bear at the corner of Teal and Nalabila b-Lower City Centre in the background c-Haisla hill prior to landscaping d-Parade July 1st, 1957
Name Access
Taylor, William
Taylor, Mrs. William
Storage Location
Bay 1, Shelf 3, Box 5

Municipal Council - 1950s

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description8607
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950s
Accession Number
2005.8.339
Scope and Content
Photo showing, Cyril Henderson, Municipal Manager
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Creator
NSP
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.339
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
NSP
Date Range
1950s
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 6" x 5"
Custodial History
Historical- Miscellaneous - Municipal
Scope and Content
Photo showing, Cyril Henderson, Municipal Manager
Name Access
Henderson, Cyril
Subject Access
council
Storage Location
Artifact Storage

Municipal Council 1950s

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description8606
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
20 January 1955
Accession Number
2005.8.338
Scope and Content
Photo showing swearing in of councillors, from L/R Basil Baxter, ex-councillor; Doug Cohoon, Councillor; Cyril Henderson, Municipal Manager; Wilbur Hallman, Reeve; Matt Gooding, Councillor; Fred Kreller, Councillor.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Creator
NSP
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.338
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
NSP
Date Range
20 January 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 8" x 8"
Custodial History
Historical- Miscellaneous - Municipal
Scope and Content
Photo showing swearing in of councillors, from L/R Basil Baxter, ex-councillor; Doug Cohoon, Councillor; Cyril Henderson, Municipal Manager; Wilbur Hallman, Reeve; Matt Gooding, Councillor; Fred Kreller, Councillor.
Name Access
Baxter, Basil
Cohoon, Doug
Henderson, Cyril
Hallman, Wilbur
Gooding, Reeve Matt E.
Kreller, Fred
Subject Access
Swearing in Councillors
Storage Location
Artifact Storage

Photos of Kitimat in the 1950s

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description36391
Part Of
Nancy Anne Hickinbottom fonds
Description Level
Series
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[195-]
Accession Number
2014.13
Scope and Content
Series contains 38 photographs (37 b&w; 1 colour), mainly showing scenery and buildings around Kitimat in the early 1950s. Subjects depicted include: Hudson's Bay store steps, Mount Elizabeth, power lines, Kemano near Kildala Pass, a baby girl (presumably Nancy Anne Marciniak), bunkhouses, construction machines, buildings under construction, smeltersite, highways, early neighborhoods, Kitamaat Village, and the Kitimat River.
Part Of
Nancy Anne Hickinbottom fonds
Description Level
Series
Item Number Range
2014.13.1 - 2014.13.38
Accession Number
2014.13
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[195-]
Physical Description
37 photographs : b&w
1 photograph : colour
History / Biographical
Mike (Miecyszlaw) and Nancy Marciniak lived and worked in Kitimat in the 1950s. Their daughter, Nancy Anne, was born here in 1957.
Custodial History
Items were donated by Nancy Hickinbottom (nee Marciniak) to the Kitimat Museum & Archives in November 2014.
Scope and Content
Series contains 38 photographs (37 b&w; 1 colour), mainly showing scenery and buildings around Kitimat in the early 1950s. Subjects depicted include: Hudson's Bay store steps, Mount Elizabeth, power lines, Kemano near Kildala Pass, a baby girl (presumably Nancy Anne Marciniak), bunkhouses, construction machines, buildings under construction, smeltersite, highways, early neighborhoods, Kitamaat Village, and the Kitimat River.
Geographic Access
Kitimat, B.C.
Kemano
Kitamaat Village
Smelter site
Smeltersite

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