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Public Archives and Records Office of Prince Edward Island Collection
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1939 Royal visit photograph : [14 June 1939]

  • CA PCA Acc4882
  • Collection
  • Copied 2004

The photograph shows King George VI and Queen Elizabeth outside of Province House in Charlottetown during their visit to Prince Edward Island on 14 June 1939. The King and Queen can be seen shaking hands with a group of war veterans. The man shaking the Queen's hand in the photograph is Nicholas Murphy. In 1939 King George VI of England and his wife Queen Elizabeth made a month-long tour of Canada. They set sail for Canada on 6 May and travelled for nine days across the Atlantic Ocean. The King and Queen's first stop in Canada was Quebec City. On 14 June 1939, near the end of their tour, the royal couple visited Charlottetown, PEI.

Unknown

65 University Avenue photograph : [ca. 1895]

  • CA PCA Acc4171
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1895]

This collection consists of a copy of a photograph of building at 65 University Avenue, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, taken ca. 1895. When this photograph was taken, the building was occupied by Bell Boot and Shoe Repair and E. F. Acorn Cleaning. The building housed Art's Taxi in 1991.

Unknown

A. B. LePage photographic collection

  • CA PCA Acc4545
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1860-1945]

The collection contains a daguerrotype of an unidentified man; images of members of the Campbell, Hartling, and Gallant families of Rustico; and three postcards: one of Jessie McKinnon and two of unidentified military groups in World War II.

LePage, A. B.

Al Mills collection

  • CA PCA Acc4338
  • Collection
  • 1874-[197-]

The collection consists of two photographs, one of a Grade 9 class at Prince Street School and one of a horse and wagon. Also included in the collection is a plan of the Blueshank Station Ground.

Mills, Al

Alexander McGregor Stewart certificate

  • CA PCA Acc5036
  • Collection
  • 1899

This item is an 1899 Canadian Order of Foresters certificate issued to Alexander McGregor Stewart in November 1899. The certificate is hand-coloured.

Stewart, Alexander McGregor

Alexander McKenzie land documents

  • CA PCA Acc4447
  • Collection
  • 1809, 1817

The collection is composed of two conveyances of land in Lot 24 to Alexander McKenzie of Brackley Point/Rustico: one of 100 acres from Samuel May Williams in 1809 and the second of 123 acres from James Hodges in 1817.

MacKenzie, Alexander

Alice C. Green collection

  • CA PCA Acc3221
  • Collection
  • 1873-1979, predominent 1942-1979

The collection consists of scrapbooks and other materials used by Alice C. Green to write her book "Footprints on the Sand of Time: A History of Alberton". Included in this collection are newspaper clippings, correspondence, notes, and transcribed information. There are also six land conveyances dating from 1873, 1892, 1911, and 1913. Most of the newspaper clippings and notes are related specifically to the community and people of Alberton. The nature of these articles vary but include announcements of birthdays, marriages, obituaries, community events, activities and other points of interest relating to Alberton. There are also many articles of general interest related to the history of PEI. The material is arranged roughly by subject within the collection. Some of the clippings in the scrapbooks date from the 1920s and 1930s but the majority of clippings and other materials in the collection are dated 1942-1979. Also included in the collection is the Dominion Census returns for Alberton, 1921.

Green, Alice C.

Alice (Clark) Atkinson collection : [1941]

  • CA PCA Acc4302
  • Collection
  • 1914-1991, Video copied 1993

The collection consists of one videocassette of a home movie taken by Alice Clark, memorabilia of World War 1 including photographs of a group of volunteers in Charlottetown and of Jack Allen McDonald, a postcard (1918), and an obituary and notes on Louise F. Dias, nee Stanley, widow of Ernest Muttart, first Canadian casualty in WWI, and two published volumes: Tales of Abegweit by Benjamin Bremner and a partial view booklet of PEI, circa 1900.

The video begins with the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, followed by scenes of the countryside taken from the train on a trip in 1941 from Ottawa to Prince Edward Island. The film contains street scenes of Charlottetown, including Queen Square, as well as shots of Mt. Stewart, Milburn, and the PEI landscape. Some footage takes place at a festival of Scottish games. Persons appearing in the film footage include Alice, Edna Glover, Roger Rousseau, Will and Muriel Cobb.

Atkinson, Alice (Clark)

Allison and Ruby (Dennis) Profitt collection

  • CA PCA Acc5003
  • Collection
  • 1849-2008, predominant 1916-1960

This collection consists of the records of Allison Profitt and his wife Ruby Dennis Profitt of Lower Freetown, Prince Edward Island. The records include correspondence, notebooks, clippings, photographs, and other material. The collection is divided into two series: Allison Profitt and Ruby Dennis Profitt.

Profitt, Allison

Ann Pillman photograph collection

  • CA PCA Acc4701
  • Collection
  • 1911-1933

The collection consists of thirty-five photographs from the photo album of Ann Pillman. Included in this collection are photographs of the Dalton Sanatorium and Falconwood Hospital, including images of her husband William Houston, as well as of nurses and soldiers, most of whom are unidentified.

Pillman, Ann E.

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