Kitimat Museum and Archives

Highway Motor Express Co. Vehicles

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Part Of
Kinnear Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1958
Accession Number
2000.33.569
Scope and Content
Photograph showing showing Highway Motor Express Co., which operates two insulated vans, four semi-trailers, two heavy duty tractors. subsidiary of West Coast Terminals LTD. Four trucks are visible in the picture. Two have "Highway" signs on their roofs. Buidling on the left side. Lots of snow on ground. Forest in background.
Part Of
Kinnear Collection
Creator
Mike Kinnear
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.33.569
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1958
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 25.4 x 20.7 cm
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 showing showing Highway Motor Express Co., which operates two insulated vans, four semi-trailers, two heavy duty tractors. subsidiary of West Coast Terminals LTD. Four trucks are visible in the picture. Two have "Highway" signs on their roofs. Buidling on the left side. Lots of snow on ground. Forest in background.
Storage Location
photograph storage