Tag Archives: Antigonish Heritage Museum, World War One, Train Station, c 1916

Cape Breton bound, c 1930

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

Celtic Hall, Main St. (present location of the Legion), c 1940s

Celtic Hall, Main St. (present location of the Legion), c 1940s. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum, Duggan album. The Celtic Hall, constructed in 1905 by the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association, became the venue for such varied activities as dances, boxing matches, local plays and musicals, spinning exhibitions, graduations, political gatherings and elections. It boasted a […]

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.    

Fish fry

Fish fry. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Society. Restoration: Betty Cameron

Women’s Hockey Team, 1919

Women’s Hockey Team, 1919. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Betty Cameron. Excerpted from Stanley-Blackwell & MacLean (2004, p. 239): There was a female team as early as 1900. By 1920 … two women’s teams were organized: the Ice Sickles and the Fleetfoot. … Antigonishers packed the rink to witness the Ice Sickles’s first game […]