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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.

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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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"Turret Bell" crew photograph : 1906

  • CA PCA Acc4920
  • Collection
  • 1906

The collection consists of one photograph of the original crew of the whaleback steamer "Turret Bell", ashore at Cable Head, Prince Edward Island, in 1906. The photographer is unknown and the individuals in the photograph are unidentified.

The ship "Turret Bell" was launched from Newcastle-on-Tyne, England in 1894. On 2 November 1906 the ship was blown off course and onto rocks off Cable Head, Prince Edward Island. The ship was a local viewing attraction for three years, until it was salvaged on 31 July 1909. The ship was towed to Charlottetown, then to Quebec for repairs, after which she returned to her work in coastal shipping and trading.

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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.

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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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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.

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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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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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