Item is a photograph of a group of people in period attire in front of the first two houses on the east side of Charlotte Street, north of Amelia Street. The houses were both built in the 18th century.
Item is a photograph of Sydney Academy.
Items are photographs of Mr. John L. Hill and the students of his Charlotte Street school. Also identified are his daughter Anne (later Mrs. George Boggs); Mary Ann Muggah, daughter of Captain Charles Muggah (later Mrs. Colin MacKinnon); John Muggah; James Burchell; his sister, Emma Burchell (later Mrs. Bartlett of Brigus, Newfoundland); Dora Uniacke (later Mrs. Kay); two daughters of Thomas Townsend; William (Mac) MacLeod; and F. Harrington. The photograph was taken at the corner of Charlotte and Yorke Streets.
Item is a photograph of the Sydney Mines Volunteer Regiment.
Item is a photograph of the officers of Sydney Mines volunteers. Pictured in front: Major York A.W. Barrington, Lieut.-Col. Richard Brown, Major Robert Bridge. Pictured in back: Captain David Brown, Lieut. R. Partridge, Lieut.-Col. W. MacQueen, Captain John Barrington, Lieut.-Col. Harry W. Archibald, Douglas Rigby, Captain R.H. Brown.
Item is a sketch of Indian Cove, before Greener's Wharf in Sydney Mines.
Item is a photograph of the Sydney Mines Militia, 1861.
Item is a photograph of the S.S. Adriatic. In the month of March, 1862, when this photograph was taken, the Adriatic became stuck in the ice in North Sydney harbour. The ice was sturdy enough to support the crew as they walked to shore from the ship.
Item is a photograph of Elizabeth Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Brown, Sydney Mines.
Item is a photograph of the General Mining Association building.
Item is a photograph of St. Peter's Canal under construction.
Item is a photograph of shipping piers located on the Esplanade, Sydney.
Item is a photograph of the General Mining Association operation in the area of Pitt and Cottage Streets, Sydney Mines.
Item is a photograph of Mr. John L. Hill and the students of his Charlotte Street school. This early photograph was taken at the corner of Charlotte and Yorke Streets in Sydney, showing students attending school taught by Mr. John L. Hill. Some of the pupils identified in the photo are: Mr. Hill's daughter Anne (later Mrs. George Boggs); Mary Ann Muggah, daughter of Captain Charles Muggah (later Mrs. Colin MacKinnon); John Muggah; James Burchell; his sister, Emma Burchell (later Mrs. Bartlett of Brigus, Newfoundland); Dora Uniacke (later Mrs. Kay); two daughters of Thomas Townsend; William (Mac) MacLeod; and F. Harrington. In the background is the Cossitt House; one of the oldest surviving buildings in Sydney. Today it is a museum operated by the Old Sydney Society on behalf of the Nova Scotia Museum.
Item is a photograph of Elizabeth Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Brown, Sydney Mines.
Item is a tinted print of of a view of Sydney Mines harbour.
LeBretonItem is a photograph of shipping piers located on the Esplanade, Sydney. The artist of this item is W.O. Carlisle.
Item is a photograph of the town of Sydney and its harbour.
Item is a photograph of Rev. Alexander Chisholm who was ordained on November 19, 1866.
Item is a photograph of the International Shipping Piers on the Esplanade in Sydney.
Item is a photograph of Anne Ethel (Brown) Johnstone, daughter of R.H. Brown, at the age of 2 years and 4 months.
Gertrude E. N. Tratt: "The Cape Breton News had four 12" x 18" pages, each of four columns. It was made up largely of news items but contained as well poetry and advertisements. Its annual price was 10s, changing to $2 before it ceased publication in the early Seventies."
Item is a photograph of ships on a beach after the August Gale on August 26, 1873.
Item is a photograph of a view of Lingan and the International Colliery from the Illustrated News in Montreal on September 20, 1873.
Item is a photograph of Margaret Sybella Brown, daughter of R.H. Brown, pictured leaning on a chair.
Item is a photograph of Fr. Daniel J. MacIntosh, parish priest in North Sydney.
Item is a photograph of an oil painting by Henry Sandham, Canadian R.C.A., of people gathering seaweed in Cow Bay, Nova Scotia.
Item is a photograph of the Gisborne Bridge, Mira, which was erected in 1875 and burned in 1910.
Item is a photograph of the Gisborne Bridge with a train crossing it, over the Mira River. There are sailboats visible on the river.
Item is a map of Cape Breton and Richmond counties from the "Atlas of the Maritime Provinces", page 77.
Roe BrothersItem is a photograph of Rev. Roderick MacNeil, a parish priest in Grand Mira, 1894-1899.
Item is a photograph of Mi'kmaw women, men, and children at St. Ann's. Most likely Chief Herney and family. Photograph is the gift of Harold Medjuck, Photograph Collection #1.
Item is a photograph of a Mi'kmaw man at St. Ann's. On the reverse of the photograph is a handwritten note, identifying the man as a "Peter Henry" (Peter Herney).
Keisel, TheodoreItem is a photograph of the Cape Breton Boot and Show Store and Dr. MacGillvray's Drug Store found on the corner of Pitt and George Street in Sydney.
Item is a photograph of two dories on the shore of St. Ann's Bay.
Keisel, TheodoreItem is a photograph of Plaster Falls in St. Ann's Bay.
Keisel, TheodoreItem is a photograph of Bras d'Or House, Baddeck, taken by photograph Theodore Keisel on his visit to Alexander Graham Bell.
Keisel, TheodoreItem is a photograph of Bell Cottage, Baddeck, that shows the family on the verandah, with a man in the hammock.
Keisel, TheodoreItem is a photograph of Mi'kmaw women at St. Ann's.
Item is a photograph of the paternal grandmother of Eugene MacDonald, Boisdale, that was taken in Scotland.
Item is a photograph of Msgr. Finlay Chisholm, who was the parish priest in S.W. Margaree for over 60 years. The photograph shows him with a horse and riding sleigh with a part of a church in the background which was destroyed by a fire in 1960.
Item is a photograph of a ship at dockside in St. Ann's.
Item is a photograph of a road along the shore in St. Ann's Bay.
Keisel, TheodoreItem is a photograph of fish flakes in St. Ann's Bay.
Keisel, TheodoreItem is a photograph of St. Peter's Canal, looking towards Bras d'Or.
Keisel, TheodoreItem is a photograph of a view of the town and harbour of Baddeck from the balcony of Bras d'Or House.
Keisel, TheodoreItem is a photograph of a view of the Upper Bay, Baddeck, taken from Red Head.
Keisel, TheodoreItem is a photograph of a view of the summit of Salt Hill taken by Theodore Keisel, photographer, who came to Baddeck to visit Alexander Graham Bell in 1889 or 1890.
Keisel, TheodoreItem is a photograph of Anne Ethel (Brown) Johnstone, daughter of R.H. Brown, sitting in a chair.
Item is a photograph of the Victoria County Jail, Baddeck, that was created by Theodore Keisel who came to Baddeck to visit Graham Bell in 1889 or 1890.
Gertrude E. N. Tratt: "In 1872 the Cape Breton Times, which had absorbed the circulation list of the (Cape Breton) News, appeared. It had four 23" x 33" pages, and cost $1.50 and later $1.75 per annum. It had about 700 to 1000 regular subscribers. M.A. Shaffer was manager for the Cape Breton Publishing Co."