Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
A2023.000.010.021 |
Object Name |
Photograph |
Tagline |
Black and white photograph of Jack McDonald wearing a mining hat and carbide lamp at a mine site, circa early-1930s. |
Collection |
MS 36 - McDonald Family Collection |
Description |
Black and white photograph of Jack McDonald wearing a mining hat and carbide lamp at a mine site during the winter. Jack is standing on a wood platform with a wooden fence or shelter behind him. He is wearing dark pants, a long-sleeve sweater with a collared shirt underneath, and dark gloves. On his head he has a soft mining cap with a bracket on the front with a carbide lamp attached. There is snow all around him and trees are visible in the background of the scene. |
Date |
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Medium |
Photograph |
Provenance |
The McDonald family came to Rossland in 1898, when John Dingwall McDonald (born 1874, Woodstock, Ontario) came to Rossland to work for the West Kootenay Power & Light Company. John Dingwall worked as the Superintendent for the company in Rossland. He married Ethel Bell Elder and the young family lived in the WKPL company residence. The couple had three children – Pauline Dingwall (1907), Helen Christian (1909), and John David (1915). John Dingwall worked for the WKPL until he retired in 1942, ultimately passing away two short years later on October 7, 1944. Ethel passed away on May 22, 1948. Pauline married George Wilson in 1938 and passed away in 1956, while Helen passed away in 1929. John David, known as Jack or JD, graduated with an engineering degree from UBC in 1941 and married Donna Berva McLeod on September 7, 1942. After his graduation, he worked for WKPL until he enlisted in the Canadian Navy in December 1942. Jack returned to Rossland in 1945 and worked at Cominco until his retirement in May 1980. Jack was active in the Rossland community, but was especially influential in the development of the Rossland Museum, a Canadian Centennial Project in 1967. He continued to be involved with the Museum, serving as president of the board until his death in 2003. |
People |
McDonald, John David |
Subjects |
Photograph Black and White Photography Mining Mineral Extraction Mine Site Mining Equipment |