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Archival description
File consists of photographs of the 128 foot long Douglas fir log being delivered on a barge at Digby, then floated into the water, up the beach, then loaded up a ramp onto three CPR flat-cars and transported to Halifax Shipyards. It arrived in Halifax on August 4, 1947. The log was presented to the City of Halifax by the Candian Pacific Railway, to use as a flagpole in front of City Hall in preparation for the city's bicentenary in 1949. The log was transported from British Columbia by the CPR via train and a scow across the Bay of Fundy, and erected by the Royal Canadian Engineers. Mayor A.E. Ahern and CPR officials officiated at the the unveiling of the new pole in September 1947. Newspaper coverage at the time indicated it was the longest log ever transported by rail. At 125 feet, it was thought to be the tallest flagpole in the British Commonwealth, but it was later determined that a flgstaff at Kew in London was taller. CR6-027
County councillors
Item consists of a photograph containing individual portraits of county councillors, three of whom have been identified on the photo itself: John Shatford (Warden), Geo. H. Madill (Deputy Warden), and Councillor Peter Myers. Subsequently a descendent recognized Councillor Michael Reyno in the upper left corner. 312-1F-012
Item consists of a group photograph of council members taken in the old Court House, Spring Garden Road, Halifax. The councillors are listed from back to front rows, left to right: F. C. Lomas, Lester Umlah, A. M. MacLeod, G. K. MacMichael, Carl Turner, H. B. Anderson, Roy Hutchinson, Martin Archibald, G. G. Harnish, W. J. Dowell, R. M. Fielding, K. C. John Bonn, W. Brown, C. A Meyers, P. S. Ferguson, M. H. Naugle, A. W. Evans, N. Cruikshank, E. A. Cornelius, D. A. Hutchinson, B. H. Mitchell, Mary T. King, and Fred A. Settle. 312-1F-013
Item consists of a compilation photograph of the Halifax County Council in 1898. The item is a photograph of individual portraits of council members that have been pinned to a board. There are no labels identifying the individuals, however the same image elsewhere has three identified on the photo itself: John Shatford (Warden), Geo. H. Madill (Deputy Warden), and Councillor Peter Myers. Subsequently a descendent recognized Councillor Michael Reyno in the upper left corner. 312-1F-041