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 showing a group of those concerned with the Caissons Launching Operation including left to right, Messre, Jenkinson, Malby, McCallum, Whiting, J.B. Whitton, Wynne-Jones, Van Houten and Richard Hermann.
Photo showing a group of those concerned with the Caissons Launching Operation including left to right, Messre, Jenkinson, Malby, McCallum, Whiting, J.B. Whitton, Wynne-Jones, Van Houten and Richard Hermann.
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.
Gabriel (Gabor) Nyeste was one of the leaders of the Scouts of the First Kitimat Troop (Boy Scouts). He moved to Kitimat to work on the Alcan project and left in the early 60s. He passed away in Kamloops in July 2020.
Custodial History
Donated by Gabriel Nyeste, Aug 6 1983.
Scope and Content
Kitimat City Centre Outdoor Rink, Feb 14, 1962, The Kitimat Advertiser clipping. "Fun in the Sun".
Photo showing six Kitimat men passed their Judo tests at the YMCA under instructors Jim Linton and John Vantol. Back row, from left: Bert Santucci, Richard Mazur, Ron Lemke, Con Baab, Klaus Blassing, Moe Massa, Henry Mazur, Adriaan Ouwehand, Robert Bams. Second row: Jim Linton, Jytle Underwood, Linda Ross, Elizabeth Anderson, John Vantol, Jeanette Eyre, Lee Rutherford, Diane Bailey. Third row: John Schwarz, Bernie Scholte, Peter Wallin, Jed Dodsworth, Doug Unia. Front row: Lorne Scales, Garth Webster, Doug Egami.
Photo showing six Kitimat men passed their Judo tests at the YMCA under instructors Jim Linton and John Vantol. Back row, from left: Bert Santucci, Richard Mazur, Ron Lemke, Con Baab, Klaus Blassing, Moe Massa, Henry Mazur, Adriaan Ouwehand, Robert Bams. Second row: Jim Linton, Jytle Underwood, Linda Ross, Elizabeth Anderson, John Vantol, Jeanette Eyre, Lee Rutherford, Diane Bailey. Third row: John Schwarz, Bernie Scholte, Peter Wallin, Jed Dodsworth, Doug Unia. Front row: Lorne Scales, Garth Webster, Doug Egami.