Photograph of Onorio Angelo Iacobelli in Kemano sometime between 1952 and 1955. He is on a tram landing, wearing a hard hat. Tram is in use moving on the slope. Lots of snow. River visible below.
Donated by Onorio Iacobelli's granddaughter, Francesca Iacobelli.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Onorio Angelo Iacobelli in Kemano sometime between 1952 and 1955. He is on a tram landing, wearing a hard hat. Tram is in use moving on the slope. Lots of snow. River visible below.
Photograph of Onorio Angelo Iacobelli in Kemano sometime between 1952 and 1955. He is at a bunkhouse with a bear. Many other men are there too. They are up on a platform with the bear below. it is standing upright against the platform, possibly begging. One man is crouched directly in front of the bear. Iacobelli is the fifth man from the left, wearing a cap.
Donated by Onorio Iacobelli's granddaughter, Francesca Iacobelli.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Onorio Angelo Iacobelli in Kemano sometime between 1952 and 1955. He is at a bunkhouse with a bear. Many other men are there too. They are up on a platform with the bear below. it is standing upright against the platform, possibly begging. One man is crouched directly in front of the bear. Iacobelli is the fifth man from the left, wearing a cap.
Photograph of Onorio Angelo Iacobelli in Kemano sometime between 1952 and 1955. He is crouched with a mountain in the background. There is a low cloud billowing in front of the mountain behind him.
Donated by Onorio Iacobelli's granddaughter, Francesca Iacobelli.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Onorio Angelo Iacobelli in Kemano sometime between 1952 and 1955. He is crouched with a mountain in the background. There is a low cloud billowing in front of the mountain behind him.
Slide showing house at presumably smeltersite. House is on slight hill with dirt road leading up. Tree stumps with planters? in front of house. Forest visible directly behind it.
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 house at presumably smeltersite. House is on slight hill with dirt road leading up. Tree stumps with planters? in front of house. Forest visible directly behind it.
Slide showing house at presumably smeltersite. Forest visible directly behind it. House is on slight hill with dirt road leading up from road below. Another house is peaking out on the edge on the right.
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 house at presumably smeltersite. Forest visible directly behind it. House is on slight hill with dirt road leading up from road below. Another house is peaking out on the edge on the right.
Photograph of Onorio Angelo Iacobelli in Kemano sometime between 1952 and 1955. He is standing high up near possible road construction. He has one leg up on a stump. Drainage culverts visible a bit below him on the mountainside. Beyond that is a steep slope. Forest, valley, and mountains visible behind.
Donated by Onorio Iacobelli's granddaughter, Francesca Iacobelli.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Onorio Angelo Iacobelli in Kemano sometime between 1952 and 1955. He is standing high up near possible road construction. He has one leg up on a stump. Drainage culverts visible a bit below him on the mountainside. Beyond that is a steep slope. Forest, valley, and mountains visible behind.
Aerial of Kitimat's office building in the downtown area. The Royal Bank of Canada occupied the main floor, and Property and Power Operations for the Aluminum Company of Canada occupied an upper floor. Kildala Neighbourhood is shown in the background.
Aerial of Kitimat's office building in the downtown area. The Royal Bank of Canada occupied the main floor, and Property and Power Operations for the Aluminum Company of Canada occupied an upper floor. Kildala Neighbourhood is shown in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Alcan Collection. Negative found in 2014.14 collection.
Photo depicts a tent with flat-top house assembly on a production line in West Vancouver for Johnson-Crooks Construction Corporation.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Slide No. 40 -- The circus tent assembly line was erected at Vancouver Tug and Barge below the Lion's Gate Bridge. Temporary housing destined for Kitimat was assembled there 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. Bill Frahler Collection 2003.32
