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Charlottetown general store fonds

  • CA PCA Acc4629
  • Fonds
  • 1836-1840

The fonds consists of a day book of an unidentified general store, possible in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Most names in the book are from the Charlottetown area. The day book itemizes sales to individuals, companies, and institutions from 5 September 1836 to 16 June 1840. Goods sold include hardware, groceries, liquor and dry goods. The inside cover is inscribed to Mr. Robert J. B. Ayling who appears to have had the book in his possession in 1889. The volume has been cut in two and the bottom half is missing.

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Sketch of the Island of St. Johns in the Gulf of St. Lawrence [and Remarks thereon] : [1762]

  • CA PCA Acc4615
  • Fonds
  • [1762]

This fonds consists of a map and the accompanying Remarks relative to the sketch of St. Johns... which were prepared by an officer who had "run over " the Island in 1762 in a whale boat with a French pilot and thirty men by order of the "General" (possibly Hardwicke). The survey concentrated on the sites of the former French settlements and their prospects for settlement by the English. It remarked positively concerning the rich meadows and cleared lands and based future prosperity on agriculture and fishing. The map is also accompanied by a 3p. typed transcript of the Remarks, prepared by the donor.

The author of the map and remarks is anonymous.

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Anonymous Kings County lawyer's fonds

  • CA PCA Acc4607
  • Fonds
  • 1896-1898

The fonds contains an accounts ledger, inscribed "Ledger D" which records the legal work done and the charges made for the lawyer's clients, most of whom are identified as living in Kings County communities.

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Lea[?] and Woodside[?] family photograph collection

  • CA PCA Acc4572
  • Collection
  • [ca 1855-1895]

This collection contains 4 daguerreotypes of a man, a couple, and two children thought to be members of the Lea or Woodside family, and 3 mounted images of a wedding and two unidentified houses. Creator of this collection is unknown.

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Visit of the Prince of Wales fonds

  • CA PCA Acc4567
  • Fonds
  • 1860

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, son of Queen Victoria, and future King Edward VII toured North America in 1860. Following a stop in Halifax, His Royal Highness visited Prince Edward Island on 9-11 August. On 10 August there was a levee and an afternoon party held in his honour at Government House. The fonds consists of four images taken at the time of the visit of the Prince of Wales to Halifax and Charlottetown. Two were taken of an event held on the lawns at Government House in honour of the Prince of Wales, most likely an afternoon party on the 10th as rain precluded outdoor activity on the 9th. A third image of a group of military men and gentlemen outside unidentified premises may also be in Charlottetown. A fifth image is one of Micmacs seated in front of their wigwams. Mounting papers, since discarded, read W. Chase's Photographic Gallery, 51 Hollis St., Halifax.

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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.

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Grade 5, Prince Street School photograph

  • CA PCA Acc4541
  • Collection
  • 1927-1928

This image is of the interior of the grade 5 classroom of Jessie Fullerton at Prince Street School in the academic year 1927/28. Students are seated at their desks. Some are identified. The creator of this collected item is unknown.

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West Prince general store fonds

  • CA PCA Acc4513
  • Fonds
  • 1859-1860

This fonds consists of two unidentified day books which record sales of general merchandise to customers from the West Prince area of Prince Edward Island including Kildare, Western Road, Miminegash, Cascumpec, Nail Pond, Lot 6, Lot 10, and Lot 7. Transactions include the date, the customer's name and community or Lot, merchandise bought, and amount owed. Three pages of inlaid text refer to Mr. James Dempsey in account with the estate of the late James Yeo.

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Popular verse and biography of Kings County collection

  • CA PCA Acc4511
  • Collection
  • 1882-1971

The collection contains a variety of verse and stories concerning people and events from the St. Peter's Bay, Souris, and North Lake areas of Prince Edward Island. Some of the items have a date and references that may indicate these materials were gathered and transcribed as part of a research project of some kind in the early 1970s.

Creator of this collection is unknown although several items appear to have been the property of George MacIsaac of St. Peter's, Prince Edward Island.

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Tourism promotion photograph album

  • CA PCA Acc4500
  • Fonds
  • 1950-[196-?]

This fonds consists of a photo album containing approximately eighty pages of mounted black and white photographs which appear to have been taken during the 1950s and 1960s. Inserts include twenty-five photographs, one negative, seven contact sheets, and several pages of "National Film Board Cut Lines". Some of the photographs, which range in size from 2" x 2 1/2" to 8" x 11", are accompanied by descriptive captions. The photographs in the album are divided to various categories including: Agriculture, Beaches, Camping, Churches, Ferries, Fishing, Golf, Green Gables, Government House, Horse Racing, Highland Games, Lighthouses, Lobster Fishing, Monuments, Provincial Building, Scenes (Highway and Rural), Tourist Establishments, Park Playgrounds, Fishing Wharves, Rustico, and Swimming Pools. The final section of the album, consisting of approximately forty pages, is entitled "Contacts for Pictures Taken During Summer 1960, Photographer, David Forbert." The inserted twenty-five photographs include scenes of winter horse racing, fox farming, Richmond Street, the Maritime Central Airways, interiors of a passenger ferry boat, aerial views of the Provincial Buildings, and the Albany Travel Bureau.

The provenance of this album is unknown. It is suspected, however, that the album was compiled for use by the Department of Tourist Development in Prince Edward Island. 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. It would appear that the National Film Board was also involved in producing photographs for provincial tourist promotion for many years prior to the 1960s.

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