Collection contains seventy-seven glass plate lantern slides created by Byron Ulric Hatfield in Nova Scotia during the early twentieth century. Hatfield took photographs of coastal landscapes, churches and other buildings, and people working and in social settings. He also photographed published illustrations of Acadian life, including several illustrations of scenes from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem "Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie." Hatfield developed his own photographs and created "magic lantern" slides to use in an illustrated lecture titled "The Land of Evangeline: The Land of Romance, Legend, and Picturesque Beauty." He gave lectures in various locations throughout the eastern United States.
Item is a glass plate transparency of an illustration from an unknown edition of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie." The illustration depicts Evangeline in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The illustration was created by Frank Dicksee for the 1882 Cassell, Petter, Galpin, and Company edition of the poem. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a photograph of an illustration of a scene from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem, "Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie." This illustration shows Evangeline kneeling beside Gabriel's bed as he lays dying in an almshouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The sign above Gabriel's bed reads "Rules of the Almshouse Philadelphia." The illustration was created by Frank Dicksee for the 1882 Cassell, Petter, Galpin, and Company edition of the poem. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of an illustration of the Friends Almshouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Original source of the illustration is unknown. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a hand coloured glass plate transparency of the Gaspereau River. The image appeared in the second supplementary volume of John L. Stoddard's "Lectures" (p. 103), published in 1902 by Balch Brothers. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a hand coloured glass plate transparency of an unidentified man stepping out of a log cabin somewhere in Nova Scotia. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a hand coloured glass plate transparency of a sunset in an unidentified location. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a photograph of an illustration of a moose. The original source of the illustration is unknown. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of an illustration of Evangeline. Original source of the illustration is unknown. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of an illustration of the Acadian expulsion. Original source of the illustration is unknown. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of an illustration of the Acadian expulsion. Original source of the illustration is unknown. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of an an illustration depicting the Acadian expulsion. Original source of illustration is unknown. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a hand coloured glass plate lantern slide of an unidentified man holding a rainbow trout and a fishing rod. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a hand coloured glass plate transparency of Annapolis Valley. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a hand coloured glass plate transparency of Barrington Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a hand coloured glass plate transparency of a basalt outcrop off the coast of Cape Split, Nova Scotia. The picture depicts the outcrop before one of the formations eroded and split into two formations. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a hand coloured glass plate lantern slide of birch trees somewhere in Nova Scotia. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a glass plate transparency of cannons near an entrance to Fort Anne, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a hand coloured glass plate transparency of Cape Blomidon, Nova Scotia The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a hand coloured glass plate transparency of cows and farmers in a field somewhere in Nova Scotia. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a hand coloured glass plate lantern slide of the field officers' quarters at Fort Anne, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. The photograph shows a woman sitting in the grass in the foreground. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a hand coloured glass plate lantern slide of Halifax, Nova Scotia seen from Citadel Hill. he photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a hand coloured glass plate lantern slide of Halifax, Nova Scotia seen from Citadel Hill. The photograph shows Citadel Hill cannons in the foreground and the Halifax Town Clock in the middleground. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a hand coloured glass plate transparency of low tide in the harbour in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Transparency is possibly an image of a postcard. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of the harbour at Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia. The slide shows the harbour at low tide. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a hand coloured glass plate transparency of people drying cod near Fort Anne, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. The photograph shows an unidentified man and a woman posing in front of the sally port. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a hand coloured glass plate transparency of people in an unidentified park somewhere in Nova Scotia. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a hand coloured glass plate transparency of unidentified people sitting on benches near the bandstand in the Halifax Public Gardens. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a hand coloured glass plate transparency of people standing in front of a schooner ashore somewhere in Nova Scotia. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.
Item is a hand coloured glass plate transparency of the sally port at the Fort Anne National Historic Site in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. The photograph shows an unidentified man and a woman posing in front of the sally port. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.