Local Food Sources. Frank Sobey atop the meat truck, 1920 Judith Ryan, archivist for Sobeys out of their office in Stellarton, referenced this photo: ”Frank Sobey travelled around rural areas buying sheep from farmers. This photo is circa 1920. “ The first Sobeys store opened on Main Street in 1939 and merited a very small […]
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MT& T CO. STAFF, 1920
MT& T CO. STAFF, 1920. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald Antigonish’s first telephone exchange was established in the late 1880s but proved so primitive and unreliable that it was suspended within the year. It was not until 1901 that the Antigonish Telephone Company, negotiated with the Nova Scotia Telephone Company to […]
Bringing in the hay, c 1920s
Bringing in the hay, c 1920s. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Wayne Ezekiel.
Leonard Boudreau (1916- 2014), Pomquet, 1920
Leonard Boudreau (1916- 2014), Pomquet, 1920. Courtesy of PomquetHéritage. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald. 4-year old Leonard (b. 1916), son of Mary Jane (Doiron) & Leon Boudreau. Maternal grandparents are Elizabeth (Doiron) & Fidele Doiron. Paternal grandparents are Elizabeth (Cross) & Jean Boudreau. Leonard Boudreau died on February 3, 2014. To give you an […]
Bernadette and Albert Doiron, Pomquet, circa 1920
Bernadette and Albert Doiron, Pomquet, circa 1920. Courtesy of PomquetHéritage. Restoration: Betty Cameron This photo was taken at the same time as the photo with the doll carriage. The difference in the quality of restoration is that no original was available for this photo, and Betty accomplished this from a scan of a […]