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Top left photograph of John Phalen and crew carrying erecting cable, top right photograph is another view taken during erection of cable. Phalen is in the foreground, centre photograph of pole tied to truck speeds up the work of pulling lashing machine along the highway, and bottom left photograph is of Carl Nelson on ladder and Ray Ross below.

Cable hut and delivery of cable by railway to Porcupine Nova Scotia

MS-4-180, Box 5, Folder 22
File
[19--]

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photographs of the building and cable.

Cable huts and street scenes around Westville Nova Scotia

MS-4-180, Box 15, Folder 233
File
April 22 and July 6, 1936

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photographs of cable huts and streets.

Cable landing in Westmount looking across the harbour to Sydney Nova Scotia

MS-4-180, Box 15, Folder 205
File
[1935?]

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photographs of harbour.

Cable lasher

MS-4-180, Box 10, Folder 13, Item 4
File
[ca. 1940s]

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photograph of cable lasher.

Cable plowing in Charlottetown Prince Edward Island

MS-4-180, Box 18, Folder 9, Item 9
File
[19--]

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photograph of group of unidentified men cable plowing with one man on tractor.

Cable pole in Lunenburg Nove Scotia

MS-4-180, Box 2, Folder 231
File
July 20, 1913

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photograph of cable pole.

Cable reel on flat car as delivered from Northern Electric Company and transfering cable across the Shubenacadie River Nova Scotia

MS-4-180, Box 2, Folder 222
File
November 2, 1943

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photographs of cable being delivered.

Cable splice in a cable vault in Dartmouth Nova Scotia

MS-4-180, Box 16, Folder 44, Item 1
File
[ca. 1960s]

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photograph of 2400 pair stalpth is being spliced to two 1200 pair lead covered riser cables.

Cable splicer Bruce Bayne of Halifax and construction splice Alex Grady of Port Hawkesbury try to find matching pairs on a six hundred pair wire cable

MS-4-180, Box 8, Folder 55, Item 7
File
1976

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photograph of Bruce Bayne and Alex Grady working on wire.

Cable splicers in central office

MS-4-180, Box 19, Folder 50
File
[197-]

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photographic negatives of cable splicers.

Cable splicing class on North Street in Halifax Nova Scotia

MS-4-180, Box 2, Folder 4
File
December 1943

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photograph of Gordon Mailman, Len Margeson, Frank Carey, Bernie Kuhn and Bill Haley with unidentified student wiping a "Victory joint" cable splice.

Cable splicing course

MS-4-180, Box 3, Folder 71, Item 3
File
1958

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photograph of (clockwise) Allison Nicholson of district 3, Bob MacDonald of district 1, Jack O'Brian of district 1, Harry Crane of district 3, Ralph Smyth of district 3, Benny Hiltz of district 4, instructor Bill Haley of district 3, instructor Aubrey Caldwell of District 1, Harold Tully of district 2, Wesley MacLeod of district 3, Howard Sheridan of district 4, George Robertson of district 3, Frank bell of district 5.

Cable splicing forces attending training course

MS-4-180, Box 16, Folder 32, Item 3
File
1946

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

First photograph of Jim Turpin, Gordon Mailman, Len Margeson, Mr. White, Frank Carey, Bernard Kuhn and Bill Haley. Second photograph of Ralph Smith, Frank Carey, Tyler shubley, Harold Tully, Marshall Woodside, Percey Crick, Andy Peake, Art Costen, and Chester Isnor. Third photograph of Sam Smith, Wesley MacLeod, Art Costen, Tyler Shubley, Harold Tully, Frank Carey, Jim Turpin, Marshall Woodside, Percey Crick, Ralph Smith and Andy Peake.

Cable truck maintenance crew

MS-4-180, Box 10, Folder 26, Item 6
File
[19--]

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photograph of unidentified maintenance workers on pole and in truck bucket.

Cable vault at Sackville Street central office in Halifax Nova Scotia

MS-4-180, Box 15, Folder 256
File
January 3, 1918

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photograph of cable vault.

Cable vault at Sackville street central office in Halifax Nova Scotia

MS-4-180, Box 15, Folder 255
File
January 3, 1918

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photograph of cable vault.

Cable vault at Sackville Street central office in Halifax Nova Scotia

MS-4-180, Box 15, Folder 258
File
January 3, 1918

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photograph of cable vault.

