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Photograph from Fort Beausejour facing east-southeast taken from the southeast bastion

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 31, Item 3
Item
[ca. 1939]

Item is a photograph taken from Fort Beausejour. Fort Lawrence is visible on the left, and to the right is Île de la Vallière.

Photograph of a flag at Fort Beausejour looking southwest towards Westcock

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 31, Item 4
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, features the mouth of the Tantramar River on the left.

Photograph of the ridge at Fort Beausejour

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 31, Item 5
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is taken facing southwest.

Photograph of a pavilion at Fort Beausejour

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 31, Item 6
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is taken facing northeast from the north bastion at Fort Beausejour.

Photograph of the interior of Fort Beausejour

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 31, Item 7
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, was taken facing north from the southeast bastion.

Photograph of Fort Beausejour taken from one of the flanking trenches

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 31, Item 8
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph taken from a flanking trench that was dug by Robert Monckton after the capture of 1755. The trench communicates with a deep fosse that is dug across the ridge, about 400 yards from the moat, on the fort's vulnerable side. The photograph is taken facing southwest.

Photograph of the interior of a stone curtain at Fort Beausejour

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 31, Item 9
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of a stone curtain in Fort Beausejour that is loopholed to form the southwest curtain covering the powder magazine and parade ground. From the interior shown in the photograph, the firing step and stone drain are visible. The northwest bastion is also visible in the background.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall, Sr. on leave

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 4, Item 10
Item
1917

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall with Alfred McCoy and Roy Gordon wearing snowshoes and carrying rifles for a rabbit hunt

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 4, Item 11
Item
[ca. February 1925]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is Alfred McCoy on the left, Raddall in the middle, and Roy Gordon on the right. The three men set off from the Macleod Pulp Mill office, Rapid Falls, and the mill's tail-race is visible in the background.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall in uniform as a wireless officer

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 4, Item 3
Item
1920

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a reproduction of a photograph of Thomas Head Raddall in uniform as a wireless officer, and a duplicate of MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 4, Item 2 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall holding several cats outside Camperdown wireless station

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 4, Item 7
Item
July 1922

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927, where the cats are titled the Signal Station Mascots. Camperdown wireless station was at the mouth of Halifax Harbour.

Portrait of Thomas Head Raddall after his return from Sable Island

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 4, Item 8
Item
1922

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a portrait, was taken in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall, Sr. at W.E. Firmstone residence

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 4, Item 9
Item
1917

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. The photograph was taken while Raddall, Sr. was on leave at the Little House, Cooden Drive, Bexhill.

Photograph of a sword, two rifles, a horn, and a 4-pound cannon, likely from the privateer Rover

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 5, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1935]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1929-1941. The relics in the photograph are from the Napoleonic Wars and were possessions of J. Sidney Morton, Esq. Morton was a descendant of Sylvanus Morton, who was a Nova Scotia privateer circa 1798.

Photograph of a 4-pound cannon, likely from the Liverpool privateer Rover

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 5, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1935]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of a cannon owned by J. Sidney Morton, Esq., of Milton, Queens Co., Nova Scotia.

Photograph of Edith Raddall sitting on a porch and holding two oars

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 5, Item 3
Item
[ca. 1932]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, was taken at Geetpoo Lodge at Eagle Lake.

Photograph of Edith Raddall under an umbrella at Elbow Beach, Bermuda

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 5, Item 4
Item
[ca. September 1932]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is labelled with the location's previous name, "Elba Beach".

Photograph of Edith and Thomas Head Raddall eating with friends at a table outside Geetpoo Lodge, Eagle Lake

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 5, Item 5
Item
September 1933

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a copy of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1929-1941. A duplicate copy can be found in MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 5.

Photograph of Edith and Thomas Head Raddall eating with friends at Geetpoo Lodge, Eagle Lake

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 5, Item 6
Item
September 1933

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a copy of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1929-1941.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall digging in a shell midden at Port Joli, Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 6, Item 1
Item
1935

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of three men at Geetpoo Lodge in winter

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 6, Item 2
Item
[1936 or 1937]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a copy of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1929-1941.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall and S. Kip Farrington on a tuna fishing trip

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 6, Item 3
Item
August 1936

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a copy of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1929-1941. Raddall is on the left, and Farrington is on the right.

