Showing posts tagged Nova Scotia

Cat in the Milk Truck at the Horton’s

Sydney, Nova Scotia, October 1980.

Sydney, Nova Scotia, Steel Mills, 1980

Vacation photo, October 1980.

Sydney, Nova Scotia, map circa 1980

from: Atlas of Canada; 1981; The Reader’s Digest Association.

Near Windsor, Nova Scotia

The tide is out on the Bay of Fundy and the shorebirds are going to work.

From a manual Yashica, August 2, 1988, 19hr.

Near Windsor, Nova Scotia

Tide’s out on the Bay of Fundy. Taken at about 19hr.

Captured on old-timey film, August 2, 1988

#YHZ #Halifax #lobster #NS

Traditional lobster traps near Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia.

Vacation, October 1980.

#Halifax #cdnhistory #Titanic

Halifax Map, Circa 1900

Right click, open in new tab … for a larger view.

from: Handy Reference Atlas of the World; J G Bartholomew; 1904; John Walker and Co.

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Bluenose Leading the Elimination Race

” … In 1921, Bluenose was never beaten, and this distinguished vessel is depicted on the Canadian dime. In 1942, sadly, she was sold and became a freighter in the West Indies, only to be wrecked off Haiti in 1946.”

from: Canada, The Missing Years; Patricia Pierce; 1985; Stoddart.

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Nova Scotian Hotel, Halifax, Circa 1930

Unused postcard.

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Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

” … Operator of Marconi Wireless and Telegraph Company station at Table Head sending Canada’s first commercial relay to Ireland. October 17, 1907.”

from: Canada, A History in Photographs; Hall and Dodds; 1981, Hurtig.