Item is a postcard depicting the Victoria Road subway in Whitney Pier, N.S.
Item is a street view of the northern end of Victoria Road in Whitney Pier, N.S.
Item is a photograph of a wedding party at the Ukrainian Church on West Street. Pictured left to right: Clarence Landry, unknown, Bill Ojolick, Agnes Orychock, Anne Ojolick, and Charlotte Orychock.
Item is a photograph of the Muggah home and property. The family and their horses are in the yard and two people are riding on a carriage pulled by a horse.
Item is a photograph of the mechanical department, machine shop, foundry and carpenter shop at the Dominion Iron and Steel Co.
Item is a photograph of the blast furnaces of the Sydney Steel Plant.
Item is a photograph depicting the shipping piers of the allied companies in Sydney harbour.
Item is a photograph of the blast furnaces of the Sydney Steel Plant, as seen from the rear.
Item is a photograph showing a boat as it sits docked at the international pier in Sydney.
Item is a photograph showing the end view of the blast furnaces at the Sydney Steel Plant.
Item is a postcard depicting the blast furnaces and open hearth at the Sydney Steel Plant.
Item is a composite photograph featuring images of the interior and exterior of Holy Redeemer Church, Whitney Pier, its glebe and convent, and an inset of Reverends MacInnis and McDonald.
Item is a photograph of a large wedding party, including the bride and groom.
Item is a photograph showing a group of members of the St. Michaels Benefit Society. It appears to be taken during the first year of its founding. Members not identified.
Item is a postcard of the Holy Redeemer Convent, including the church and the glebe house in Whitney Pier.
Item is a photograph of Cassie (Catherine), Annie and Sadie MacIsaac. The three women were co-owners of the Bonnie View Hotel in Whitney Pier. Their sister Margaret (MacIsaac) Gillis and her husband Rod Gillis established the boarding house in 1910. Margaret died shortly after the birth of her fifth child in 1913, and following her death, her husband and children left for Western Canada, while her sisters assumed ownership of the hotel.
Item is a photograph of builders at work, constructing one of the buildings at the steel plant.
Item is a photograph of the crew stopping for a picture as they are manning one of the blast furnaces in the Sydney steel plant.
Kelly and DodgeItem is a photograph of Cape Breton Area Priests in front of Holy Redeember Convent, Whitney Pier.
Item is a postcard that reads: "Having the time of my life at Whitney Pier, C.B. Don't expect me for sometime."
Item is a postcard that reads "When You are Not in Whitney Pier I am Thinking of You."
Item is a postcard of St. Mary’s Polish Church with a portrait of Rev. Camillus Grzybala, in the top-right corner. The text at the top of the photograph reads, “Kościół Narodzenia N. M. P. w Whitney, Pier, N.S.” The text at the bottom of the photograph reads, “Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Polish R. C. Church, Whitney Pier, N.S. Canada.”
Item is a postcard that reads: "Why Don't You Come to Whitney Pier Where Life is Worth Living."
Item is a photograph of Holy Redeemer Church in Sydney with the clergy and Knights of Columbus on the convent steps following the blessing of the church. Persons within the photograph are identified on its reverse.
Item is a photograph of Holy Redeemer Church, Whitney Pier.
Item is a photograph of a large two-family home on Roberts St. in Whitney Pier, N.S.
Item is a photograph of houses on Roberts St., Ferris St., and Bryan St.
Item is a photograph of houses in Whitney Pier, N.S.
Item is a photograph of houses on Roberts St. viewed from the back.
Item is a photograph of a house on Hankard St. in Whitney Pier, N.S.
Item is a photograph of houses in Whitney Pier, N.S.
Item is a photograph of Whitney Pier, N.S. viewed from a distance.
Item is a photograph of a creek behind houses on Bryan St. in Whitney Pier, N.S.
Item is a photograph of an outhouse on Roberts St. in Whitney Pier, N.S.
Item is a photograph of male members of a Polish band.
Item is a photograph of men stopping for a portrait while at work constructing the coal wash plant. Photograph taken by G.H. Woodhill.
Item is a photograph of the coal wash plant as it was being constructed. Photograph taken by G.H. Woodhill.
Item is a reproduction of a newspaper article about the Universal Negro Improvement Association band on Laurier Street in Whitney Pier. Members are marching in the street with instruments and banners in support of a movement advocating "Africa for the Africans."
Article attached to photograph reads:
The year was 1921. The scene, Laurier street at Whitney Pier, as members of the city's Negro community paraded in support of a movement advocating, (as banners indicate) "Africa for the Africans." The sizable brass band was one of a number organized within the city and residents who were around at that time recall that nobody ever had to march without the accompaniment of plenty of stirring martial music. Also noteworthy is the complete lack of sidewalks and paving. The photograph is from the album of Pier merchant Louis Mendelson. He's the white-shirted young man with the bicycle standing mid-right in the photo."
On reverse: "Year 1921 Mr. Askell Artzell Hunt 14 Brooks St. Sydney C. B." "Sent a copy to Mr. Hunt" "Colin MacDonald was bandmaster of the Universal Negro Improvement Assoc. approximately 20 members in the band. Band operated from 1928 to 1932. There was also a West Indian Band at the Pier Bandmaster Jack McKnight approx. 15 members Deputy Bandmaster Norman Crawford, lasted 2 years.
Item is a photograph of army troops patrolling the steel plant during the Steel Strike of 1923.
Item is a photograph showing workers at the Steel Plant in the summer of 1923.
Item is a photograph of the members of the Royal 22 Regiment patrolling the plant grounds during the Steel Strike of 1923.
Item is a photograph of the Sydney Steel Plant Strike in 1923.
Item is a photograph of Reverend England of St. Cyprian's Anglican Church, Whitney Pier. Rev. England was
West Indian and served a congregation of mainly West Indian Blacks.
Item is photograph of the Royal Canadian Dragoons at Sydney Steel Plant.
Item is a photograph of the Holy Ghost Ukrainian Church in Whitney Pier.
Item is a postcard sending greetings from Cape Breton's steel mecca, Whitney Pier.
Item is a photograph of DOSCO steelworkers in 1930.
Item is a photograph of the façade of the Holy Ghost Ukrainian Church, taken in 1934.
Item is a photograph of the interior of the Holy Ghost Ukrainian Church, taken in 1934. Iconostasis visible on altar.
Item is a photograph of the rear of the Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Church, taken in 1934.