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Hallidays Wharf photograph : [ca. 1913]

  • CA PCA Acc4632
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1913]

The collection contains one photograph of Hallidays Wharf with the ferry Harland just leaving dock. The photograph was taken circa 1913. Hallidays wharf was in Belfast, Prince Edward Island, presumably named for the family living on the property where the wharf was situated.

Unknown

Pioneer hockey team photograph

  • CA PCA Acc4472
  • Fonds
  • 1911

The photograph is of the players, coach and referee of the Pioneer hockey team, junior PEI champions of 1911. The team was presumably sponsored by the Pioneer newspaper of Summerside, Prince Edward Island. Individuals are identified as follows:

3d row: H. Clark, referee; F. Johnston ?; J. Tamlyn, manager; J. Durant, l wing

2d row: F. Graves, goal; R. Godkin, point; W. Gallant, rover; F. McLeod, centre (Captain); F. Lyle, point

1st row: E. Houlton, spare

Unknown

J. Walter Jones photograph : [ca. 1910]

  • CA PCA Acc3318
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1910]

This collection consists of one photograph of J. Walter Jones about to attempt a hammer throw, ca. 1910.

John Walter Jones, agriculturist, school teacher, legislator, and Canadian Senator, born in 1878, was the son of James Benjamin Jones and Isabel (Stewart) Jones of Pownal, Prince Edward Island. He received his education at the district's public school, Prince of Wales College, Charlottetown, Acadia University, Wolfville, N.S. and the University of Toronto. In 1909, he married Catherine Bovyer of Bunbury and together they had one son and three daughters.

J. W. Jones was the Principal of the Consolidated School in Mt. Herbert from 1905 until 1907 and an employee of the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. from 1909 to 1912. He was first elected to the Provincial Legislature in the general election of 1935, re-elected in 1939, sworn in as Premier in 1943 and again re-elected in 1943, 1947 and 1951. John Walter Jones was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1953 and passed away the following year.

Unknown

Unidentified procession photograph : [ca. 1910]

  • CA PCA Acc4989
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1910]

This photograph [ca. 1910] depicts an unidentified procession along the water at Victoria Park in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Some of the men in the procession are wearing tartan sashes and tams, others top hats. The three men leading the procession are carrying bagpipes, and musical instruments can be seen further back in the crowd. A number of people appear to be walking alongside, but slightly apart from, the actual procession.

Unknown

William Aitken (Steamship) photograph

  • CA PCA Acc4239
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1910]

The collection consists of one mounted photograph of the steamboat "William Aitken" moored somewhere in Nova Scotia.

The "William Aitken", a screw steamer carrying two engines, was built in Yarmouth, N.S. in 1887 by George W. Johston. She was 73'9" long, 18'3" wide, with a gross tonnage of 75 and a registered weight of 51 T. Registration was transferred to P.E.I. in 1889. She was owned and operated by William H., George E., and Frank C. Batt, of Charlottetown and named for William H. Aitken, prominent citizen and businessman in Charlottetown. She was deemed unseaworthy, dismantled, and broken up in Charlottetown in 1928.

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Henry Pope Mills family photograph : [ca. 1910]

  • CA PCA Acc4309
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1910]

This collection consists of a family portrait of Henry Pope Mills and his wife Lydia Ann (Mutlow) with their children Daisy (Ball), Will, Percy, Everett, Annie (Warren), Tom, Sadie (Young), Maggie (Cudmore), Lottie (Knowlton) and Roy, circa 1910.

Henry Pope Mills was born on 2 August 1859 at Little York, Prince Edward Island, the son of Stephen and Eleanor Mill. He was married to Lydia Ann Mutlow of Vernon River on 15 February 1879 with whom he had 10 children. For many years he operated a butcher and green grocer's shop at the corner of Weymouth and Fitzroy Streets in Charlottetown.

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The mill at Crapaud

  • CA PCA Acc4663
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1910]

The watercolour depicts the top side of the dam at the mill at Crapaud, Prince Edward Island ca. 1910. In the mid 1800s James Howatt operated saw, carding and grist mills at this location. They became known as the Leard Mills when the Bradford Howatt sold them to Charles Leard around 1900. The mills changed hands within the Leard family for several years thereafter. The grist mill burned in the early part of the century and was replaced with a new building. The artist is unknown.

Unknown

Souvenir of Montague, Prince Edward Island, postcard

  • CA PCNMPGG Fonds27
  • Collection
  • 1907

This single collected item consists of a postcard featuring an image of potatoes being loaded onto a schooner at the Montague wharf in 1907. The post card was sent to a Miss Mamie Shaw of Montague by G.? H., a friend, also a resident of Montague. Post marked 11 May 1907. Nothing is known about the creator of the image.

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Walter R. Shaw photograph

  • CA PCA Acc3344
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1907]

This collection consists of one photograph of Walter Shaw (1887-1981) at 20 years of age, ca. 1907.

Walter Russell Shaw was born in West River, Prince Edward Island, on 20 December 1887, the son of Alexander Crawford Shaw and Isobel Maynard. He received his education at St. Catherine's School, Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, and the Agricultural College in Guelph, Ontario. On June 1, 1921, he married Margaret MacKenzie with whom he had two daughters and one son.

From 1914 to 1954 (with the exception of the years 1919 to 1922) W. R. Shaw was employed by the P.E.I. Department of Agriculture as district representative, livestock superintendent and Deputy Minister. The latter position he held for 20 years. He was named leader of the Progressive Conservative Party in September of 1957. At the age of 71, he fought the general election of 1959 carrying 22 out of a possible 30 seats, including his own in 1st Queens. He served as Premier of Prince Edward Island from 1959 to 1966. Personally undefeated in the election of 1966 which swept his party from power, he continued as leader of the opposition in the Legislative Assembly until 1972 when he retired from politics. Walter Shaw died on 28 May 1981 at the age of 93.

Unknown

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

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