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Joanne (Bekkers) & Casey Van de Sande by suitcases, Pier 21, Halifax, 1956

Joanne (Bekkers) & Casey Van de Sande by suitcases, Pier 21, Halifax, 1956. Courtesy of Casey & Toosje Van de Sande. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald     The sign for “Sick Mariners” caught our attention.  I found this report on medical screening for would-be immigrants.  When did Canadian Immigration lift the ban on accepting immigrants […]

Cape Breton bound, c 1930

Cape Breton bound, c 1930. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald

Mary Agnes, David and Mary Ann Phee, c 1950s

Mary Agnes, David and Mary Ann Phee, c 1950s. Courtesy of Sandra Gero. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald Anne Louise MacDonald’s steady hand and healing brush are in evidence here. And other Photoshop tools such as cloning. She had to do something about the line right across Mary Ann’s face in the original photo, so she […]

Billy Colin MacDonald family, 1949

Billy Colin MacDonald family, 1949, Back L-R: Billy Colin, Ronald, Colin; Middle L-R: Catherine (MacFarlane), Tina, Ann Theresa, Mary Lillian, Catherine; Front: L-R:Eunice, Margie, Roddie, Wilena, Family home build 1830, James River, c 1947. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald. Inset: L-R: Twins, Mary Lillian and Ann Theresa c 1937. Dorothy Lander in conversation with Mary Lillian […]

Marshall-Prosper Family Get-together, Paqtnkek , 1940s

Marshall-Prosper Family Get-together L-R: Back Row: Mr. Maurice Marshall, Mr. Edward Juban, Mr. James Marshall, Mrs. Theresa Marshall, Mr. Charlie Johnson; Front L-R: Miss Mary B. Prosper, Mrs. Bridget Marshall, Miss Rita Prosper (hidden girl Miss Madeline??), Paqtnkek , 1940s. Courtesy of John R. Prosper. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald.

Billy Colin MacDonald, James River, c 1928

Billy Colin MacDonald, James River, c 1928. Courtesy of Mary Lillian MacDonald, family album. In conversation with Mary Lillian MacDonald June 28, 2014. Daddy loved to fish and hunt. He put food on our table. This photo is of a deer he shot. June 30, 2014: This photo was taken of Daddy before he was […]

Celtic Hall, Main St. (present location of the Legion), c 1940s

Celtic Hall, Main St. (present location of the Legion), c 1940s. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum, Duggan album. The Celtic Hall, constructed in 1905 by the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association, became the venue for such varied activities as dances, boxing matches, local plays and musicals, spinning exhibitions, graduations, political gatherings and elections. It boasted a […]

StFX hockey team, 1909

StFX hockey team, 1909. Courtesy of Dalhousie University Archives, Waldren Studios Collection, 307-022.