Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
A1987.055.035 |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass Plate |
Tagline |
Black and white glass plate negative of Helen and Pauline McDonald posed for a photograph on a summer day, circa 1914. |
Collection |
MS 36 – McDonald Family Collection |
Description |
Black and white glass plate negative of Helen and Pauline McDonald posed for a photograph on a summer day. Both girls are wearing white dresses with ribbon belts, white socks, black shoes, necklaces, and large bows in their hair. Helen is standing on the left and has short blonde hair, while Pauline is on the right and has long, brown, curled hair. They have one arm wrapped around each other, standing close together. A small black cat is just behind Helen, standing with its back to the camera. The girls are standing on a lawn in front of a large trees. |
Date |
1914/ / |
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 |
Subjects |
Photography Family Portrait Children Siblings Cat |