Item is a photograph of Charlotte St. after a snow storm showing Harshman's Drugstore, C.G. MacLeod, and an electric car track in the centre of the street.

Item is a photograph of Charlotte Street, Sydney, taken from the roof of the courthouse, Victoria Park. Shows Charlotte St., shipping pier, St. Patrick's Church and the Methodist Church.

Item is a photograph of Chief Ben Christmas during Sydney's Old Home Week, 1935.

Item is a photograph of the Cape Breton Chinese Community's float in the 1967 Centennial parade held in Sydney.

Item is a photograph by C.W. Kelly Studio of the fifteenth year reunion of the Christ Church Boy Scouts (1915-1930).

Fonds consists of textual records that were created by the City of Sydney, including city reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, town histories, police reports, and legal documents. Included within the fonds are materials that provide information about Black Nova Scotians living within the city, including voting records, education reports, and town histories.