Cable vault at Sackville Street central office in Halifax Nova Scotia

MS-4-180, Box 15, Folder 257
File
January 3, 1918

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photograph of cable vault.

Cable vault in Dartmouth Nova Scotia

MS-4-180, Box 11, Folder 297
File
March 4, 1950

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photographic negative of cable vault.

Cable vault in Dartmouth Nova Scotia

MS-4-180, Box 11, Folder 298
File
March 4, 1950

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photographic negative of cable vault.

Cable vault in Dartmouth Nova Scotia

MS-4-180, Box 11, Folder 296
File
March 4, 1950

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photographs of cable vault.

Cable vault splicing 2400 pair entrance cable into two 1200 pair pack end in Dartmouth Nova Scotia

MS-4-180, Box 2, Folder 363
File
February 29, 1960

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photograph of Dartmouth cable vault.

Cableman Al Ewart cutting over 600 pair at the five corners manhole in Dartmouth Nova Scotia

MS-4-180, Box 2, Folder 365
File
February 29, 1960

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photograph of Al Ewart in manhole cutting cable.

Cableman Art Costen in manhole under Dartmouth end of the MacDonald bridge in Halifax Nova Scotia

MS-4-180, Box 18, Folder 25, Item 7
File
1960

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photographic negative of Art Costen.

Cableman at work in hallway of the Nova Scotia hotel in Halifax Nova Scotia

MS-4-180, Box 11, Folder 13
File
April 1960

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photograph of cable man at work.

Cableman at work on wires in Cole Harbour road in Dartmouth Nova Scotia

MS-4-180, Box 11, Folder 62
File
January 12, 1962

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photographs of cableman A.C. Ewart preparing to open a splice case to cut out a slack cable.

Cablemen go back to school for 'M' type wiping solder

MS-4-180, Box 2, Folder 128
File
1943

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photograph of group posing for camera in class. Classes were held April 27-30 and May 4-8, 1943 in Halifax

Cablemen's school on North Street in Halifax Nova Scotia

MS-4-180, Box 2, Folder 5
File
1943

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photograph of T.F. Carey, Ed Smith and J. Larpin

Cablevision baseball team

MS-4-180, Box 17, Folder 196
File
1971

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photographic negatives of baseball team.

Cablevision installation

MS-4-180, Box 17, Folder 195
File
November 1971

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photographic negatives of a man on a pole.

Cafeteria meeting of Chebucto life member pioneers

MS-4-180, Box 8, Folder 45, Item 3
File
1976

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photograph of Chebucto life members sitting at tables and standing is Nelson Braid vice president of operation at Maritime Telephone and Telegraph

Cal Ralston

MS-4-180, Box 19, Folder 121
File
[19--]

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photograph of Cal Ralston of Ralston Burchill.

Cal Vidito

MS-4-180, Box 19, Folder 185
File
[19--]

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photograph of Cal Vidito of M.S. Brown Company.

Caledonia exchange history and correspondence

MS-4-180, Box 158, Folder 2
File
1973

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Caledonia exchange map

MS-4-180, Box 183, Folder 10
File
1962

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Caledonia Mutual Telephone Company survey

MS-4-180, Box 65, Folder 26
File
[196-]

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Calene Hogg is presented with a corsage by Bev Verge

MS-4-180, Box 7, Folder 42
File
April 26, 1978

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photograph of Carlene Hogg being presented with a corsafe by Bev Verge manager of operator services at the Halifax toll. Carlene retired after 30 years of service and was honoured with a party.

Call director telephone

MS-4-180, Box 9, Folder 9, Item 6
File
[19--]

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photograph of telephone.

Camden Mutual Telephone Company survey

MS-4-180, Box 65, Folder 27
File
[196-]

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Canaan Mutual Telephone Company survey

MS-4-180, Box 65, Folder 28
File
[196-]

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Canadian Broadcast Corporation television control room

MS-4-180, Box 6, Folder 12
File
[Late 1950s]

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Photographs of interior of mobile control room on Garrison Grounds in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation filming for "One Family One Nation" advertisement

MS-4-180, Box 16, Folder 7
File
[July 1958?]

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

File contains photographs of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation filming for their "One Family One Nation" advertisement, marking the launch of their coast to coast signal.

Canadian cable ship the John Cabot