Copeland Druggist, Main Street, circa 1910. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum, Cunningham Album. Restoration: Wayne Ezekiel John David Copeland from Merigomish was the first proprieter of Copeland Druggist, located in the present-day Down to Earth Framing store. Bessie Cunningham Copeland, who married Norman Kerr Cunningham, is thought to be the source of these photos in […]
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St. Martha’s Hospital under construction, 1924
St. Martha’s Hospital under construction, 1924. Photographer: William C. Archibald. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald.
May Doiron (m Bouchard), Gladys Doiron, Thérèse Broussard (cousin), Rita Doiron, Pomquet, circa 1924
L-R, May Doiron (m Bouchard), Gladys Doiron, Thérèse Broussard (cousin), Rita Doiron, Pomquet, circa 1924. Courtesy of PomquetHéritage.
Ann, Johnnie, Louis and Cecile, Pomquet, circa 1940s
Ann, Johnnie, Louis and Cecile, Pomquet, circa 1940s. Courtesy of PomquetHéritage.
Snow play in church yard, St. Croix Church, Pomquet, c 1952
Snow play in church yard, St. Croix Church, Pomquet, 1940s. Courtesy of PomquetHéritage.
Whidden girls, early 1900
Whidden girls, early 1900s. Photographer: George Waldren. Courtesy of Dalhousie University Archives, Waldren Studio Collection, Box 114-006. Restoration: Jeff Parker
Antigonish Highland Games, 1961 Piper and children
Antigonish Highland Games, 1961 Piper may be Rannie Kennedy from Dunvegan, Inverness County. Courtesy of Nova Scotia Archives, No. 12158. Email from Danny Gillis, June 11, 2014: I’d guess this picture was taken in 1961 when the NS Information Bureau sent a photographer to Antigonish during Highland Games week. That photographer took a number of posed […]
China dolls, circa 1910
China dolls, circa 1910. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum, Cunningham Album. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald
John R. Prosper, Paqtnkek First Nation, 1948
John R. Prosper, Paqtnkek First Nation, 1948. Courtesy of John R. Prosper, Paqtnkek Nation, Family Album. John Prosper told Paula Paul this was the only photo of him as a baby.
Dog sled. Twins Mary & Elizabeth Doiron. Courtesy of Pomquet Héritage.
Twins Mary and Elizabeth Doiron, Pomquet, 1940s. Courtesy of Pomquet Héritage. Email to Amberlee Boulton from Daniel Benoit, July 5, 2014. The girls are my grand uncle’s twins Mary & Elizabeth Doiron, my grand uncle was Charles John Doiron married to Emma Jane Deyoung we don’t know the twins birthdate but the picture looks to have […]