Antigonish Curling Club formed around 1850, c 1883-1884

Antigonish Curling Club formed around 1850, c 1883-1884. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald. Member Names on Virtual Gallery. A letter on the letterhead of The Union Fire Insurance Company Limited of Paris, France from F. N. Arnaud of Annapolis Royal to Alex MacGillivray, Antigonish, dated 13th June, 1931, describes Antigonish’s first […]

Women on snowshoes, c 1910

Women on snowshoes, c 1910. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum.

Spring cleaning, c 1910

Spring cleaning, c 1910. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Joe Fraser.

Women’s work, early 1900s

Women’s work, early 1900s. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald

Work or play? c 1910

Work or play? c 1910. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Betty Cameron

Wedding fashion, c 1910

Wedding fashion, c 1910. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Joe Fraser

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 […]

Captain Alex MacDonald, early 1900s

Captain Alex MacDonald, early 1900s. Photography: Waldren Studios. Courtesy of Dalhousie University Archives, Waldren Studios Collection, 108-023. Restoration: Betty Cameron Jocelyn Gillis, Curator, Antigonish Heritage Museum, noticed the likeness in this photo to a man with a trumpet (3rd from left, front row) in a band photo in Pat Walsh’s (1989) The History of Antigonish, […]

Woman’s right to smoke, c 1920

Woman’s right to smoke, c 1920. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Betty Cameron

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 […]