Mary Agnes, David and Mary Ann Phee, c 1950s

Mary Agnes, David and Mary Ann Phee, c 1950s. Courtesy of Sandra Gero. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald Anne Louise MacDonald’s steady hand and healing brush are in evidence here. And other Photoshop tools such as cloning. She had to do something about the line right across Mary Ann’s face in the original photo, so she […]

StFX Home Economic class, 1950s

StFX Home Economic class, 1950s. Courtesy of StFX University Archives 90-779-3297 Excerpt from KristelFleuren’s web site The History of Women at St. Francis Xavier University: http://people.stfx.ca/nforeste/308website/womenatstfx.html Many Sisters were concerned that women were not benefiting from their education as they would if they were in a non co-educational institution taught only by women. Also not […]

Co-op Housing, The Heights, 1950s

Co-op Housing, The Heights, 1950s. Home Owners L-R: Ronald “Pud” and Helen MacGillivray; Johnnie and Mary MacDougall; Lauchie and Sally MacDonald; Rod and Geraldine MacSween; Bill and Anne Anstey; and Gillis and Flossie Brown. Courtesy of the StFX University Archives. Ronald “Pud” and Helen MacGillivray; Johnnie and Mary MacDougall, Lauchie and Sally MacDonald, Rod and […]

Rev. Louis Arthur Venedam (1899-1958) with nieces and nephews c1950

Rev. Louis Arthur Venedam (1899-1958) with nieces and nephews, children of Arthur H. & Rachael (Venedam) Benoit, Pomquet, c 1950s. L-R: Delores Ann, Charles, Arteen, Rachael, Arthur, Jacques. He served with Scarboro Fathers Mission in China 1938-1954. Courtesy of PomquetHéritage. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald. Fr. Venedam first went to China in October 1931 as part […]

Highland Games Parade, float carrying model of the cenotaph, c 1950s

Highland Games Parade, float carrying model of the cenotaph, c 1950s. Red Archie MacGillivray, Chief of Police is on horseback. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum, 99.51.3. Restoration: Jeff Parker. Red Archie MacGillivray, so called for his red hair, is on horseback. He became Chief of Police in 1938, and served for 15 years. In an […]