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Copy photo of a blueprint of a series of buildings belonging to the J. W. Cumming Manufacturing Company Limited, drawn by L. E. Smith in 1920. The various departments are identified on the roofs of the buildings. In the foreground is a Canadian national freight shed and railway vehicles. In the background are a river and hills. Envelope annotated: "Used in 'Busy East' article Sept.-Oct. 1934". Negative is available: PC-2-295-23
Site of the J. W. Cumming Manufacturing Co. Ltd. showing a row of buildings in the background and rails in the foreground one which is sitting Grand Trunk Railway's Box Car G. T. W. #340108. A car is parked outside the buildings. Telegraph poles run parallel to the buildings and rails. The ground is covered with snow (2 copies)
J. W. Cumming Store. The sign above the first building reads: "Manufacturer of Modern Coal …ls and all kinds of high grade miners tools". Three other buildings can be seen; in the doorway of the second are two men and two horses
Copy photo of a blueprint of a series of buildings belonging to the J. W. Cumming Manufacturing Company Limited, drawn by L. E. Smith in 1920. The various departments are identified on the roofs of the buildings. In the foreground is a Canadian national freight shed and railway vehicles. In the background are a river and hills. Envelope annotated: "Used in 'Busy East' article Sept.-Oct. 1934". Print copy is available: PC-2-334-36
View of an L-shaped house with an enclosed front porch, behind bushes and trees and a wooden and wire fence. Two men are standing in front of the fence, wearing hats. Print copy is available: PC-2-333-4
View of an L-shaped house with an enclosed front porch, behind bushes and trees and a wooden and wire fence. Two men are standing in front of the fence, wearing hats. Negative copy is available: PC-2-318-33
Two clapboard, two-storey houses with verandahs and upstairs balconies. A second-story window is open and a man is standing on the front steps of one of the houses. Envelope annotated: "View #2"
One house with three dormer window and a front porch, in a rural setting, surrounded by trees. Two children are on the porch, two women are standing in the driveway and one man is standing on the lawn. A model sailing ship is also on the lawn
House on plate: PC-2-318-27 viewed from the rear. Trees surround it. A shed and broken fencing are in the foreground. Print copy is available: PC-2-333-3
House on plate: PC-2-318-27 viewed from the rear. Trees surround it. A shed and broken fencing are in the foreground. Print copy is available: PC-2-318-27
View of a the front of a house with three dormer windows behind a picket fence, with several trees in front. Back view of house on plate: PC-2-318-27. Print copy is available: PC-2-333-2
View of a house from the base of the drive which is arched with trees. Two cars can be seen, both with men standing beside them. Five other people are standing around the house
One house in a rural setting, with three men and two children on the front porch. There are trees at either edge of the plate and in front of the house
File contains construction blueprints for the Studley Campus gymnasium, which was designed by architect Andrew Cobb and built by MacDonald Construction in 1932. Drawings include floor plans; elevations; footing plans; cross sections; and details for windows, cornices and other elements. The plans, which are labelled with job number U-311, are signed off by [W. Thompson?], Secretary of the Board of Governors.
Item is a Christmas and New Year card from J. Philip Dumaresq & Associates Architects, Engineers & Planners of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The front of the card features a drawing of the Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building at Dalhousie University, the Centennial Confederation project for the Province of Nova Scotia.
File contains a set of architectural plans for Gerard Hall (originally the Halifax Infirmary and School of Nursing) produced by architects C.A. Fowler @ Co. and printed at reduced scale.
File contains a letter and circular sent from Harriet Taber Richardson, Secretary of the Associates of Port Royal, to the Essex Institute in 1930. The letter requests the Institute's support of the reconstruction of the Habitation.
Two store fronts, one of which has a large sign above the door and a smaller one on the door reading: "Frigidaire" and also an awning reading partially: …e & Delco Products. The heads of one woman and three men are visible outside it. Outside the second shop is a rectangular sign with curved top edge reading: "judge the value"
Item is a fish-eye photograph of the Technical University of Nova Scotia campus, including the F. H. Sexton Memorial Gymnasium. The campus is now part of the Sexton Campus at Dalhousie University.