Category Archives: Social Support Networks

Joanne (Bekkers) & Casey Van de Sande by suitcases, Pier 21, Halifax, 1956

Joanne (Bekkers) & Casey Van de Sande by suitcases, Pier 21, Halifax, 1956. Courtesy of Casey & Toosje Van de Sande. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald     The sign for “Sick Mariners” caught our attention.  I found this report on medical screening for would-be immigrants.  When did Canadian Immigration lift the ban on accepting immigrants […]

Cape Breton bound, c 1930

Cape Breton bound, c 1930. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald

Mary Agnes, David and Mary Ann Phee, c 1950s

Mary Agnes, David and Mary Ann Phee, c 1950s. Courtesy of Sandra Gero. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald Anne Louise MacDonald’s steady hand and healing brush are in evidence here. And other Photoshop tools such as cloning. She had to do something about the line right across Mary Ann’s face in the original photo, so she […]

Billy Colin MacDonald family, 1949

Billy Colin MacDonald family, 1949, Back L-R: Billy Colin, Ronald, Colin; Middle L-R: Catherine (MacFarlane), Tina, Ann Theresa, Mary Lillian, Catherine; Front: L-R:Eunice, Margie, Roddie, Wilena, Family home build 1830, James River, c 1947. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald. Inset: L-R: Twins, Mary Lillian and Ann Theresa c 1937. Dorothy Lander in conversation with Mary Lillian […]

Marshall-Prosper Family Get-together, Paqtnkek , 1940s

Marshall-Prosper Family Get-together L-R: Back Row: Mr. Maurice Marshall, Mr. Edward Juban, Mr. James Marshall, Mrs. Theresa Marshall, Mr. Charlie Johnson; Front L-R: Miss Mary B. Prosper, Mrs. Bridget Marshall, Miss Rita Prosper (hidden girl Miss Madeline??), Paqtnkek , 1940s. Courtesy of John R. Prosper. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald.

Sunbathers at Jimtown, c 1920s

Sunbathers at Jimtown, c 1920s. Courtesy of  Bart Sears, Joseph D. Chisholm Album, & Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald.   Joseph D. Chisholm was a grand uncle of Bart Sears.    

Theresa Marshall with her Prosper nephews, 1941

Theresa Marshall with her Prosper nephews, 1941. Courtesy of John R. Prosper, family album     Theresa Marshall with her Prosper nephews, Eugene and Dan Joe, 1941. Courtesy of John R. Prosper, Paqtnkek, Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald We leave the unrestored photo for comparison with Anne Louise’s creative innovation.  In part borne of necessity, she […]