Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
A2023.000.010.049 |
Object Name |
Photograph |
Tagline |
Sepia-toned photograph of Helen Christian McDonald and Pauline Dingwall McDonald, circa 1910-1912. |
Collection |
MS 36 - McDonald Family Collection |
Description |
Sepia-toned photograph of Pauline Dingwall McDonald and Helen Christian McDonald posed with some of their toys. Pauline is sitting on the right and is wearing a white dress, white socks, black shoes, and has a white bow in her dark, curled hair. She has her proper right arm resting by her side, while her proper left is resting on the handle of a black baby carriage with a doll in it. Helen is standing on the left and is wearing a white dress, white socks, and black shoes. She has a short, blond bob and is holding a light-coloured teddy bear against her proper right side and is reaching out to Pauline with her proper left hand. There is a short tree directly behind the girls and the siding of the McDonald family home is visible in the background. |
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 |
Subjects |
Photograph Black and White Photography Siblings Candid Photograph |