Millinery and photography, c 1915. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Wayne Ezekiel. An advertisement under Local Items in The Casket , Thursday, April 8, 1897, p. 8: Miss Roberts, McCurdy & Co’s new milliner has just arrived and commenced work. The flattering testimonial she had from one of the largest millinery concerns in Boston […]
Category Archives: Conditions for Community Health
Sawing logs, c 1910
Sawing logs, c 1910. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald.
The Marshall Women
The Marshall Women. Theresa Johnson, her mother Bridget Marshall, Mary Marshall, Paqtnkek. Courtesy of John R. Prosper, Paqtnkek. Restoration: Jeff Parker
Cousins avec leur grand- père, 1928
Cousins avec leur grand- père: L-R: Louise Doiron (visiting from US), Raphael Doiron, Mary Ida Doiron, Pomquet, c 1928. Courtesy of PomquetHéritage. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald Dorothy Lander in conversation with May (Doiron) Bouchard, June 23, 2014, Pomquet Museum. Raphael was my great grandfather. My father was Joseph, and my grandfather Xavier. Raphael died at […]
In the Driver’s Seat. Flora Vincent (1887-1979), c 1950s
In the Driver’s Seat. Flora Vincent (1887-1979), c 1950s. Courtesy of PomquetHéritage. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald.
The Wild Geese. The parade of Mount St. Bernard Academy women, c1912
The Wild Geese. The parade of Mount St. Bernard Academy women. Only on Sundays and holidays were they allowed to walk into town, two by two, under close watch of the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame (CND), c 1912. Courtesy of Bart Sears, C. J. MacGillivray album & Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Anne […]
A Bottle of My Own, c 1918
A Bottle of My Own, c 1918. Far left: Effie (Cross) Vincent (grandmother of Anne Marie Benoit, gg of Daniel Benoit). Courtesy of PomquetHéritage. Restoration: Jeff Parker.
Ploughing Frolic, c 1920s
Ploughing Frolic, c 1920s. Photo Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Joe Fraser.
First Bank of Nova Scotia, Main Street, c 1910
First Bank of Nova Scotia, Main Street, c 1910. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Joe Muir for Aldine Fine Art (www.aldinefineart.com) Antigonish historian Laurie Stanley-Blackwell includes the unrestored photo of the the Bank of Nova Scotia in her online description of Vanished and Changed Landscapes of Antigonish http://people.stfx.ca/lstanley/History/welcome2.htm During the 19th century, Canadian urban […]
Co-op Dairies, StFX Extension Department, c 1950s
Co-op Dairies, StFX Extension Department, c 1950s. Courtesy of StFX Archives, 89-196-261B.