Condensed Milk Factory, Main Street, early 1900s. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald Under Local Items in the Casket, Thurs. March 11, 1897: Condensed Milk Factory We purpose to commence operations on Thursday, April 1st. … “No milk taken from a cow that has calved within 10 days will be accepted.”
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Sister Mary Gilbert (Ernewein) (b. 1907) kitchen supervisor at St. Martha’s Hospital, c 1930
Sister Mary Gilbert (Ernewein) (b. 1907) kitchen supervisor at St. Martha’s Hospital, c 1930. Courtesy of Dalhousie Archives, Waldren Studios Collection, Box 300-89. Restoration: Jeff Parker.
Fishing Schooners out of Ballantynes Cove
Fishing Schooners out of Ballantynes Cove. Photographer: W. R. MacAskill. Courtesy of Nova Scotia Archives, NSARM accession, no. 1987-453, no. 1329.
Parts Department, Eastern Auto, 1960s
L-R: Ronnie Dunn, Sam Gero and Tommy Thompson, Parts Department, Eastern Auto, 1960s. Courtesy of Sandra Gero. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald Sandra Gero shared some details of her father’s early days in Antigonish: D. G. (Daniel George) MacIsaac recruited Sam Gero from Amherst to play for the Antigonish Bulldogs, the baseball team, not the hockey […]
Ben Lafford and Philip Frances, Paqtnkek, Aug. 18, 1941
Ben Lafford and Philip Frances, Paqtnkek, Aug. 18, 1941. Courtesy of John R. Prosper, Paqtnkek. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald
Palace Clothing Company and T. J. Bonner on Main Street, c 1900
Palace Clothing Company and T. J. Bonner on Main Street, c 1900. Courtesy of Dalhousie University Archives, Waldren Studios Collection, 277-087. Restoration: Jeff Parker Postcards were made from the Waldren photo and printed in Germany. The mud, the the workman, the wheelbarrow, and the telephone have miraculously disappeared, and this before the day of Photoshop. […]
The George and Molly Lee Wong family in the garden behind Wong’s restaurant off Sydney Street, c. 1937-38
The George and Molly Lee Wong family in the garden behind Wong’s restaurant off Sydney Street, c. 1937-38. Children as written in album: Joyce, Henry , two unidentified. Courtesy of Bill Wong and the Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald Recollections of Kevin Chisholm, born in 1940, eldest son of R. Leo and Irene […]
The Casket Office on upper College Street
The Casket Office on upper College Street. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum.
Building culverts, Summer 1917, possibly Jimtown
Building culverts, Summer 1917, possibly Jimtown. Courtesy of Bart Sears, Jos. D. Chisholm album, and the Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald
Barn raising in Pomquet, 1940s
Barn raising in Pomquet, 1940s. Courtesy of PomquetHéritage, Vincent Album.