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Bridges of Prince County, Prince Edward Island

  • CA PCA Acc4706
  • Collection
  • [194?]

The collection consists of three photographs of bridges in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, i.e. Hatchery Bridge over the Dunk River, Beaton's Bridge and the bridge over Little Pierre Jacques. At least two of the three images were taken by L. H. Read, Summerside photographer.

Read, Lorne Hiram

Myrtle Seale fonds

  • CA PCA Acc4736
  • Fonds
  • [194?]

The fonds consists of one snapshot of Prince Street School, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, taken from 72 Walthen Drive by Myrtle Seale.

Seale, Myrtle

Eileen and Russell Ewing photograph collection

  • CA PCA Acc4862
  • Collection
  • [ca. 187-]-[1920]

This collection consists of 10 portrait photographs, including 4 tintypes. Some of the people in the portraits are identified as a boarder, relatives, neighbors or friends of Mrs. Ewing's parents in the Southport / Stratford area of Prince Edward Island. The majority of the photographs were taken by various professional PEI photographers.

Ewing, Eileen

Cundall home (YWCA)

  • CA PCA Acc4339
  • Collection
  • [ca. 193-]

This collection consists of a photograph taken from the northwest side of the house showing the gardens in front as well as the architectural detail of the house and porches. It was taken in the 1930's when the house operated as a Young Women's Christian Association residence.

In 1875 James Peake Junior, eldest son of James Ellis Peake and senior partner in Peake Bros. & Co. purchased West End House and the northern portion of property owned by J.S. Carvell on the corner of West and Kent Streets in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The house was moved across West St. and in its place James & his wife Edith Constance Alice (Haviland) commissioned "Beaconsfield", named for Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, and designed by William Critchlow Harris in a blend of Italianate and Second Empire styles. A mixture of poor personal finances and involvement in the ill-fated Bank of Prince Edward Island caused the Peakes to lose the house to Henry Cundall, holder of the mortgage, in 1882. The Cundall family lived in the house from the fall of 1883 until July of 1916. It was then renovated by the Cundall Trust as a home for friendless young women but it is uncertain if it was ever used in this capacity. It did operate as a YWCA for some of the period between 1916 and 1936 at which later date it became a nurse's residence. In 1973 it was deeded from the government to the PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation. In the 1990s Beaconsfield was redecorated as an example of a Victorian residence and functioned as a museum as well as the headquarters of the Foundation.

Unknown

Charlottetown Business College class photograph

  • CA PCA Acc4391
  • Collection
  • [ca. 192-]

The image is of a class of women from the Charlottetown Business College, ca. 1920s. Several are identified, as follows:

Back row, l to r: ? Brehaut, Jennie Cousins, Mary MacNeill, Pearl Burns? Bell Wood, Marie Mutch, Edythe Wood, Lois Ford, Annie MacNevin, Sadie MacKinnon, Pearl Burns?

Front row, l to r: Marjorie Nelson, Emily Foster, ? , ? McCannel, Jessie MacPherson, Nita Wood, Hannah McNaughton

Charlottetown Business College

Longshoremen who unloaded last coal boat in Charlottetown harbour photograph

  • CA PCA Acc4562
  • Collection
  • [193-?]

This single collected item consists of an image of a large group of longshoremen and a pair of horses posed in front of a vessel at dock. She is reported to be the last vessel to deliver a load of coal to the Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, docks.

Unknown

PEI Travel Bureau map collection

  • CA PCA Acc4563
  • Collection
  • [194-]

The collection consists of a map of Charlottetown and a road map of Prince Edward Island. Both were issued by the PEI Travel Bureau in the 1940s. The city map is a street map with a key to prominent buildings and some information re. a few landmarks. The road map contains steamer, rail and aviation information as well as information about a few tourist activities.

Prior to 1940, the Prince Edward Island Travel Bureau existed more or less as a voluntary organization financed by public subscriptions and a grant from the PEI Government. On 2 January 1940, the Travel Bureau was taken over and operated as a Department of the Provincial Government. In the 1950s the Department name was changed to the Tourist and Information Bureau and in 1960 changed to the Department of Tourist Development.

Sawmill at Milton, Prince Edward Island

  • CA PCA Acc4737
  • Fonds
  • [191?]

The fonds consists of one large format mounted photograph of the saw mill at Milton, Prince Edward Island between 1910 and 1920. The photographer is unknown.

Unknown

Henry Shearman collection

  • CA PCA Acc4921
  • Collection
  • 1836-1843, [200-]

This collection consists of seven original letters written by Henry Shearman to his sister Marian Reynolds, who lived in England. The first letter (8 April 1836) is from Devonport, England, where Shearman and his family were waiting to embark on the ship "Castalia" towards Prince Edward Island. The other six letters were all written from PEI, from October 1836 to October 1843. Also included with the collection is a biographical sketch of Henry Shearman, written by Alejandro S. Milberg, and a transcription of the letters. A CD-ROM containing an electronic copy of the biographical sketch, transcripts of the letters, and digital copies (scans) of the original letters is also included.

Shearman, Henry

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