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Springhill explosion

  • NSSXA 76-100
  • Item

Item is a photograph of various shots of the crowd waiting for word on the condition of the miners, the ambulances ready for the injured and the extent of damage to the buildings.

Draeger Crew, No. 2 and No. 9 Colliery, Glace Bay

  • NSSXA 76-102
  • Item

Item is a photograph of the first draeger crew formed in North America; the crew was formed at the No. 2 and No. 9 collieries, Glace Bay. Front row: John Joe MacNeil, Mr. Fergie, Norman MacKenzie. Middle row: Dan "Storey" MacDonald, Joe Campbell, Thomas Turner, James MacMahon, ?, Roddie "Heenan" MacDonald, Matt MacAdam, Dan MacGillivary, Gilbert Darroch, Alex T. MacNeil, Mick Steele. Back row: Harry Miller, Vannie Nicholson, John MacLean, John Robinson, Dan W. "Kink" McDonald, ?, ? Evan Prothero, ?.

Gaelic class at Sydney Academy

  • NSSXA 76-103
  • Item
  • 1936

Item is a photograph of a dozen members of Sydney Academy's 1936 Gaelic class; individuals are identified on the reverse of the photograph. The man in the front centre of the photograph is holding a sign that says, "Sgoil Ghaidhlig, 1936, Ghlace Bay."

Shedden Studio

Peter Hall Clarke

  • NSSXA 76-105
  • Item

Item is a photograph of a painted portrait of Peter Hall Clarke, magistrate for Sydney and a member of St. Andrew's.

James Anderson

  • NSSXA 76-109
  • Item

Item is a photograph of a painting of James Anderson.

Burrill Johnson engine no. 2

  • NSSXA 76-11
  • Item

Item is a photograph of a steam fire engine, built around 1900 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. This particular engine, the Burrill Johnson Engine No. 2, was purchased by the Sydney Mines Fire Department in 1908. The engine was operated by Paddy Keigan.

J.F.W. DesBarres

  • NSSXA 76-111
  • Item

Item is a photograph of a watercolour of J.F.W. DesBarres in old age.

Chain of Office, Sydney

  • NSSXA 76-116
  • Item

Item is a photograph of the chain of office of Sydney on display at St. Patrick's Church Museum. The chain was designed by James Lovelance.

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