http://novascotia.ca/archives/virtual/default.asp… The Public Archives of Nova Scotia do not include many photographs but they have scanned early documents from Sir Guy C arleton papers, including the title page from 1783 The Book of Negroes, which is at the heart of the CBC 6-part series of the same name, aired in January, 2015. We […]
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Facebook Photo of Sobey’s Clerk Walking Elder Home Goes Viral
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/facebook-photo-of-grocery-store-clerk-walking-senior-customer-home-goes-viral-1.2939098 Sobey’s must be delighted with this coverage. Employee of the week or the year????
Antigonish from McAmis’s Bridge 1930s
This postcard submitted to the Old Photos Of Antigonish site by Robert Cedric Brown. Annotated as 1930s and from the Fraser Collection
A Different Perspective on Monrovia and Liberia
http://hyperallergic.com/178095/a-vibrant-portrait-of-liberia-in-gifs/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=What+Happens+When+You+Steal+an+Artists+Identity&utm_content=What+Happens+When+You+Steal+an+Artists+Identity+CID_f3b3170454ec6c3e518f5fbbbfd70a74&utm_source=HyperallergicNewsletter&utm_term=A%20Vibrant%20Portrait%20of%20Liberia%20in%20GIFs The media images of Liberia tend to focus on child soldiers, the spread of Ebola, and the murderous dictator Charles Taylor. This site presents GIF images of everyday life and resilience in Monrovia “Wesseh Freeman is a blind musician from Monrovia making his living singing in Duala market. He learned music […]
Alex Soth, Minnesota-based Photographer Brings Small-Town Reporting Back to Life
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/27/alec-soth-songbook_n_6533598.html?ir=Good+News&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000023 Bil. Sandusky, Ohio. 2012. Archival pigment print. © Alec Soth.
Gaelic Making a Comeback through Strait Regional School Board
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/gaelic-core-class-increasingly-popular-in-nova-scotia-1.2932151?fb_ref=Default Now Gaelic is making a comeback. The Dr. John Hugh Gillis Regional High School students are part of a growing trend in the Strait Regional School Board as more and more students jump for the chance to study Gaelic in the classroom. ‘I wanted to surprise [my great-grandmother]. I got a surprise too: the […]
TV Antenna Installation c 1954
Who installed TV antennas in Antigonish in 1954 Karin Alex Fleurin posted these photos on Old Photos of Antigonish with these notations: This is another reposted photo. In the bottom right, I am sitting on a fence that enclosed a play area behind our apartment, the apartment adjacent to Wong’s Café. In the background is […]
Colourizing History
http://boredomtherapy.com/colorized-history-photos/?as=6022257653284 Do you think that these colourized photos of historical events and people are an improvement on the original black and white? How about this one of Charlie Chaplin and Helen Keller meeting in 1918. I would like to see the original.
Gender Failure: Panel and Movie at StFX, January 15, 2015
Gender Failure has a long history in Antigonish. Click on the Gender collection in Imagine Antigonish’s Photo Gallery, especially these links: https://imagineantigonish.ca/work-or-play-c-1910/ https://imagineantigonish.ca/cross-dressing-c-1910/ https://imagineantigonish.ca/the-wild-geese-the-parade-of-mount-st-bernard-academy-women-c1912/
Charlie Chaplin’s Profound Message in The Great Dictator, 1940
http://www.purposefairy.com/75351/charlie-chaplins-profound-message-to-humanity/ Charlie Chaplin’s final speech in The Great Dictator (1940) dates itself by its style and tone, but still resonates today.