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1924-1980; predominant 1930-1950 (Creation)
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- Rice, Nelson
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135 b&w photographs, 10 colour photographs
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Arthur Nelson Rice, known as Nelson Rice, was born in North Sydney, Cape Breton on September 5, 1906. Son of Walter Nelson Rice and Minnie Hurst, he married Evelyn MacDonald in 1930 and they had three children: Walter, Arthur Nelson, and Paul. Nelson was a druggist in North Sydney and an amateur photographer on the weekends. He purchased his first camera in 1924, when he was 18 years old. He submitted photos to The Halifax Herald, The North Sydney Herald, and Cape Breton Post. His photos made the covers magazines, such as Montreal Standard and National Home Monthly. He also participated in photography contest, winning prizes in The National Home Monthly in 1940 in Winnipeg, The O’keefe’s Photography contest in 1956 in Toronto, Mechanix Illustrated in 1956 in New York, and The Toronto Star major prize of $500 in 1957. Nelson developed all his own photos and shot mostly in B&W. He belonged to a photography club during the war with local photographers including, M.Theuerkauf, E.L. Martheleur, Frank Nolan, Frank Upper, Gordon Naish, Dave Burchell, and many others. He died on May 18, 1994.
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Series consists of 145 photographs of prominent North Sydney residents (fire chiefs, doctors, mayors, etc), Cape Breton scenes and Industrial Cape Breton.