Item is a photograph of Rev. Hugh MacDougall with Scarborough Foreign Missions.
Item is a photograph of Rev. Dan MacIsaac, parish priest in Sydney Mines who was born in Sydney.
Item is a photograph of Rev. Les Cordeau, Sydney Mines, a priest of the Edmonton Diocese.
Item is a photograph of company houses in Sydney Mines.
Item is a photograph of company houses in Sydney Mines.
Item is a photograph of company houses in Sydney Mines.
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.
Item is a photograph of a quadrant, used by the Artillery in 1749, 1793 and 1813, found at Fort Dundas, Sydney Mines.
Item is a photograph of the building that was once the General Mining Association's 2nd office which was built in 1853. It was the home of Dan MacCormick of Sutherland's Corner in April 1961.
Item is a photograph of Rev. Howard Gardener of Sydney Mines.
Item is a photograph of the #26 locomotive of the old Sydney Collieries railway used for pushing coal on High Pier. Four men pose in front of the engine, P. H. Hall, Engineer; Mike MacInnis, Conductor; Cliff MacLean, Fireman; and Duncan Whalen, Brakeman.
Item is a photograph of the firing of a 3 : 7 inch gun.
Item is a photograph of a storefront window advertising a contest to win a car and Quaker Corn Fakes.
Item is a photograph of a storefront window advertising a contest to win a car and Quaker Corn Fakes.
Item is a photographic portrait of the Carman United Church youth choir.
Item is a photographic portrait of the Sydney Mines Swifts hockey team.
Item is a photograph of pit ponies being led out of a mine.
Item is a photograph of two men loading coal into the back of a truck.
Item is a photographic portrait of the Carman United Church youth choir.
Item is a photograph of a line of pit ponies.
Item is a photograph of men standing next to a shack.
Item is a photograph of two men loading coal into the back of a truck.
Item is a photograph of a group of striking coal miners standing in front of a truck.
Item is a photograph of Bishop Morrison and a group of priests, taken in Sydney Mines. The names of the priests are listed on the reverse of the photograph.
Item is a photograph of the entrance to a mine.
Fonds consists of Brown’s collection of mining documents, the manuscript for his book, Place Names of Nova Scotia as well as an undated mining manuscript. Also included is a copy of the poem The Mayflower, the book Gaelic Lessons for Beginners, a scroll addressed to E.G. McKay, a leather nameplate, newspaper clippings and correspondence.
Brown, Thomas James
Items are photographs and a postcard of the aftermath of a snowstorm in Sydney Mines. The trees are heavy with ice and snow and the snowbanks tower over the street.
Item is a postcard of coal miners mining on the 'Flats' between Main Street and Brown Street in Sydney Mines.
Item is a postcard of coal miners mining on the 'Flats' between Main Street and Brown Street in Sydney Mines.
Item is a postcard of coal miners mining on the 'Flats' between Main Street and Brown Street in Sydney Mines.
Item is a postcard of coal miners mining on the 'Flats' between Main Street and Brown Street in Sydney Mines.
Item is a photograph of the "Princess" Colliery, Sydney Mines. The "Princess" Colliery operated from 1875-1975, and the mine produced more than 22 million tons of coal during its 100 years of operation.
Gertrude E. N. Tratt: "The only information known about this is that it was listed for the years indicated (1910-1913) in the Canadian Almanac and Directory."
Item is a photograph of the sinking of the Jubilee Colliery in Sydney Mines in July of 1912.
Item is a photograph of the sprays in Sydney Mines from the souvenir album "Souvenir of Cape Breton."
Item is a photograph of Jubilee Colliery, during the sinking of shaft in 1912.
Item is a photograph of the sinking of the shaft at the Jubilee Colliery in 1912.
Item is a postcard of Main Street in Sydney Mines, featuring the post office.
Item is a photographic postcard of a rear view of the Blast Furnace, Sydney Mines.
Item is a photographic postcard showing the Sydney Mines mines as viewed from Post Office Square.
Item is a photograph of Elizabeth Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Brown, Sydney Mines.
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.
Gertrude E. N. Tratt: "Only the almanacs attest to the existence of the Star. It was described as a weekly, with a circulation of 1,200 and with Independent-Labour interests."
Item is a photograph of the Jamesville Pump, brought from England by G.M.A. Princess Pit, Sydney Mines.
Item is a photograph of Dr. Lewis Johnstone of Sydney Mines.
Item is a photograph of the Nova Scotia Steel Plant in Sydney Mines.
Item is a photograph of the home of Dr. Archibald and the adjoining Presbyterian Church. The church was later moved to Main St. beside the present church. The home is known as Gowrie House. Also present is the coal shipping wharf "Greeners" in the foreground.
Item is a photograph of a road being laid in Sydney Mines.
There is an article glued to back of photograph that reads: Sydney Mines Street Construction - 1902. 8-horsepower and plenty of manpower were all that was needed in street construction back in the pre-bulldozer days of 1902 when this photo was taken. Passed along to the Highlander by Sydney Mines sports writer Jack MacNeil, it shows a work crew breaking ground for what is now Beech Street in the Northside town. Among those present were Nick Hall, owner of the horses, now deceased, Joe MacInnis, Eddy Boutilier, Jacob Vickers, Henry MacDonald, Jack Matheson and Jack Broderick, all of whom are deceased, and Ambrose MacNeil, Joe Young and William Hall. Originally owned by Alex Gordon of Sydney Mines, the photo is now the property of the Businessmen's Club of Sydney Mines.