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Steamship Hope
94-1024-25539a · Item · n.d.

Item is a photograph of a dog aboard the vessel.

Steamship Hope
94-1024-25539b · Item · n.d.

Item is a photograph of a dog aboard the vessel.

Oyster Farming, Eskasoni
94-652-25167 · Item · [1980?]

Item is a photograph of John Brown of Eskasoni, on rafts inspecting oyster shells in the water.

Oyster Farming, Eskasoni
94-653-25168 · Item · n.d.

Item is a photograph of fisherman on poles inspecting the shells in the water.

Peary's Expedition
94-957-25472 · Item · 1894

Item is a photograph of an Inuk boy in fur with a dog.

Coal Wash Plant-Sydney Mines
CA BI 2016-025 · Item · ca. 1960

Item consists of a painting of the Coal Wash Plant at Old Sydney Collieries in Sydney Mines. The painting features the coal preparation site with a man and dog sitting in the foreground.

Astephen, Georgina Schima
CA BI 76-10 · Item · 1898

Item is a photograph of a group of approximately twenty men in North Sydney; several men are in uniform and there is a dog in the foreground.

Fraser at No. 1-B Colliery
CA BI 77-104-238 · Item · 1955

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
CA BI 77-105-239 · Item · 1952

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
George Street, Sydney
CA BI 77-182-316 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph taken on George Street, near Pitt Street in Sydney, showing groceries prepared to be delivered by horse and buggy.

Beech Hill, Sydney Mines
CA BI 77-232-366 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph of the gardens at Beech Hill, the home of R.H. Brown of Sydney Mines built in 1829. There is a dog and two small buildings on the right side of the garden path.

Lillian Seward Brown
CA BI 77-299-433 · Item · Aug-1884

Item is a photograph of Lillian Seward Brown at age 6, seated on an armchair next to her dog.

Stubbert
Ethel Johnstone
CA BI 77-303-437 · Item · ca. 1930

Item is a photograph of Ethel Johnstone, daughter of Dr. Lewis W. Johnstone, with a dog.

Harrington's Store, Sydney
CA BI 77-583-717 · Item · ca. 1900

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.

St. Andrew's Church
CA BI 77-676-810 · Item · ca.1914

Item is a photograph of of St. Andrews Church on Bentinck Street, Sydney, featuring a horse-drawn hearse.

Pit Pony in No. 20 Colliery
CA BI 77-698-832 · Item · 1952

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
Dominion Coal Scales, Sydney
CA BI 77-897-1031 · Item · ca. 1930

Item is a photograph of the Dominion Coal Scales in Sydney, showing horses and sleighs bringing coal to be weighed.

Donkin Farm
CA BI 78-161-1911 · Item · ca. 1920

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.

CA BI 78-203-1953 · Item · ca. 1926

Item is a photograph of Mrs. Johnstone, Ethel Johnstone, a friend and a dog in front of L.W. Johnstone's house in North Sydney.

CA BI 78-292-2042 · Item · 20th century

Item is a photograph of a woman, belonging to the Bown family, with a cat and a dog in North Sydney during the wintertime.

Unidentified Woman with Dog
CA BI 78-303-2053 · Item · ca. 1890

Item is a photograph of a woman holding the paws of a dog up on its hind legs. Photograph was taken inside of a home.

St. Ann's Bay
CA BI 78-718-2468 · Item · ca. 1880

Item is a photograph of fish flakes in St. Ann's Bay.

Keisel, Theodore
Baddeck
CA BI 78-730-2480 · Item · ca. 1880

Item is a photograph of a view of the Upper Bay, Baddeck, taken from Red Head.

Keisel, Theodore
Sheep Weighing
CA BI 78-91-1841 · Item · ca. 1915

Item is a photograph of four men, a boy, and a sheep being weighed.

CA BI 82-81-6781 · Item · 1975

Item is a photograph of a miner with the last pit pony at the #26 Colliery.

Fitzgerald, Owen
Woman on horse
CA BI 84-112-14212 · Item · 1914-1920

Item is a photograph of a woman, likely a nurse, on a horse during World War 1.

