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Miners (boys) at Caledonia
CA BI 80-5-4185 · Item · ca. 1903

Item is a photograph of boy miners at Caledonia, taken after their shift had finished and they had changed into casual wear.

Standing in the second row, left to right: Jim Wadden, Peter Jobes and Tim Wadden
In the front row, left to right: (seated) Tius Tutty, Fred Wadden, Bill MacKenzie, (standing) F.K. Wadden.
Off to the left is Allie MacKenzie, and behind him Tom Wadden.

Miners Entering the Pit
CA BI 77-1535-1669a · Item · ca. 1930

Item is a postcard is of miners sitting in cars ready to go into the pit.

Caption: "Miners Entering the Pit, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia - 10."
Reverse caption: "Photogelatine Engraving Co Ltd Ottawa, Dominion Crest, (Picture of Crest), Made in Canada."

Photogelatine Engraving Co. Ltd.
CA BI MG 21.20 · Fonds

Fonds consists of papers related to coal mining and other business activities of Henry Mitchell and sons as well as family records documenting life in Bridgeport (now Dominion) Nova Scotia and various locations in Pennsylvania. Correspondence between Henry and his children provide a detailed account of social, economic and political life in North America between the mid-19th and early 20th century.

Members of the Mitchell family were impacted by the American Civil War which is documented among the letters, along with various events of note in Canada including Confederation.

Mitchell, Henry
New Aberdeen, Dominion #2
CA BI 84-768-14868 · Item · ca. 1907

Item is a postcard depicting the company houses and part of the mine of the #2 Colliery in Glace Bay, N.S.

New Caledonia Football Team
CA BI 78-63-1813 · Item · 1972

Item is a photograph of the New Caledonia Football Team.

CA BI 77-39-168 · Item · ca. 1911

Item is a reproduction of a photograph of the general offices and laboratory of the Dominion Iron and Coal Company in Glace Bay.

People's Store, Glace Bay
CA BI 86-71-16168 · Item · ca. 1910

Item is a photograph of men sitting outside of the People's Store (Glace Bay, N.S.) while under construction.

Peter Politte
B&G - Politte, Peter · File · 2023

File consists of the following items:

Peter Politte's obituary, Cape Breton Post, February 28, 2023, p. B7.

"Politte gave local players the edge," Cape Breton Post, March 3, 2023, p. A1 and A4.

Politte, Peter
Pit Pony in No. 20 Colliery
CA BI 77-698-832 · Item · 1952

Item is a photograph of a horse hauling coal in a pit with driver John Bennett, who was reported to be an expert in the care of horses.

Shedden, Leslie
CA BI 78-152-1902 · Item · ca. 1920

Item is a photograph of two men standing in front of the powder storage building at the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin.

Pulmonary Unit
94-1080-25595 · Item · 1994

Item is a photograph of a side view of the Cape Breton Pulmonary unit in Glace Bay.

Pulmonary Unit
94-1081-25596 · Item · 1994

Item is a photograph of a front view of the Cape Breton Pulmonary unit in Glace Bay.

Punching with Pemberton
Newspaper 45 · File · 1960-1965

Punching with Pemberton was a monthly newspaper published in Glace Bay by J. Earle Pemberton from 1960-1965. A single issue costed 25 cents and was sold at various locations in Glace Bay, New Waterford, Reserve, and Sydney.

Rocky Cliffs, Glace Bay
CA BI 77-1119-1253 · Item · ca. 1922

Item is a photograph of all that was left of the rocky cliffs in Glace Bay, Cape Breton.

Rocky Cliffs, Glace Bay
CA BI 77-1117-1251 · Item · 1918

Item is a photograph of the rocky cliffs in Glace Bay, Cape Breton.

Rocky Cliffs, Glace Bay
CA BI 77-1116-1250 · Item · 1917

Item is a photograph of the rocky cliffs in Glace Bay, Cape Breton.

Rocky Cliffs, Glace Bay
CA BI 77-1118-1252 · Item · 1922

Item is a photograph of the rocky cliffs in Glace Bay, Cape Breton.

CA BI 77-1252-1386 · Item · 1912

Item is a photograph of a Roman Catholic church in Glace Bay from the souvenir album "Souvenir of Cape Breton."

Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra
94-685-25200 · Item · c.1950

Item is a photograph of bandleader Sammy Kaye with Mike presented with tartan at Glace Bay Forum by an unidentified female.

Abbass Studios Ltd.
Seaton Centre
94-1191-25706 · Item · 1994

Item is a photograph of the Seaton Centre in Glace Bay, Cape Breton.

Shirley Chernin Collection
CA BI MG 21.5 · Fonds · 1901-2012

Collection consists of biographical and genealogical materials, correspondence and clippings, as well as photographs collected and maintained by Shirley Chernin. Collection also consists of correspondence, clippings and photographs, as well as administrative, financial and promotional materials relating to the Congregation Sons of Israel Synagogue in Glace Bay, the Kum-a-Haym in 2001, and the Cape Breton Chapters of the Canadian Hadassah-WIZO.

Social Justice
Newspaper 30 · File · 1935 - ?

Gertrude E. N. Tratt: "A short-lived Labour monthly of the depression years, this magazine was edited and published by Anthony Traboulsee. Its eight 10" x 12" pages were devoted to the interest that its name implied. Its annual price was 50 cents."

St. Anne's Church, Glace Bay
CA BI 84-794-14894 · Item · [before 1982]

Item is a postcard depicting St. Anne's Church in Glace Bay, N.S.

St. Ann's Church
94-1189-25704 · Item · 1994

Item is a photograph of St. Ann's Church in Glace Bay, Cape Breton.

St. Ann's Church, Glace Bay
CA BI 77-721-855 · Item · Ca. 1900

Item is a collage of four photographs, featuring the interior and exterior of St. Ann's Church, Glace Bay.

St. Anthony's Church
94-1190-25705 · Item · 1994

Item is a photograph of St. Anthony's Church in Glace Bay, Cape Breton.

St. John's Church
94-1192-25707 · Item · 1994

Item is a photograph of St. John's Catholic Church in Glace Bay, Cape Breton.

CA BI 77-1245-1379 · Item · 1912

Item is a photograph of St. Joseph's Hospital in Glace Bay from the souvenir album "Souvenir of Cape Breton."

St. Leo's Church
94-1193-25708 · Item · 1994

Item is a photograph of St. Leo's Catholic Church in Glace Bay, Cape Breton.

Stephenson, Leonard
CA BI MG 12.197 · Collection · 1826-1979

Collection consists of the following:

Series A

  1. Correspondence regarding St. Anthony’s Church Bell, 1911
  2. League of the Cross (L.O.C.) Dominion, 1930 2 documents

Series B: Memoranda including background information for Mr. Stephenson’s two books.

  1. Proofs of Mr. Stephenson’s two books. 20 pages
  2. Material General Mining Association supplied to miners, 1831-1832. 40 pages.
  3. Company Store Records, 1878-1884, 35 pages.
  4. Miners’ time book and waste book; Materials General Mining Association supplied to miners 1882-1891 66 pages.
  5. Company Store records; time book; waste book 1883-1890 48 pages
  6. Papers including Dominion Town Council election results; Minutes of the first town Council and school board meetings 1906; inventory of Dominion Electric Light Department, 1959. 263 Pages.

Series C: Deeds: Photocopy, 1826-1946 relating to the Bridgeport area, 31 pages, 1 folder.

