Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
A2023.000.010.019 |
Object Name |
Photograph |
Tagline |
Black and white photograph of Jack and Berva McDonald and a friend at the beach, circa 1943. |
Collection |
MS 36 - McDonald Family Collection |
Description |
Black and white photograph of Jack and Berva McDonald at the beach with a friend. Berva is sitting on the right side and is wearing a mid-toned, short-sleeved shirt and white shorts. She is sitting with her legs crossed at the ankles and her hands resting on her knees. Jack is sitting in the middle and is wearing a mid-toned shirt with the sleeves rolled up. He is sitting with his arms around his knees, obscuring his bottoms. The friend is sitting on the left and is wearing a tube top and is sitting like Jack with her arms around her knees. She has a pair of sunglasses in one of her hands. The group is sitting on a dark plaid blanket with shoes spaced throughout. There are driftwood logs behind the group with a pair of black shoes perched upon them. A wall of foliage is in the back of the scene. |
Date |
1943/ / |
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 McDonald, Berva |
Subjects |
Photograph Black and White Photography Beach Summer Swimming |