Photograph of Joe Penny and S. Kip Farrington with their tuna catch

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 6, Item 4
Item
[ca. August 1936]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of an unidentified man with his tuna catch

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 6, Item 5
Item
[ca. August 1936]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of Tommy Raddall, Jr. in a pram, aged 14 months

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1935]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of Hilda, Ellen, Edith, and Tommy Raddall, Jr. sitting at a picnic, taken near Porters Lake, Halifax County

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 10
Item
[ca. 1938]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of Hilda Raddall on the far left, Ellen Raddall second from the left, Edith Raddall second from the right, and Edith's son, Tommy Raddall, Jr. on the far right.

Photograph of Tommy Raddall, Jr. and Edith Raddall beside a river, taken near Porters Lake, Halifax County

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 11
Item
[ca. 1938]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall sitting to smoke a cigarette while holding an axe, taken at Eagle Lake in the winter

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 12
Item
January 1940

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a copy of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1929-1941. A duplicate copy can be found in MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall holding a rifle in the winter at Eagle Lake

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 13
Item
January 1940

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a copy of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1929-1941. A duplicate copy can be found in MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall rabbit hunting in the snow, wearing snowshoes and carrying a rifle

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 14
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall fishing at Eagle Lake

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 15
Item
April 1940

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of three children, including Tommy and Frances Raddall, in front of the Raddall house on Park Street

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 16
Item
August 1940

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a copy of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1929-1941.

Photograph of Edith Raddall, seated on a staircase, holding her son, Tommy, aged 14 months

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1935]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of Edith Raddall holding her son Tommy, aged 14 months

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 3
Item
[ca. 1935]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of Edith Raddall with her children beside her husband's car, taken at Summerville

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 4
Item
[ca. 1940]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, includes a 1936 Chevrolet.

Portrait of Arthur White holding a rifle and dressed as a Nova Scotia militiaman of 1865

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 5
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of Arthur White dressed as a 19th-century militiaman. The costume he wears belonged to the P.C. Historical Society; the rifle is a Snider-Enfield that belonged to Thomas Head Raddall.

Photograph of Arthur White dressed in period uniform as an officer for the Nova Scotia militia in 1865

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 6
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of Arthur White in period costume, which is described as a bright scarlet tunic; dark blue trousers with a red stripe on the outside seam; a white belt; and a sword in a black leather scabbard. Raddall's characters "Charlie Carson" and "James Rand" wore uniforms similar to this demonstration.

Photograph of Arthur White standing in profile, dressed in period uniform, and displaying his sword

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 7
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of Arthur White dressed in the period uniform of the Nova Scotia militia in 1865.

Photograph of Arthur White holding a rifle and dressed in period uniform as a private for the Nova Scotia militia in 1865

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 8
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of Arthur White dressed in period uniform, though the gold braid on his shoulder straps should be plain red cloth in order to correctly portray a private ranking. He is holding an Enfield musket that has been converted by Snider's patent, as used by the character, "Kirby Stevens," in Raddall's story.

Photograph of Arthur White standing in profile, dressed in period uniform, and holding a rifle and bayonet

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 9
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, depicts a facsimile of an 1865 period Nova Scotia militia private's uniform, though the shoulder straps should be plain red cloth, the trousers should be dark blue with a red stripe on the seam, and the uniform should be worn with heavy, black boots with thick soles such as that made by a country cobbler. The rifle is an authentic musket with an attached bayonet that was used by the Nova Scotia militia between 1865-67.

Photograph of Evelyn White and Tommy Raddall at Weymouth, Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 8, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1942]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall in uniform as an orderly officer standing in front of pitched tents

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 8, Item 2
Item
[1942?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall, Brent Smith, and Hector Dunlap at an Eagle Lake cabin posed beside their buck catch

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 8, Item 3
Item
October 1945

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a copy of a photograph, in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1941-1953. Raddall is on the far right, Brent Smith in the middle, and Hector Dunlap on the left.