Written on photo: Mary, Rita [Vincent], Betty and Florence (Mary & Florence are Benoit sisters), c 1920s. Courtesy of PomquetHéritage. The other photo of Mary, Rita, Betty & Florence is circa late 1940’s Mary & Florence are sisters, daughters of Andrew Benoit & Flora Cross and Rita is the daughter of Simon Alfred Vincent & […]
Category Archives: Conditions for Community Health
Ida May Doiron, teacher, Monk’s Head School, c 1920s
Ida May Doiron, teacher, Monk’s Head School, c 1920s. Regardez le cloche. Courtesy of PomquetHéritage In conversation with May (Doiron) Bouchard on June 23, 2014: Ida May was my aunt and she lived with us. School entrance was not until what would be Grade 6 today, or age 12. From the age of 4 to […]
Women’s work, early 1900s
Women’s work, early 1900s. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald
Work or play? c 1910
Work or play? c 1910. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Betty Cameron
Wedding fashion, c 1910
Wedding fashion, c 1910. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Joe Fraser
Andrew James Marshall, October 27, 1900
Andrew James Marshall, October 27, 1900. Courtesy of John R. Prosper, Paqtnkek.
Women and girls with Brownie Cameras, c 1910
Women and girls with Brownie Cameras, c 1910. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald Anne Louise MacDonald identified the camera held by the girl on the left as the Kodak No. 2, a folding pocket Brownie camera 1907; Middle: Kodak No. 2 Folding Autographic Brownie in case; Right: Kodak Brownie No. 2 […]
Captain Alex MacDonald, early 1900s
Captain Alex MacDonald, early 1900s. Photography: Waldren Studios. Courtesy of Dalhousie University Archives, Waldren Studios Collection, 108-023. Restoration: Betty Cameron Jocelyn Gillis, Curator, Antigonish Heritage Museum, noticed the likeness in this photo to a man with a trumpet (3rd from left, front row) in a band photo in Pat Walsh’s (1989) The History of Antigonish, […]
Woman’s right to smoke, c 1920
Woman’s right to smoke, c 1920. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Betty Cameron
Cross-dressing c 1910
Cross-dressing c 1910. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Betty Cameron The history of women’s right to ride a bike coincided with the modern women’s movement in the 19th century. In 1895, Frances Willard, the long time President of the early American Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)and World’s WCTU wrote the book. How I Learned to […]