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Item 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, Leslie
Horses on Vacation at No. 20 Colliery
Item 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, Leslie
Item is a photograph taken on George Street, near Pitt Street in Sydney, showing groceries prepared to be delivered by horse and buggy.
Item is a photograph of Lillian Seward Brown at age 6, seated on an armchair next to her dog.
Stubbert
Item is a photograph of the front of Harrington's Store on Charlotte Street, Sydney, with horses and buggies on the street in front of the building.
Item is a photograph of of St. Andrews Church on Bentinck Street, Sydney, featuring a horse-drawn hearse.
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, Leslie
Item is a photograph of the Dominion Coal Scales in Sydney, showing horses and sleighs bringing coal to be weighed.
Item is a photograph of a farm in Donkin. There are several sheep on the farm and a barn can be seen in the background.
Item is a photograph of fish flakes in St. Ann's Bay.
Keisel, Theodore
Item is a photograph of four men, a boy, and a sheep being weighed.
Last Pit Pony in Colliery No. 26
Item is a photograph of a miner with the last pit pony at the #26 Colliery.
Fitzgerald, Owen
Sons of Temperance sleigh ride along Charlotte Street.
Item is a photograph of horses and people on the Sydney Mines railroad, posing outside of the Sydney Mines Depot.
In 1942, Frank Robertson initiated a job printing business in New Waterford which he operated until 1966. In 1968, he joined the Cape Breton Bird Society and soon began writing his weekly column For the Birds for the Cape Breton Post. In 1978 he began a series for CBC.
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