Item is a photograph of Sydney looking north from Tannery Bridge, located at the corner of Esplanade and Kings Road.The coal piers are in the background of the photograph.
Umlah StudiosItem is a photograph of Henry Gray, M.P.
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."
Fond consists of the following poem entitled “The MacDonald-Lynch Wrestling Match” by D. D. MacKenzie (1859-1927) of Lake Ainslie and North Sydney. He was M.P. for Cape Breton North-Victoria, 1904-1923 and judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. The poem is a tribute to Dr. H. N. (Hudy) MacDonald who won the wrestling championship of America 16 August 1881.
Example of fancy 19th century lettering done by Thomas Burke of Mabou in his 84th year. Last Will and Testament of Thomas Burke, Mabou, 1886.
Item is a photograph of the Hill Family.
Item is a reproduction of a photograph of Reverend Silas Tertius Rand, a Baptist missionary, with two unidentified Mi'kmaq boys.
Pridham, Robert S.Item is a photograph of Rev. Roderick MacNeil, a parish priest in Grand Mira, 1894-1899.
Item is a photograph of the Hon. Samuel Gordon Rigby, M.P., who was born in Sydney Mines on September 17, 1842. He was called to the bar in 1863 and died on July 8, 1886, then was buried in Camp Hill Cemetery, Halifax.
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, TheodoreMemoranda and Articles of Association for Cape Breton
Coal Company, Bridgeport.
Item is a photograph of H.G. MacDougall, M.L.A. for Cape Breton Co. from 1878-1882.
Item 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 collection of popular songs.
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 Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, a representative of Antigonish in the House of Assembly from 1877-1882.
Item is a photograph of Mrs. Katie MacDonald of Mabou Ridge.
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 two unidentified children.
Item contains one song, "Ho Ro My Brown Haired Maiden". The first song is missing.
Item is p. 7-58 of a collection of popular Gaelic songs.
Item is a photograph of Anne Ethel (Brown) Johnstone, daughter of R.H. Brown, sitting in a chair.
Item is a tintype photograph of Miss Finn with unidentified man.
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.
Item is a photograph of an unidentified woman.
Item is a photograph of various men at McCurdy's Wharf.
Item is a photograph of H.G. MacDougall, M.L.A. for Cape Breton Co. from 1878-1882, with his wife, Mrs. MacDougall.
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 papal letter on the 1st aniversary of Pope Leo XIII's papacy. Also included is a letter from the bishop of Arichat to Catholics of the diocese.
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 reproduction of an article originally published in the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, Halifax. Proceedings, 1877. 1878. v.4, pt. 3, p. 260-281.
Item is a reproduction of an item from the National Archives of Canada. The identifying information is as follows: NAC C-12800; "Micmac Indians waiting to receive Ld. Lorne in Halifax 1878"; SPH [Sydney Prior Hall]; India Ink, wash & scraping; 1878.
Item is a photograph of Fr. Daniel J. MacIntosh, parish priest in North Sydney.