Item 77-1009-1143 - Post Office and Customs House Before the Halifax Catastrophe

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Post Office and Customs House Before the Halifax Catastrophe

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CA BI 77-1009-1143

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  • ca. 1918 (Creation)

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1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5cm x 10cm

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Although these buildings are located two miles from the scene of the explosion, they were damaged.

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Item is a photograph of the aftermath of the Halifax Explosion of 1917. This picture shows the post office and customs house before the explosion.

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    Photograph and photo album were donated to the Beaton Institute Archives by Dorothy Rigby.

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