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Steel Strike - DOSCO
CA BI N Series-237.3 · Item · ca. 1940
Part of Abbass Studios Ltd. fonds

Item is a photograph of children riding in the back of a truck holding picket signs during a DOSCO steelworkers strike.

Abbass Studios Ltd.
MacKinnon Wedding
CA BI N Series-279.1 · Item · ca. 1940
Part of Abbass Studios Ltd. fonds

Item is a photographic portrait of a bride, groom and family members gathered outside in a yard.

Abbass Studios Ltd.
Academy
CA BI N Series-364.21 · Item · ca. 1940
Part of Abbass Studios Ltd. fonds

Item is a photographic portrait of students seated at desks with a map of the world behind them in a Sydney Academy classroom.

Abbass Studios Ltd.
Morien Aces
CA BI N Series-488.1 · Item · ca. 1940
Part of Abbass Studios Ltd. fonds

Item is a photographic portrait of the Morien Aces hockey team.

Abbass Studios Ltd.
Synagogue
CA BI N Series-552.1 · Item · 1947
Part of Abbass Studios Ltd. fonds

Item is a photograph of two rabbis standing at the altar of a Synagogue.

Abbass Studios Ltd.
Abbass Studios Ltd. fonds
Fonds · ca. 1940

Fonds represents over seven decades of photography by the owners and staff of Abbass Studios Ltd.. The studio operated a portrait studio, as well as accepted contracts from newspapers and covered local events. The photographs in the fonds reflect the diverse economic, political and cultural heritage of Cape Breton.

The negatives are organized into seven series: A,B,C,D,N, DOSCO, and Portraiture (P). The N series includes the earliest images including the nitrate film negatives. The A,B,C, and D series continue chronologically until 2001 with the Portraiture ending in 2004. The DOSCO series includes photographs taken of the Dominion Steel and Coal Company during the 1950s.

Abbass Studios Ltd.