Sleigh Rides, Sydney
CA BI 84-1486-15586 · Item · 1889

Sons of Temperance sleigh ride along Charlotte Street.

CA BI 94-651-25166 · Item · ca. 1980

Item is a photograph of Collin Smith of Baddeck working at the DEVCO Seal Island oyster farm operation.

Fitzgerald, Owen
Oyster Farming, Eskasoni
CA BI 94-653-25168 · Item · ca. 1980

Item is a reproduction of a photograph of John Brown of Eskasoni, pulling up shells.

Fitzgerald, Owen
Oyster Farming, Eskasoni
CA BI 94-654-25169 · Item · [1980?]

Item is a photograph of Collin Smith of Baddeck, preparing scallop shells on hooks for spat collection. The spat is oyster larvae that attaches itself to a surface; typically larvae prefer to attach itself to a clean surface which is why they are using scallop shells shown in the picture.

Sydney Mines Railroad
CA BI 95-216-26307 · Item · ca. 1930

Item is a photograph of horses and people on the Sydney Mines railroad, posing outside of the Sydney Mines Depot.

CA BI C Series-C-2051 · Item · 16 Dec. 1969
Part of Abbass Studios Ltd. fonds

Item is a photograph of the Eskasoni Oyster Farming Association meet. In the photograph is Fred Young, Chief Dan K. Stevens and Albert Julian.

Abbass Studios Ltd.
Oyster Farmer Meet
CA BI C Series-C-4165 · Item · 14 Dec. 1970
Part of Abbass Studios Ltd. fonds

File consists of an original negative of John Noel Paul, Chief Dan K. Stevens, Unidentified, Peter Gould, Stephen Gould examing oyster shells.

Abbass Studios Ltd.
CA BI Government Reports - Box 11 File 4A · Item · 1981

Item is a government report on Canadian fish products in the Atlantic region.

CA BI Government Reports - Box 11 File 4C · Item · 1981

Item is a government report on Canadian fish products in the Pacific region.

Little Bras d'or
CA BI MAP 618 · Item · 1947

Item is a marine map of Little Bras d'Or.

Bras d'Or Sea Products
CA BI MG 11.44-MG 11.44.C.3.A · File · [1990?]
Part of Dr. Greg MacLeod fonds

This file consists of two folios arranged chronologically from 1988 to 1991. They contain minutes, correspondence, fish processor survey, press releases, newspaper clipping, and a booklet on fish exports. The documents record both the founding of Bras d'Or sea Products Ltd and the Association of Small and Independent Cape Breton Fish Processors. The first folio contains materials from May 1988 to March 1989. The second folio contains materials from April 1989 to October 1991. There is also a digital audio recording of the December, 1988 initial meeting with Greg MacLeod chairing the meeting of the fish processors and can be found in series D, file D.12 and D.13. A seperate document file on the creation of the Cape Breton Fisheries Advisory Board can be found in this sub-series, file C.3.b

CA BI MG 11.44-MG 11.44.C.3.B · File · 1987 - 1988
Part of Dr. Greg MacLeod fonds

This file contains a forty two page document titled, "An Executive Briefing: The Cape Breton Fishery" presented by the Fisheries Advisory Board to the provincial and federal ministers of fisheries and is dated May, 1987; a bound report titled "Final Report on Organization Project Cape Breton Fisheries Advisory Board" written by Greg MacLeod and presented to DEVCO's Industrial Development Division in June 1988. There are also minutes of board meetings, project reports, correspondence.

Frank F. Robertson
CA BI MG 15.22 · Fonds · 1919-1983

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.

Papers include:

  1. Correspondence and papers pertaining to publication of an anthology of verse by Cape Breton authors, 192-1930. Original and typescript, 2 cm.
  2. “For the Birds”, a newspaper column by Mr. Robertson, 22 November 1969 to May 1976. Typescript and clippings (5 folios), 11 cm.
  3. Clipping: “Elves refuse to Give up Blackett’s Lake Home”, 1928