Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
A1987.055.021 |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass Plate |
Tagline |
Black and white glass plate negative of Ethel McDonald posing for a photograph with her daughters outside of the McDonald family house in Rossland, circa 1909. |
Collection |
MS 36 – McDonald Family Collection |
Description |
Black and white glass plate negative of Ethel McDonald posing for a photograph with her daughters outside of the McDonald family house in Rossland. The scene consists of Ethel sitting on a wooden chair, holding a baby Helen up in a whicker baby carriage while Pauline stands in front of it. Ethel is wearing a white dress and has her light hair styled in a standard Edwardian up-do. Helen is in a white dress and is "standing" at the front of her carriage, leaving against the front edge that is covered in a white blanket. Pauline is standing to the left of the carriage and is wearing a white dress, white socks, black shoes. A table and another chair as well as pillows and a blanket are behind the group. There is a white barn with a carriage in front of it in the background, completing the scene. |
Date |
1909/ / |
Medium |
Gelatin Dry Plate |
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, Ethel Bell |
Subjects |
Photography Family Portrait Siblings Parent Barn Summer |