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Item is a photograph of unidentified members of the YMCA Ladies Class, Sydney.

Item is a photograph of four medical personnel officers inside Moxham's Castle, where they were stationed during World War 1 when the castle functioned as a military hospital.

Item is a photograph of a military parade that took place on Charlotte Street in Sydney during World War 1. A band is leading a procession down the middle of the road while bystanders view from both sides of the street.

Item is a photograph of a military parade that took place on Charlotte Street in Sydney during World War 1. The photo features a large number of uniformed soldiers with rifles marching down the middle of the road with bystanders viewing on both sides of the street.

Item is a photograph of a monument in Wentworth Park commemorating those from Sydney who died in the First and Second World Wars. Only the side dedicated to World War 1 is visible.

Item is a photograph of houses in Whitney Pier, N.S. viewed from the back.

Item is a photograph of houses in Whitney Pier, N.S. viewed from the back.

Item is a reproduction of a newspaper article about the Universal Negro Improvement Association band on Laurier Street in Whitney Pier. Members are marching in the street with instruments and banners in support of a movement advocating "Africa for the Africans."

Article attached to photograph reads:
The year was 1921. The scene, Laurier street at Whitney Pier, as members of the city's Negro community paraded in support of a movement advocating, (as banners indicate) "Africa for the Africans." The sizable brass band was one of a number organized within the city and residents who were around at that time recall that nobody ever had to march without the accompaniment of plenty of stirring martial music. Also noteworthy is the complete lack of sidewalks and paving. The photograph is from the album of Pier merchant Louis Mendelson. He's the white-shirted young man with the bicycle standing mid-right in the photo."

On reverse: "Year 1921 Mr. Askell Artzell Hunt 14 Brooks St. Sydney C. B." "Sent a copy to Mr. Hunt" "Colin MacDonald was bandmaster of the Universal Negro Improvement Assoc. approximately 20 members in the band. Band operated from 1928 to 1932. There was also a West Indian Band at the Pier Bandmaster Jack McKnight approx. 15 members Deputy Bandmaster Norman Crawford, lasted 2 years.

Item is a photograph of transport trucks for the Sydney steel plant.

Item is a photograph of a view of the ruins left by the Great Fire on the west side of Bentinck Street from Wentworth to Prince. The fire that started in a Charlotte Street shop would destroy 67 buildings, leave 31 families homeless, and cause over $500,000 in damage. The Robert Ingraham House, Dillon Dwelling, Woodill House, Rudderham House, and the Conway Building (now Ingersall Road) were all destroyed in the fire. However, the building seen on the left hand side of the photograph is still standing today, as well as the Khattar home and Khattar Law Offices.

Item is a photograph of a view of the ruins left by the Great Fire on the west side of Bentinck Street from Wentworth to Prince. The fire that started in a Charlotte Street shop would destroy 67 buildings, leave 31 families homeless, and cause over $500,000 in damage. The Robert Ingraham House, Dillon Dwelling, Woodill House, Rudderham House, and the Conway Building (now Ingersall Road) were all destroyed in the fire. However, the building seen on the left hand side of the photograph is still standing today, as well as the Khattar home and Khattar Law Offices.

Item is a photograph of the Sydney Steel Plant officials, taken at the blast furnace.

Item is a photograph of the Sydney Millionaires hockey team.

Item is a composite photograph of the first convoy during World War I in Sydney Harbour. More than 20 ships are visible in addition to buildings along the shore.

Item is a photograph of convoys in Sydney Harbour during WWII.

Item is a photograph of three people in front of the Sydney Fruit Store on Charlotte Street, which also housed the offices of McDonald and Cameron and C.R. Brown.

Item is a photograph of the thirty-one members of the Sydney Coronet Band.

Item is a photograph of the Dominion Coal Company weighing office on George Street, Sydney. Left to right, the staff are identified as: Unknown, Neil MacDonald, Fred Routledge, and William Smith.

Item is an aerial photograph of Sydney showing the court house, Sacred Heart Church, Steel Plant and the area later occupied by Xavier Junior College.

Item is a photograph of the Sydney Academy Cadet Corps #306 in the winter of 1917. Almost all of the Cadets are in full uniform, with the first row sitting and the back rows standing on steps.

Item is a photograph of the Sydney Academy Cadet Corps. Judge George Morrison is identified as the fifth from left in the front row, seated to the right of the boy with the trophy.

Item is a photograph of Sydney Academy when it was located on the corner of George and Dorchester Streets. The railway trestle and the home of the Hon. James McKeagney are visible.

Item is a photograph of an aerial view of Sydney, Cape Breton.

Item is a photograph of the Sydney Steel Plant shortly after it was built.

Item is a photograph of dignitaries from Montreal at the Sydney Railway Station meeting officials from the Dominion Iron and Steel Company.

Item is a photograph of the congregation of St. Philips African Orthodox Church in Whitney Pier, N.S.

Item is a photograph of members of the St. Mary's Polish Church Men's Club taken in the basement of the Polish Village Hall.

Item is a photograph of of St. Andrews Church on Bentinck Street, Sydney, featuring a horse-drawn hearse.

Item is a photograph of a propane truck.

Item is a photograph of a propane truck.

Item is a photograph of a propane truck.

Sons of Temperance sleigh ride along Charlotte Street.

Item is a photograph of people skating on an outdoor skating rink, possibly in the Ashby area, Sydney.

Item is a photograph of Sister Margaret Beaton with a group of Xavier students on the occasion of her receiving her doctorate.

Item is an Abbass Studios photograph of members of the Seymour's Senators, a Sydney Little League team. Identified from left to right are Joe "Whirly" Worrell, Alvin Daniels, Hubert Crawford, Tom Miller, R. Callander, and C. Boucher.

Item is a photograph of a septic truck.

Item is a photographic collage of five photographs featuring the glebe, the exterior and interior of the church, Reverend J. Quinan and Reverend D.M. McAdam.

Item is a photograph of the interior of Sacred Heart Church in Sydney. Rev. A.B. Campbell and the congregation are present, celebrating mass.