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 […]

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 […]

Sawing logs, c 1910

Sawing logs, c 1910. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald.

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 […]

China dolls, circa 1910

China dolls, circa 1910. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum, Cunningham Album. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald