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Item · ca. 1951
Item is a reproduction of a plan drawn from a photostatic print produced on 10 Jul. 1951. The reproduction was likely created by the Nova Scotia Film Board. Item is a general plan of the Strait of Canso - Canso Causeway produced by the Board of Engineers for the Department of Transport - Department of Highways & Public Works. 76-119
Item · 1954
Item is a photograph of a view of the Canso Causeway from the mainland side, as its construction nears completion. 76-124
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Item is a photograph of the printing equipment for the Port Hawkesbury Bulletin. Identified are L. Ernest Philpott, C. Kate McLeod and Ernest Williams. 76-14
AEA Cygnet I
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Item is a photograph of an aerial experiment by Alexander Graham Bell. A kite built by the Bell Laboratory is tested on the frozen Bras d'Or Lakes at Baddeck Bay. It is believed that this is a photograph of the first flight of the Cygnet I, a giant kite consisting of 3,393 tetrahedral cells, which occured in December 1907. 76-15
Sydney's Great Fire
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Item is a photograph of a view of the devastation of the Great Fire in Sydney, taken on November 1, 1901, twelve days after the event. The photograph is a view of Charlotte Street from Wentworth Street. 76-16
Wreck of the S.S. Bruce I
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Item is a photograph of the wreck of the S. S. Bruce I at Port Nova on March 24, 1911. 76-2
Wentworth Park
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Item is a hand-colored postcard featuring Wentworth Park, Sydney (N.S.). 76-20
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Item is a postcard of the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company's two coal piers with railway track located in North Sydney; these piers were removed in 1962. 76-23