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Baddeck School
CA BI 77-200-334 · Item · ca. 1898

Item is a photograph of the teachers and pupils of Baddeck School at one end of the school building. The individuals in the photo have been identified by Jocelyn Bethune in Historic Baddeck (Nimbus 2009). Back row, left to right: Margaret McPhee, Annie Bentick, [unknown] Reid, Janie Taylor, Jessie Campbell, Garfield McKay, [unknown] Watson (from Bras d'Or), Emily Taylor, Harold Atwater, Malcolm McKenzie; middle row: Alex McAulay, John McKinnon, Phillip J.P. McLeod, Willie McDonald, Fred McInnis, Aubrey Atwater, [unknown] Fraser, Harvey Rice; front row: Jean McDougall, Jean Campbell, Sybil Tremaine, Mae Campbell, Janie McDonald, Jessie McDonald.

CA BI 77-206-340 · Item · ca. 1899

Item is a photograph of MacKay & Company Store, later known as MacKay & MacAskill, but it was eventually destroyed by fire. As of 1977, the site was the location of MacFarlane Motors, Ltd.

Steam Engines
CA BI 77-214-348 · Item · 20th century

Item is a photograph of old coal company steam engines, now at the Nova Scotia Coal Mining Museum in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia Coach
CA BI 77-216-350 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph of the Nova Scotia Coach built for the Acadia Coal Company in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.

Mira Gut Bridge
CA BI 77-218-352 · Item · n.d.

Item is a photograph of the railway bridge in Mira Gut which was used as a highway bridge since 1972.

Canso Causeway Opening
CA BI 77-23-152 · Item · Aug-1955

Item is a photograph of crowds at the opening of the Canso Causeway.

Abbass Studios Ltd.
Beech Hill, Sydney Mines
CA BI 77-232-366 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph of the gardens at Beech Hill, the home of R.H. Brown of Sydney Mines built in 1829. There is a dog and two small buildings on the right side of the garden path.

Beech Hill, Sydney Mines
CA BI 77-240-374 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph of one of the rooms at Beech Hill, the home of R.H. Brown of Sydney Mines built in 1829. There is an elaborate fireplace on the left and a piano to the right.

Beech Hill, Sydney Mines
CA BI 77-241-375 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph of one of the rooms at Beech Hill, the home of R.H. Brown of Sydney Mines built in 1829. There are bookshelves on the left and a table to the right.

Canso Causeway Opening
CA BI 77-24-153 · Item · 1955

Item is a photograph of dignitaries leading the crowd across the Canso Canal at its opening.

Beech Hill, Sydney Mines
CA BI 77-243-377 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph of Beech Hill, the home of R.H. Brown of Sydney Mines built in 1829. The photograph is a view of the yard, as taken through a first floor window.

Beech Hill, Sydney Mines
CA BI 77-244-378 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph of the interior of one of the rooms at Beech Hill, the home of R.H. Brown of Sydney Mines built in 1829.

Beech Hill, Sydney Mines
CA BI 77-252-386 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph of the interior of one of the bedrooms at Beech Hill, the home of R.H. Brown of Sydney Mines built in 1829.

Beech Hill, Sydney Mines
CA BI 77-253-387 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph of the interior of one of the bedrooms at Beech Hill, the home of R.H. Brown of Sydney Mines built in 1829.

CA BI 77-257-391 · Item · 1923

Item is a postcard of several people standing outside the Royal Bank of Canada building next to Cribb's Restaurant on Plummer Avenue in New Waterford.

Lingan Mines
CA BI 77-258-392 · Item · 1969

Item is a photograph of the construction of No. 3 Deep showing coal seams.

Lingan Mines
CA BI 77-260-394 · Item · 1969

Item is a photograph of the construction of No. 3 Deep showing coal seams.

North Sydney, 1885
CA BI 77-264-398 · Item · 1885

Item is a reproduction of a postcard displaying a view of North Sydney.

Canso Causeway Construction
CA BI 77-27-156 · Item · 1954

Item is a photograph of the tide at the Canso Causeway during construction.

Margaret Sybella Brown
CA BI 77-272-406 · Item · July 1873

Item is a photograph of Margaret Sybella Brown, daughter of R.H. Brown, pictured sitting in a chair.

Margaret Sybella Brown
CA BI 77-275-409 · Item · 1871-1900

Item is a photograph of Margaret Sybella Brown, daughter of R.H. Brown, who became a Red Cross nurse.

Anne Ethel (Brown) Johnstone
CA BI 77-281-415 · Item · 1881-1900

Item is a photograph of Anne Ethel (Brown) Johnstone, daughter of R.H. Brown who married Dr. L.W. Johnstone.

Canso Causeway Construction
CA BI 77-28-157 · Item · 1954

Item is a photograph of the sun setting at the Canso Causeway construction site.

Lewis Johnstone Jr.
CA BI 77-292-426 · Item · 1897-1930

Item is a photograph of Lewis Johnstone Junior, son of L.W. Johnstone, M.D.

Dr. Lewis Johnstone
CA BI 77-298-432 · Item · ca. 1905

Item is a photograph of Dr. Lewis Johnstone of Sydney Mines.

Lillian Seward Brown
CA BI 77-299-433 · Item · Aug-1884

Item is a photograph of Lillian Seward Brown at age 6, seated on an armchair next to her dog.

Stubbert
Lillian Brown
CA BI 77-300-434 · Item · September 1899

Item is a photograph of Lillian (Lilly) Brown, daughter of R.H. Brown, at approximately age 21.

The Great Fire, Sydney
CA BI 77-306-440 · Item · 1901

Item is a photograph of the day after Sydney's Great Fire. View is from the YMCA on the corner of Charlotte and Pitt Street.

The Great Fire, Sydney
CA BI 77-307-441 · Item · 1901

Item is a photograph of the day after Sydney's Great Fire. View is from the YMCA on the corner of Charlotte and Pitt Street.

The Great Fire, Sydney
CA BI 77-313-447 · Item · 1901

Item is a photograph of the staff of Prowse Bros and Crowell's standing outside of their new building twelve days after Sydney's Great Fire.

Wheeler
Cement Ship Permanencia
CA BI 77-320-454 · Item · 1920

Item is a photograph of the cement ship "Permanencia," built of concrete in North Sydney in 1920. It was wrecked in the fall of 1922 at St. Pierre, carrying a capacity of 400 tons.

Cement Ship Permanencia
CA BI 77-321-455 · Item · 1920

Item is a photograph of the cement ship "Permanencia," built of concrete in North Sydney in 1920. It was wrecked in the fall of 1922 at St. Pierre, carrying a capacity of 400 tons.

CA BI 77-324-458 · Item · ca. 1930

Item is a postcard of coal miners mining on the 'Flats' between Main Street and Brown Street in Sydney Mines.

Glace Bay
CA BI 77-328-462 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph of a large rock at the end of North Street, Glace Bay, showing erosion of the shoreline.

Glace Bay
CA BI 77-331-465 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph of a large rock at the end of North Street, Glace Bay, showing erosion of the shoreline.

Wharf, Sydney
CA BI 77-333-467 · Item · ca. 1920

Item is a photograph of Eastern Light and Power Company's wharf and office building in Sydney, Cape Breton. Cars are on the ice in the background of the photograph.

Canso Causeway Construction
CA BI 77-334-468 · Item · ca. 1953

Item is a photograph of the construction of the Canso Causeway.

Centennial Ball
CA BI 77-347-481 · Item · 1967

Item is a photograph taken at the Centennial Ball in Sydney in 1967.

CA BI 77-352-486 · Item · 1967

Item is a photograph of the Cape Breton Chinese Community's float in the 1967 Centennial parade held in Sydney.

CA BI 77-354-488 · Item · 1967

Item is a photograph of members of the Royal Canadian Legion participating in the Centennial Parade in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

Canso Causeway Construction
CA BI 77-36-165 · Item · 1955

Item is a photograph of trains getting ready to cross the Canso Causeway during its construction.

The Tug "Cruizer"
CA BI 77-364-498 · Item · 1948

Item is a photograph of the "Cruizer," a coal tugboat, at the international piers.

Log Raft, North Sydney
CA BI 77-379-513 · Item · 1918

Item is a photograph of the log raft built in Newfoundland during World War I by Ivan Bailey and others in North Sydney; it was intended for use in shipping lumber to the United Kingdom. The completed raft lays at anchor in the harbour.

Brick Row, Sydney Mines
CA BI 77-385-519 · Item · 1971

Item is a photograph of brick row, one of several coal miners' tenements in Sydney Mines, built by the General Mining Association. This was the only tenement still standing in 1977.

H.M.S. Pelican
CA BI 77-389-523 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph of the H.M.S. Pelican, which launched in April 1877 and sunk in 1933.

Kazanjian, Kaiden
H.M.S. Pelican
CA BI 77-391-525 · Item · 1956

Item is a photograph of the raising of the H.M.S. Pelican, an Elizabethan wreck in Sydney Harbour. The ship was later towed out and destroyed.

Hot Water Pond, Sydney Mines
CA BI 77-393-527 · Item · 1902

Item is a photograph of Hot Water Pond, located on Atlantic Street in Sydney Mines.

Msgr. Donald MacPherson
CA BI 77-395-529 · Item · 1916

Item is a photograph of Msgr. Donald MacPherson of Port Hood and Fr. Mulderry of Dublin posed in front of the Great Sphinx of Giza and the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Msgr. Donald MacPherson
CA BI 77-396-530 · Item · 1919

Item is a photograph of the 66 Battery, C.F.A. taken in Belgium. Msgr. Donald MacPherson is sitting first row centre.