Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
A2023.000.010.033 |
Object Name |
Photograph |
Tagline |
Black and white photograph of the three McDonald children outside of the McDonald family home in the winter, circa 1916-1918. |
Collection |
MS 36 - McDonald Family Collection |
Description |
Black and white photograph of the McDonald children outside of the McDonald family home in the winter. The children are arranged with the girls in the back and John David McDonald in the front. Helen is standing on the left is wearing a black, knee-length black winter coat with tall, black boots and a black hat. She is holding John’s hand with her proper right hand and is resting her proper left on Pauline’s shoulder. Pauline is on the right and is wearing a dark, knee-length winter coat with dark boots and a dark hat. She is holding on of John’s hands with one of hers while the other is resting on the shoulder of Helen. John is in the front and wearing a long dark coat and a black hat. There is snow on the ground around them and a large two-storey house behind them. |
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, Pauline Dingwall McDonald, Helen Christian McDonald, John David |
Subjects |
Photograph Black and White Photography Siblings |