Simon Vincent on fiddle, Pomquet kitchen party, c 1950s. Courtesy of Pomquet Héritage. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald. Simon Vincent on Fiddle, son Joe next to him, others unidentified, Pomquet kitchen party, 1950s. Courtesy Pomquet Héritage. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald Email from Daniel Benoit to AmberleeBoulton, July 5, 2014: The kitchen party photo the one […]
Category Archives: Conditions for Community Health
Meeting the train from Halifax, Winter during the war years, c 1916
Meeting the train from Halifax, winter during WWI. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Jeff Parker. The waiting crowd is largely women and children. Do they know in advance that their husbands and fathers are on the train and coming safely home? Or that they are coming home because they have been wounded? […]
St. Martha’s Hospital Patient Room, circa 1930
St. Martha’s Hospital Patient Room, circa 1930. Courtesy of Dalhousie University Archives, Waldren Studios Collection, 300-022. Restoration: Jeff Parker
St. Martha’s School of Nursing, Anatomy lesson, c 1930s
St. Martha’s School of Nursing, Anatomy lesson, c 1930s. Courtesy of Dalhousie University Archives, Waldren Studios Collection, 300-086. Restoration: Jeff Parker.
St. Martha’s Hospital, Operating Room, 1930s
St. Martha’s Hospital, Operating Room, 1930s, L-R: Dr. J. L. MacIsaac, Sr. Delorosa (giving anaesthetic), Dr. Philip Neri, Dr. W. F. MacKinnon, two nurses unidentified. Restoration: Jeff Parker Perhaps a photo staged for instruction purposes, rather than an operation in progress?
Venedam men, four generations, 1948
Venedam men, four generations, 1948. Peter Venedam (1854-1953); Charles Venedam (1886-1972); Moses Venedam (1916-2000); Arthur Venedam (1948- ). Courtesy of Arthur Venedam, Family Album.
Van Berkel family with tea service from Holland, Salt Springs, c. 1955
Van Berkel family with tea service from Holland, Salt Springs, c. 1955. Courtesy of Toosje Van de Sande, family album. In conversation with Toosje Van de Sande, June 27, 2014: This is a staged photo, featuring the china that came from Holland, which would be sent to family back home.
Highland Games, multicultural float, c 1970
Highland Games, multicultural float, c 1970. Courtesy of The Casket. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald The Gaelic translation (via Catriona Parsons to Jocelyn Gillis): For the glory of God and the good of all humankind.
Sam Vincent, Pomquet
Far left Sam Vincent Courtesy of PomquetHéritage. Restoration: Joe Fraser. The Vincents were among the first of five families to come to Pomquet in 1772. After the deportation, the Acadians settled in small groupings so as not to attract attention.
Alex MacLean, grandson of Gaelic poet John MacLean at his tombstone, Glen Bard cemetery, Antigonish County, c 1930
Alex MacLean, grandson of Gaelic poet John MacLean at his tombstone, Glen Bard cemetery, Antigonish County, c 1930. Photographer: Clara Dennis. Courtesy of Nova Scotia Archives, Dennis Collection NSARM 200801948 Clara Dennis (1881-1958) was one of Nova Scotia’s first native-born travel writers, and the first women to write about Nova Scotia from a personal perspective. […]