Item is a photograph of Mr. Donald A. MacKenzie reciting the poem "The Pioneer". The poem was written by Mr. Donald A. MacKenzie as a friendly gesture towards his friends, the Robertson and their allied families.
Item is a photograph of an unidentified man at the Robertson Gathering. The Robertson Gathering was held to honour the 150th anniversary of the coming of the Robertson family from Scotland in 1784.
Item is a photograph of the two children of Mrs. McDonald. Frederick McDonald (1923-2015) married Marie Annabelle Muirhead. Katherine Jean "Jeannie" McDonald (1928-2015) married Francis Clifford Pitts.
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.
Item is a photograph of baby Kathryn Elizabeth Johnstone, who was born in Coalburn, Pictou County in 1934. Kathryn worked as a nurse, and married Wayne C. Buttle of Thorburn. The couple had four sons: Jeffrey, Edwin, Leslie, and Derek. Kathryn died in October 1981 at the age of 47.
Item is a photograph of Dorothy Dunbar, who was born in 1914 and died in 2001. She was married to Hugh Daniel Cruickshank (1910-1992), and the couple had two daughters: Jean Estelle (1940-2009), and Ann, who lives in Queens Co., N.S.
Item is a photograph of the "Canadian Coronation Contingent" for King George the Sixth, probably taken in Ottawa, Ontario. Most of the officers are in Canadian Army Medical Corps uniform, including Donovan, who is seated third from the left. Others are in regimental [Highlanders?] dress (kilts and sporran).
Item is a photograph of the staff of the "Canadian Coronation Contingent" for King George the Sixth, probably taken in Ottawa, Ontario. Most of the officers are in Canadian Army Medical Corps uniform, including Donovan, who is standing in front, second from the left. Others are in regimental [Highlanders?] dress (kilts and sporran).