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Imagine Antigonish opens at Highland Games 2014

Imagine Antigonish will be inaugurated during the 2014 Highland Games, initially at the July 10th Downtown Street Fair, before moving to a dedicated tent on Columbus Field for July 11th-12th. A descriptive plate will accompany each photo—subjects, location, brief narrative, photographer, date, source acknowledgement and/or copyright permissions—to the extent that these are known. A postcard […]

Ploughing Frolic, c 1920s

Ploughing Frolic, c 1920s. Photo Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Joe Fraser.

First Bank of Nova Scotia, Main Street, c 1910

First Bank of Nova Scotia, Main Street, c 1910. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Joe Muir for Aldine Fine Art (www.aldinefineart.com) Antigonish historian Laurie Stanley-Blackwell includes the unrestored photo of the the Bank of Nova Scotia in her online description of Vanished and Changed Landscapes of Antigonish http://people.stfx.ca/lstanley/History/welcome2.htm During the 19th century, Canadian urban […]

Local Food Sources. Frank Sobey atop the meat truck, 1920

Local Food Sources. Frank Sobey atop the meat truck, 1920 Judith Ryan, archivist for Sobeys out of their office in Stellarton, referenced this photo:  ”Frank Sobey travelled around rural areas buying sheep from farmers.  This photo is circa 1920. “ The first Sobeys store opened on Main Street in 1939 and merited a very small […]

“Pa Vincent”, Pomquet

“Pa Vincent” written on photo, Simon Albert Vincent, Pomquet. Courtesy of PomquetHéritage, Vincent Album.

Milkmaids, Antigonish County, early 1900s

  Milkmaids, Antigonish County, early 1900s. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald     The History of Aprons on Facebook, which includes this photo, would also explain about milkmaids wearing aprons.   https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152109083201188&set=a.106537651187.98622.575201187&type=1