Item is a photograph of the first draeger crew formed in North America; the crew was formed at the No. 2 and No. 9 collieries, Glace Bay.
Front row: John Joe MacNeil, Mr. Fergie, Norman MacKenzie. Middle row: Dan "Storey" MacDonald, Joe Campbell, Thomas Turner, James MacMahon, Unknown, Roddie "Heenan" MacDonald, Matt MacAdam, Dan MacGillivary, Gilbert Darroch, Alex T. MacNeil, Mick Steele.
Back row: Harry Miller, Vannie Nicholson, John MacLean, John Robinson, Dan W. "Kink" McDonald, Unknown, Unknown Evan Prothero, Unknown.
Item is a photographic portrait of J. B. McLachlan, a labour leader in Glace Bay with the United Mine Workers of America. This portrait was taken when he was running an election under the title Workers United Front Candidate.
Shedden StudioItem is a photograph of approximately thirty participants in the Coal Co. Christmas party of 1960.
Item is a photograph of Mr. Earl Chubb visiting the #18 colliery on Nov. 18, 1956, along with other officials, a few months before he was made the President of the Dominion Coal Company. Left to right: Ernie Beaton, Earl Chubb, Grant Mitchell, D.R. MacKenzie.
Shedden StudioItem is a photograph of Fraser, the last of the No. 1-B pit ponies. Fraser spent more of his life-time at the service of the coal company than any other horse in the company's history. He is shown here on the occasion of his retirement.
Shedden, LeslieItem is a photograph of pit horses on vacation during the miners' vacation at no. 20 colliery. The only time the pit ponies were brought to the surface was during the miners' three week vacation period. The vacation period was also used to maintain the mines.
Shedden, LeslieItem is a photograph of the Dominion Colliery No. 2 in Glace Bay from the souvenir album "Souvenir of Cape Breton." The colliery is seen across water.
Item is a photograph of Jubilee Colliery, during the sinking of shaft in 1912.
Item is a photograph of several men working in an iron ore mine near Port Hood, Cape Breton.
Item is a photograph of the coke ovens at the Steel Plant in Sydney; the coal is being shipped to the coke ovens.
Item is a photograph of a stack standing at the #4 Caledonia Colliery in Glace Bay.
Item is a photograph of the Caledonia #4 Colliery in operation, Glace Bay.
Item is a photograph of the Jamesville Pump, brought from England by G.M.A. Princess Pit, Sydney Mines.
Item is a photograph of coal being shipped to coke ovens at the Sydney Steel Plant.
Item is a photograph of a coal engine passing under Charlotte Street. Originally the Glasgow & Cape Breton Railway, by 1893 the Fairlie narrow-gauge locomotive was operated by the Sydney & Louisbourg Railway.
Umlah StudiosItem 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 Coal Company office staff in Glace Bay, showing the interior of the office building. The names of the staff members are included on the reverse of the photograph: Alex T. Mc Lellan, William Hodges, A.D. Mc Cuish, A.S. Mc Neil, Fred Simonson, Peter Nicholson, Jas. D. Maxwell, Thomas Farrell (back), John Mc Eachern (back), John Mc Dougall, Ernie Beaton, Chas. Compton, Theo J. Cribb.
Item is a photographic portrait of Dr. Thomas E. Jeans, the first G.M.A. doctor from 1829-1867.
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 reproduction of a photograph of the general offices and laboratory of the Dominion Iron and Coal Company in Glace Bay.
Item is a photograph showing the limestone quarries and plant of the Dominion Iron and Steel Corporation (DISCO) in Marble Mountain, Cape Breton.
Item is a photographic postcard of the coal washing plant in Sydney, Cape Breton.
Item is a photograph of a type of blockhouse that was built and used throughout Nova Scotia and Cape Breton in the 1700s and 1800s.
Item is a photograph of the Glace Bay Mining Co. Engine, featuring E.P. Archibal and three employees.
Item is a photograph of the Gowrie Shipping Piers and Breakwater in Port Morien, Nova Scotia. There are several ships and small boats in the harbour.
Item is a photograph of a group of coal yard workers in Sydney.
Item is a photograph of the employees of the #4 Colliery, Bras d'Or, Cape Breton. Robert Dickson, manager, is highlighted in the photograph.
Item is a photograph of railcars, tracks, and miners at the limestone quarry in Point Edward.
Item is a photograph of the Glace Bay #2 Colliery which is the oldest mine in North America.
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, LeslieItem is a photograph showing nurses going down into the shaft at IB Colliery, Glace Bay.
Item is a photograph of a stack at #4 Colliery being demolished.
Item is a photograph of the Caledonia #4 Colliery being demolished.
Item is a photograph of the coal office on George Street in Sydney.
Item is a photograph of the weighing office for haulers, where sleighs would be weighed before and after being loaded with coal.
Item is a photograph of Richard Henry Brown who replaced his father as manager of the G.M.A.C.
Item is a photograph of a group of persons inspecting the #20 colliery in Glace Bay. The individuals are identified in the front row from left to right as Ernie Beaton, Tommy Hay, Unidentified, Lawrence Doucet, and Unidentified. The individuals in the back from left to right are Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, and Neil Coldwell.
Item is a photograph of the Dominion Coal Scales in Sydney, showing horses and sleighs bringing coal to be weighed.
Item is a hand-coloured postcard of Main Street, Glace Bay. The general warehouse of the Dominion Coal Company is marked with an "x."
Item is a postcard of the coal colliery in Dominion, Cape Breton during the wintertime. There are train cars filled with coal on the tracks in the postcard as well.
Item is a photograph of a view of the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin.
Item is a photograph of a view of two men in front of a brick building, which was part of the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin.
Item is a photograph of a view of pit lumber at the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin.
Item is a photograph of a view of the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin.
Item is a photograph of a view of the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin. Two men are standing on wooden scaffolding repairing steam pipes.
Shedden StudioItem is a photograph of three men holding shovels at the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin.
Two of the men have been identified as follows:
Myron Cohen (at left), and Jack Morrison (middle).
Item is a photograph of miners and coal cars at the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin.
Item is a photograph of two men standing in front of the powder storage building at the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin.