Photo showing a view taken from the roof of the public safety building. View shows Smoke in the air near the municipal borders. Perfect picture of downtown Nechako.
Current: 1960s; District of Kitimat, Miscellaneous
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Photo showing a view taken from the roof of the public safety building. View shows Smoke in the air near the municipal borders. Perfect picture of downtown Nechako.
Photograph of Nechako Centre. On back is written: 'Nechako Centre showing Shop Easy on left, stores, United Church roof and library on right. School is a few feet left up that sidewalk. Compact, eh.'
Photograph of Nechako Centre. On back is written: 'Nechako Centre showing Shop Easy on left, stores, United Church roof and library on right. School is a few feet left up that sidewalk. Compact, eh.'
Photo showing L/R Mrs. John Diefenbaker, wife of Prime Minister of Canada; Mrs. Don Forward, wife of President of Associated Boards of Trade of B.Cl & Alaskan Affiliates. (At Fashion Show held in Nechako Theatre).
Northern Sentinel: Box #2: (A) Assoc. Boards of Trade of Central B.C. & Alaskan Affiliates.
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Photo showing L/R Mrs. John Diefenbaker, wife of Prime Minister of Canada; Mrs. Don Forward, wife of President of Associated Boards of Trade of B.Cl & Alaskan Affiliates. (At Fashion Show held in Nechako Theatre).
Rotary Club Soap Box Entry shows boy wearing a hard hat, seated in an aluminum foil covered Soap Box Cart 'Kitimat Rotary' is written on the side of cart. Station wagon and houses in background. Shop Easy in Nechako Centre.
1 photograph : b&w ; 25.4 x 20.3 cm
1 negative : b&w ; 5.9 x 6.1 cm
Scope and Content
Rotary Club Soap Box Entry shows boy wearing a hard hat, seated in an aluminum foil covered Soap Box Cart 'Kitimat Rotary' is written on the side of cart. Station wagon and houses in background. Shop Easy in Nechako Centre.
Photograph of a police officer working at the July 1st parade in 1956. Officer is standing on Kingfisher Avenue and beyond him is the Nechako Centre parking lot where the parade is taking place. There is a large crowd of people watching.
Edna Nicolay (Webb) was the former Miss Kitimat in 1955. Her and her family moved to Kitimat on April 8, 1955.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a police officer working at the July 1st parade in 1956. Officer is standing on Kingfisher Avenue and beyond him is the Nechako Centre parking lot where the parade is taking place. There is a large crowd of people watching.
Photograph of group of people walking in outdoor Nechako Centre corridor. Shop signs visible on left side. On the right there is lots of snow beyond the covered area.
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 group of people walking in outdoor Nechako Centre corridor. Shop signs visible on left side. On the right there is lots of snow beyond the covered area.
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 Nechako Centre. Lots of snow in foreground in front of parking area. Lots of cars parked in the parking lot.
Photograph of newly opened coffee bar in Sheardown's Super-Valu in Nechako Centre. Temporary medical building can be seen in the background. Many people inside. Staff and dishes are on the right side. On the left pillar against the window a vine is climbing up. In the back, a large decorative plate can be seen hanging.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of newly opened coffee bar in Sheardown's Super-Valu in Nechako Centre. Temporary medical building can be seen in the background. Many people inside. Staff and dishes are on the right side. On the left pillar against the window a vine is climbing up. In the back, a large decorative plate can be seen hanging.
Photograph of Mrs. P.E. Radley planting the first tree on the south edge of the Nechako Centre. Two other men are around her. Nechako Centre and vehicles visible in background.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mrs. P.E. Radley planting the first tree on the south edge of the Nechako Centre. Two other men are around her. Nechako Centre and vehicles visible in background.
