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Item · 1936
1936 original reproduction map of Truro showing streets and business ads around the edge of the map. Double sided with additional information. 2009.37.15b and 2012.6.3
Bay of Fundy
Item · 1863 - 1936
Bay of Fundy, Digby Gut to the Head of Navigation including bearings, heights, soundings, with insets of 8 lighthouses (illustrations), tidal information, charts, British Units, Avon River inset, CNR, Dominion Atlantic Railway, Chignecto Marine Transport railway, and towns along coastline.Surveyed by Captain P. F. Shortland, R.N., 1860, Engraved 1863 with corrections from the Canadian Government Chart of 1931 (small corrections 1933 - 1936). 88.68
Item · [ca. 1890]
9 blueprints for..."a house to be erected on the south side of Arthur Street near King St., Truro, for Murray Crocket. The house is to be two stories high with tent roof and with balcony and veranda in front". Includes 14 pages of textual description (specifications) written in pencil on paper. 87.2(i).1 - 87.2(i).23
Item · [ca. 1930]
Original printed reproduction of Truro Map, ca. 1930, with Business Directory. Includes streets and many details of the town. Drawn for Alert Advertising, 109 Holland Park Ave., Toronto, Ontario. 2019.11.1
Item · 1950
Blueprint copy of map showing CNR Truro Yard, including rail lines, streets, buildings, Round House, some property owner names. Area covers east to Gasper Lane, west to King Street as well as some of downtown, Esplanande St., Victoria St., East Prince St., Salmon River, plus insert showing continuation of Mulgrave Subdivision. Produced by CNR Government Railways, Atlantic Division, Engineers Office, Halifax, June 6, 1950. 2017.48.1
Item · 1872
Original reproduction certificate issued to J. L. Peppard. Certifies that, "...he having expressed a desire to withdraw from the Lodge, is fully paid and has complied with the requirements, his leave is therefore granted." Signed at Truro, October 14, 1872. 2019.20.1
D. B. Cummings Tower
Item · c1900
Architectural rendering of details of the roof line and "tower" at 16 Young Street, probably built c1902 by Dimock B. Cummings. The house is built in the Queen Anne style with a shingle texturing at the second story level and a fan motif in the pediment. The builder may have been R.O. McCurdy, well known Truro builder, but that is unconfirmed. 87.20(iv)
Item · 1946-47
Original printed reproduction of Truro Map, 1946-47, with Business Directory. Includes streets and many details of the town. Unknown printer. 2019.10.1
Dr. D. H. Muir House Details
Item · c1880
Original drawing of Victorian architectural details for Dr. D. H. Muir House on Prince St., Truro, NS, c1880.Shows Mantle in the Drawing Room and the Arch to Nook. 87.20(ii)