The Eastern Eye: Nova Scotia Filmography 1899-1973 http://novascotia.ca/archives/virtual/easterneye/http:// The Nova Scotia Archives holds film clips of Nova Scotia scenes and events. A search generated the following for Antigonish: Antigonish [1930s] 35 mm, b&w Nova Scotia Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation 35 mm, colour, sound, [00:10:00] St. Francis Xavier University convocation Associated Screen News 1946 35 mm, […]
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Come From Away on Land and Sea, CBC, January 4, 2015
http://www.cbc.ca/player/Shows/Shows/More+Shows/Land+and+Sea/ID/2645849603/ This first episode of CBC’s Land and Sea, broadcast on January 4, 2015 and entitled Come From Away, is tagged as “Sometimes it takes a ‘come from away’ to breathe new life into struggling rural communities.” The Maritime communities this episode focuses on include: Little Sand, Prince Edward Island (PEI); Inverness, Cape Breton; and […]
Antigonish Daguerreotypes
http://hyperallergic.com/169380/telling-the-history-of-photographic-processes-from-daguerreotypes-to-digital/ The George Eastman House released a 12-part video series last month that examines the history of photography from the perspective of its technology. Photographic Processes Series, available on YouTube, starts with the silhouette and traces photography’s development through daguerreotypes, cyanotypes, Kodachrome, and right up to digital. Scroll down for two daguerreotpye photographs of unidentified persons from the archives of […]
Main Street Antigonish, c 1950
Main Street, Antigonish, c 1950. Photograph Courtesy of Mary Rose Wong This photo was taken from an upper floor of a building on the South Side of Main Street. Any speculations? Many of the photos in Mary Rose’s collection were taken by her mother, Molly Wong. Her unusual perspective allows us to see […]
Vancouver Then and Now Series
http://onthisspot.ca/vancouver.html The Vancouver Then and Now Series includes photographs of Downtown, Gastown, Stanley Park, Kitsilano, and the North Shore. A very effective interactive presentation of Then and Now, in which you simply follow these instructions: Mouse over images with red borders to see into the past. For mobile tap once. Tap again outside […]
What are you doing on New Year’s Eve?
Who remembers dancing to this 1947 song, made popular by Margaret Whiting? Who was singing/playing this in Antigonish? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-f1HcY4gAs
Wong Family Christmas, 1950s
WONG FAMILY CHRISTMAS, 1950s Photograph: Courtesy of Mary Rose Wong Who is the little girl in the sailor suit? Does anyone remember wearing a sailor suit dress? And how about black patent shoes with straps? Or how about the old-fashioned Christmas tree lights? They would be banned today, as energy inefficient. And have you noticed […]
Girlfriends 1950s
GIRLFRIENDS L-R: Junior Wong, Patricia Wong, Frances MacMillan, Karin Alex Fleurin. Photograph: Courtesy of Mary Rose Wong Mary Rose Wong provided additional details about this photo. The Wong family lost Junior in the tragic fire of 1961. The 5 and 10 store in the background was also known as the Green & White. Who else […]
Object: Photo. Modern Photographs: The Thomas Walther Collection 1909-1949
Max Burchartz, “Lotte (Eye)” (1928), gelatin silver print, 11 7/8 x 15 3/4 in (30.2 x 40 cm), the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Thomas Walther Collection, acquired through the generosity of Peter Norton (© 2014 Artists Rights Society [ARS], New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn) (all photos courtesy of the Museum of Modern […]
The First Christmas Card, 1843
The article from the Independent, UK, connects both the first Christmas card (1843) and Jingle Bells to drunkenness and encouraging intemperance. This was in the heyday of the temperance movement. They also suggest that Americans would not know what Christmas pudding or Christmas crackers were. Don’t you think most Canadians would know http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/hold-your-temperance-new-life-for-the-first-christmas-card-9937920.html […]