  1. John Claghan to John Young; L’Indian bay 1826
  2. William the Fourth to William Cadegan, Catherine Stanton, Reardon O’BRIEN, John Handley, John Murphy and John Casey; S.S. Lingan Bay, 1832
  3. John and Bridget Murphy to Roman Catholics - South Side Lingan Bay, 1840.
  4. Walter and Catherine Young to Roman Catholic Episcopate Corporation of Arichat; South Side Lingan Bay, 1869.
  5. Walter and Catherine Young to Roman Catholic Episcopate Corporation of Arichat ; Lingan, 1884.
  6. GMA to Henry Mitchell; Bridgeport, 1890.
  7. Rev. John Cameron to John Phalen, Old Bridgeport, 1900
  8. The Crown to James Cooney, Anastasia Cooney & Ann O’Neal; Between Lingan Basin and Little Glace Bay [Bridgeport], 1878.
  9. Cooney & O’Neil to Joseph Campbell; Bridgeport, 1881
  10. Cooney & O’Neil to Roderick Johnston; Bridgeport 1892
  11. James & Anastasia Cooney to Lawrence O’Neil; Bridgeport 1892
  12. James & Mary Ann Cooney to Ann O’Neil; Bridgeport, 1892
  13. Cooney to Alexander Mc Donald; Bridgeport, 1893
  14. O’ Neil & Cooney to James Mac Neil; Bridgeport, 1893
  15. O’Neil to Cooney; Bridgeport, 1894
  16. Cooney to Annie Crosby; Bridgeport, 1904
  17. Cooney to Alexander Mc Donald; Bridgeport, 1905
  18. Cooney to O’Neil to Dominion Coal Company , Bridgeport, 1917
  19. Cooney to Walter Graham; Main Road leading from Bridgeport to Dominion [Bridgeport] 1932
  20. Daniel Joseph Cooney to Walter Graham; Main Road leading from Bridgeport to
    Dominion [Bridgeport] 1928
  21. Cooney to Alexander N. Mac Neil; Main Road leading from Bridgeport [Bridgeport] 1932
  22. Cooney to Mrs. S.J. Cooney; Main Road Glace Bay to Bridgeport [Bridgeport] 1932
  23. Cooney to Ignatius Mc Intyre; East Side of Phalen’s Rd. [Bridgeport] 1944
  24. Cooney to Alexander M. Mc Neil; Main Rd. Leading from Bridgeport to Dominion [Bridgeport] 1944
  25. Daniel Joseph Cooney to Francis Joseph Mc Mullin; Bridgeport, 1946

Series D: Clippings

  1. Biographical material relating to Dominion; including matters concerned with the
    Second World War; Social news, Churches and Law and Order.
  2. Clippings referring to August Gale, 1873; 1909 Strike; Tramline route, 1914; Bands
    And Orchestras - Michalik, 1927; Polish orchestra, 1927; Roosevelt’s death, 1945;
    VE day riots - Halifax; end of WW II.

Series E: Photographs (See Photograph Collection #25)
Four volumes pertaining to the Town of Dominion and the organization of Mr. Stephenson’s two books: Dominion, Nova Scotia 1906-1981 and souvenir booklet on the History of the Dominion Volunteer Fire Department.

Series F. Scrapbooks:

  1. 1901-1961 Cuttings relation to Dominion, 8cm.
  2. Material relating to Bridgeport and Bridgeport Mine, 3 cm.
  3. Cuttings pertaining to Dominion and Mr. Stephenson 1960's and 1970's
  4. School records, 1888, Mitchell’s School, Photocopies, 7 pages
  5. Cuttings relating to religion (RC) and education in Dominion in mid twentieth century,
    2 cm.
  6. Cuttings from Dominion-New Waterford areas, May-August, 1947, compiled by John
    Mac Kinnon, Dominion, 2cm.
Stephenson, Leonard Fielding
Item · 1976

Item is a report that was created by Wilma MacLean with the support of the Sterling Assistance Depot that outlines a history of the Black population of that area and presents information about housing, education, employment, and community organizations (such as the United Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League).

Stirling Pit Crossing
CA BI 87-656-17186 · Item · Sept. 26, 1902

Item is a photograph showing the Stirling Pit railroad crossing.

CA BI 84-1358-15458 · Item · 1983

Item is a photograph of a street advertisement made for a street scene in the film "The Bay Boy."

CA BI 84-1365-15465 · Item · 1983

Item is a photograph of storefronts designed for use in a street scene in the film "The Bay Boy."

CA BI 84-1376-15476 · Item · 1983

Item is a photograph of a street featuring signs and storefronts designed for use in street scenes in the film "The Bay Boy."

CA BI 84-1377-15477 · Item · 1983

Item is a photograph of a large street advertisement designed for use in street scenes in the film "The Bay Boy."

CA BI 84-1380-15480 · Item · 1983

Item is a photograph of movie posters designed for use in street scenes in the film "The Bay Boy."