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Charlottetown Fire Department

  • CA PCA Acc4690
  • Collection
  • 1967

The accession consists of one photograph of five identified members of the Charlottetown Fire Department at a presentation during the banquet of 1967. The five individuals from left to right are: Bill Connell, Brendon Hennessey, John Squarebriggs Jr., Bill MacDonald, Gordon Stewart. The photographer is unknown.

The first hand operated fire engine was imported to Prince Edward Island in 1818 by Governor Smith. Two more engines were acquired between that date and 1855 when the City of Charlottetown was incorporated. In 1856 these three engines were turned over to the City's Fire Department. By 1877 there were six hand operated engines and one steam engine. Engines were stored in sheds at various locations around the city and each had its own captain, officers, and firemen. Charlottetown City Hall, which was completed in 1888, was to provide space for both civic and fire purposes and housed engines and horses of the Fire Department. Doors from the Fire Department opened unto Queen Street. A large addition to the west on Kent Street was made in 1916 to accommodate the newer chemical engines. Equipment continued to be upgraded over the years and the Department also established a Bureau of Fire Prevention which carried out inspections of public and other buildings, and carried out education activities such as Fire Prevention Week.

Unknown

Charlottetown, Queens Co., P.E.I.

  • CA PCA Acc4450
  • Collection
  • 1879

This item consists of a coloured map of Charlottetown and part of the Royalty showing streets, wharves, railway, churches, cemeteries, and some businesses.

Clow family photograph collection

  • CA PCA Acc4202
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1900-1910]

The collection consists of some 23 photographs of Murray Harbour North ca. 1900. The majority are of the original Clow house and grounds with shops and outbuildings. Most of the people are unidentified although it is likely that they were members of the family or relatives. It is possible that some of the unidentified locales, particularly those featuring the high wooden fences and the greenhouse are from the United States, possibly the Boston area.

Clow (Family), Murray Harbour North (P.E.I.)

Colonial Building exterior plan

  • CA PCA Acc2455
  • Collection
  • [1837?]

This single collected item consists of an architectural drawing of the exterior of the proposed Colonial Building to be built in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The plan is comprised of three sheets. The provenance of this plan is unknown although, given the similarity between this plan and the structure of the Colonial Building as it was built, it is likely that the architect was Isaac Smith.

Unknown

Convention of Baptist ministers at Eldon photograph

  • CA PCA Acc4298
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1900]

This collection consists of a photograph of six unidentified Baptist ministers taken at a convention in Eldon, Prince Edward Island, ca 1900.

Unknown

Co-operative Union history collection : [1910-1962]

  • CA PCA Acc4138
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1990S]; Copied 1991

This collection consists of material gathered by Elizabeth Cran and Gary Webster while working on the history of the co-operative movement on PEI. There is also one notebook belonging to Elizabeth Cran containing research notes. The collection consists of four series arranged by type of record.

Cran, Elizabeth

Cornish's Corner, Wood Islands West

  • CA PCA Acc4739
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1906]

The collection consists of a mounted photograph of the store, residence, post office at Cornish's Corner, Wood Islands West, Prince Edward Island, ca. 1900, now the NE corner of Georgetown Road and the Trans-Canada Highway. The property was owned and operated by John Cornish and his grandson. The photographer is unknown.

Unknown

Country life at Bay Fortune : home movies, [1933-1934] / taken by Ella Keefe Jenkins

  • CA PCA Acc4234
  • Collection
  • Copied 1988

This collection consists of a videotape containing film sequences of country and family life in Bay Fortune in 1933/34. Much of the film is shot on the farm with many scenes of a typical farmyard, often with family members, neighbours, farm animals and equipment. Sequences include those of the farmer at work with his binder in the fields as well as scenic shots river, fields and woods. Evocative pictures of a family day at the shore and scenes of teacher and children in the school yard and on a picnic add a further dimension to the film.

Jenkins, Ella Keefe

Crescent Hockey Team photograph

  • CA PCA Acc4998
  • Collection
  • 1899

The image is of the Crescent Hockey Team, Intermediate Champions of Prince Edward Island, 1899. The photographer is unknown, but individuals in the photograph are identified. The photograph is mounted.

Back row, left to right
H. J. Scantlebury (point), Will F. Worth (forward), W. MacLean (wing), E. V. Jost (goal)

Front row, left to right
Jack Birch (forward), W. L. Harvie (president), R. Drake (captain), W. T. Harvie (wing)

Unknown

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

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