Item is a photograph of the sign for Minuitaqn Craft & Gift Shop in Eskasoni, N.S.
Item is a photograph of J. Madden, an actor who appeared in the movie "The Sea Riders". This was a film by The Maritime Picture Co. of Canada Ltd.
Item is a photograph of Rita Joe reading to a small group of people.
Item is a photograph of Rita Joe with her daughter Caroline and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
Item is a photograph of Rita Joe signing a record after her induction into the Privy Council. The Governor-General and Queen Elizabeth II are also featured in the photograph.
Item is a photograph of Rita Joe holding the proclamation of her induction to the Order of Canada.
Item is a photograph of Sandy MacIntyre (fiddler – Inverness), Winston “Scotty” Fitzgerald (fiddler – Sydney), Ron Gonnella (fiddler – Scotland), Doug MacPhee (pianist – New Waterford), and Dan Joe MacInnis (fiddler – Big Pond).
Item is a miniature portrait of Ranna Cossit. He was the first Anglican minister in Sydney and the founder of St. George's Church.
Item is a photograph of Noel P. Denny.
Item is a photograph of Harriet Denny sitting on a chair in a kitchen.
Item is a photograph of Michael Paul.
Item is a photograph of a man standing in the entrance of the McLeod & Stanfield Bookstore in Glace Bay, N.S.
Item is a photograph of Archie MacKeigan. He was at one time the Executive Director of the former Cape Breton Hospital and CEO of the Cape Breton Regional Hospital.
Item is a photographic portrait of men and boys holding trophies in a boxing ring.
Item is a photograph of troops of the 94th Regiment at arms in front of Marconi Station. Dozens of troops are lined along a path with an officer standing at the right end. There are multiple buildings visible in the background.
Item is a photograph of troops of the 94th Regiment at arms in front of Marconi Station. Dozens of troops and officers are lined in rows in front of a large house, some sitting and some standing.
Item is a photograph of Capt. John MacDonald.
Item is a photograph of Captain John MacDonald and his brother Charlie.
Item is a photograph of Charlie MacDonald.
The postcard shows many people on a snow covered hill in North Sydney. The event may have been the opening of the ski slide. The view from the hill shows the harbour as well as buildings.
Item is a photographic portrait of members of the St. Ann's Boys Choir dressed in choir robes.
Item is a guest register for Rose Tompkins's farm house and cabins located in Margaree for the years 1957 - 1965.
Tompkins, RoseItem is a photographic portrait of striking steelworkers on parade.
Item is a photograph of four male students standing outside of Sydney Academy.
Item is a photograph of physician Dr. Alvinus Calder standing next to an unidentified building, dressed in a suit and tie.
Item is a photographic collage of the officers serving on broad the S.S Bruce, which ran between North Sydney and Port-aux-Basques, Newfoundland. Featured are P. Delaney, Capt; R. Lewis, 1st officer; M. Coffee, 2nd officer; Wm. Harvey, Chief Engineer; H. P. Lewis, 2nd Engineer; Geo. Lewis, 3rd Engineer; M. Barnes, 4th Engineer; T. R. McGarth, Purser; J. House, Chief Steward; and J. Campbell, 2nd Engineer. Also pictured is the S.S. Bruce in full steam.
Item is a photograph of a group of approximately twenty men in North Sydney; several men are in uniform and there is a dog in the foreground.
Item is a photograph of various shots of the crowd waiting for word on the condition of the miners, the ambulances ready for the injured and the extent of damage to the buildings.
Item is a photograph of ten firemen in uniform standing before a decorated float. There is a sailboat in the background.
Item is a photograph of the first draeger crew formed in North America; the crew was formed at the No. 2 and No. 9 collieries, Glace Bay.
Front row: John Joe MacNeil, Mr. Fergie, Norman MacKenzie. Middle row: Dan "Storey" MacDonald, Joe Campbell, Thomas Turner, James MacMahon, Unknown, Roddie "Heenan" MacDonald, Matt MacAdam, Dan MacGillivary, Gilbert Darroch, Alex T. MacNeil, Mick Steele.
Back row: Harry Miller, Vannie Nicholson, John MacLean, John Robinson, Dan W. "Kink" McDonald, Unknown, Unknown Evan Prothero, Unknown.
Item is a photograph of a dozen members of Sydney Academy's 1936 Gaelic class; individuals are identified on the reverse of the photograph. The man in the front centre of the photograph is holding a sign that says, "Sgoil Ghaidhlig, 1936, Ghlace Bay" (Glace Bay Gaelic School).
Back row, left to right: Angus MacKinnon and Archie MacDonald.
Centre row, left to right: Mitchell MacKinnon, Alex MacInnis, Stephen B. MacNeil, Chief; Joseph MacSween and John Morrison.
Front row, left to right: Mrs. Thos. MacNeil, Rev. F. Vincent MacDonald, John A. MacDougall, Asst. Teacher; Capt. John L. MacKinnon, Teacher and Principal and Mrs. Alex MacInnis.
Item is a photograph of James MacDonald, Esq. a city clerk from 1924 to 1949.
Item is a photograph of a painted portrait of Peter Hall Clarke, magistrate for Sydney and a member of St. Andrew's.
Item is a photograph of the Reverend P. Fiset, parish priest at Cheticamp and president of the Great Northern Mining Co. Limited.
Item is a photograph of Judge Murray Dodd, Master of St. Andrews.
Item is a photograph of a painting of James P. Ward, a Sheriff in Cape Breton.
Item is a photograph of a painting of James Anderson who was a past Master of St. Andrews Masonic Lodge from 1858-1866 and also a member of an old Sydney family.
Item is a photograph of a steam fire engine, built around 1900 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. This particular engine, the Burrill Johnson Engine No. 2, was purchased by the Sydney Mines Fire Department in 1908. The engine was operated by Paddy Keigan.
Item is a photograph of Sydney's Masonic Hall. The hall was built in 1869 on the corner of Esplanade and Dorchester Street, on a piece of property that was purchased from Henry W. Crawley for $300.00. An act of incorporation was passed in 1869.
Item is a photograph in watercolour of J.F.W. DesBarres as an old man.
Item is a photograph of the banner of Nova Scotia Loyalists.
Item is a photograph of the seal of the colony of Cape Breton.
Item is a photograph of a painting of the founding of Sydney.
Item is a photograph of the Chain of Office and proclamation of the City of Sydney on display at St. Patrick's Church Museum, Sydney. The chain was designed by Aldderman James Lovelace.
Item is a photograph of the Chain of Office of Sydney on display at St. Patrick's Church Museum. The chain was designed by James Lovelance.
Item is a photograph of traffic delayed at the Strait of Canso by ice before the Causeway was completed.
Item is a photograph of a Dominion-Provincial Commission Studies. The photograph was created by Abbass Studios.
Item is a reproduction of a plan drawn from a photostatic print produced on 10 Jul. 1951. The reproduction was likely created by the Nova Scotia Film Board. Item is a general plan of the Strait of Canso - Canso Causeway produced by the Board of Engineers for the Department of Transport - Department of Highways & Public Works.
Nova Scotia Film BoardItem is a photograph by C.W. Kelly Studio of the fifteenth year reunion of the Christ Church Boy Scouts (1915-1930).
Kelly, C. W.Item is a photograph of boulders that were used during the construction of the Canso Causeway. Each one weighed 40 tons.
Item is a photograph of a view of the Canso Causeway from the mainland side, as its construction nears completion.
Abbass Studios Ltd.