Showing posts with label #Folklorephoto. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #Folklorephoto. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Water Street, St. John's, 1962 #Folklorephoto
Photograph of Water Street in downtown St. John's in 1962. Shows the Bank of Montreal, VOCM, Ayres, Royal Bank of Canada, and a St. John's Transportation System bus. This image is part of the Allen and Pearl Squires Fonds at the Portugal Cove-St. Philip's Archives.
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Entrance to Mine on Bell Island, 1954. #Folklorephoto
One of the Bell Island Mine entrances taken in 1954. This photograph is part of the Allen and Pearl Squires Fonds from the Portugal Cove-St. Philip's Archives. To see other photographs from this collection visit MUN's Digital Archives.
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Fishing Stage in Freshwater. Conception Bay, 1995
Fishing stages in Freshwater, Conception Bay. This photograph was taken in 1995 and is part of the slide collection of the Baccalieu Trail Heritage Corporation.
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Do you know this building in Heart's Content? #Folklorephoto
Do you recognize this building in Heart's Content? This photograph was taken in 1994 and is part of the Baccalieu Trail Heritage Corporation slide collection.
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Barn in Freshwater, Conception Bay 1995 #Folklorephoto
Photograph taken in Freshwater in 1995 and is part of the Baccalieu Trail Heritage Corporation slide collection.
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Today's Catch and Earle Freighting Service LTD. Carbonear, 1994. #Folklorephoto
This photograph was taken in 1994 and is part of the Baccalieu Trail Heritage Corporation slide collection.
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Blundon House Before and After. Bay De Verde, 1997. #Folklorephoto
These three photographs are from the 35mm slide collection of the Baccalieu Trail Heritage Corporation and were taken in 1997. The same year the building was designated a Registered Heritage Structure by the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Blundon House is the last merchant house in Bay De Verde, originally owned by John Blundon who owned several schooners used in the coastal trade.
To see what Blundon House looks like today, visit Heritage Foundation website.
~ Kelly
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Long Since Demolished House in Freshwater, Conception Bay (1995). #Folklorephoto
A House in Freshwater, Conception Bay that has since been demolished. Photograph taken in January 1995 and is part of the slide collection of the Baccalieu Trail Heritage Corporation.
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
What Is Your Earliest or Favourite Memory from the Royal St. John's Regatta? #Folklorephoto
1962 St. John's Regatta. Photograph courtesy of the Portugal Cove-St. Philip's Archives (Allen and Pearl Squires Fonds) |
1962 St. John's Archives. Photograph courtesy of the Portugal Cove-St. Philip's Archives (Allen and Pearl Squires Fonds) |
~ Kelly
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Custard Head Fishing Premises Before and After. Hant's Harbour, 1995. #Folklorephoto
In looking through images I recently scanned at the Baccalieu Trail Heritage Corporation, there are many buildings that were on the verge of demolition. The 35mm slides taken from 1993-1996 include many boarded up homes, stores, stages, and sheds that are no longer part of the Baccalieu Trail landscape. This building in Hant's Harbour is an exception.
In 1999 the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador designated the Custard Head Fishing Premises as a Registered Heritage Structure. Built by Joseph Francis in 1909, it is a perfect example of traditional, vernacular outbuilding construction.
To see what the fishing premises looks like today, and read more about the structure, visit the Heritage Foundation website.
~Kelly
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
"This Is Going to Be a Bad Night for St. John's" - The Great Fire of 1892 #Folklorephoto
View of the city from Duckworth Street east after the fire of 1892. Photo courtesy of MUN Archives and Special Collections (05 01 006) |
"This place is going to burn down, my boy," he remarked jovially, to an acquaintance: "go home and pack your little bundle." Still, people believed Water Street perfectly safe. I went into tea and was greeted with the news that all west of the Episcopal cathedral was burned. Scotland Row, the range of houses in front of the cathedral, was then burning. People were gradually becoming panic-stricken. I remarked to my landlord at tea: "This is going to be a bad night for St. John's." - Our Great Fire, By An Eye-Witness in the Morning Despatch July 19th 1892This July marks the 125th anniversary of the Great Fire of 1892, which destroyed much of St. John's and is remembered as the worst disaster to befall the city. The City's commemorative activities will take place on Saturday, July 8th and Sunday, July 9th, 2017. Visit City of St. John's for scheduled of events.
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
The Church of England Cemetery in Harbour Breton. #folklorephoto
One of our former board members, Doug Wells, was inspired by the podcast we did last week with archaeologist Robyn Lacy (listen to that interview here). He sent us a few photos of the old gravestones at the old Church of England Cemetery in Harbour Breton, sometimes referred to as the Newman & Co. Cemetery.
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Do you remember being sent to the store as a child? #Folklorephoto
028.03.193 Four unidentified children in front of Broad Cove with a jar of mustard pickles. Photo courtesy of Portugal Cove-St. Philip's Archives. |
~ Kelly
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
What Do You Remember About the Community Post Office? #Folklorephoto
028.03.126 "Mrs. Dine Haynes." August 17th 1962. From the Allen and Pearl Squires fonds. Courtesy of the Portugal Cove St. Philip's Archives.
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The image is part of a collection of slides taken by Allen and Pearl Squires in 1962. Allen Squires grew up in St. Philip's and while home for a visit for the summer of 1962, Allen and Pearl traveled around the Avalon Peninsula taking photographs in various communities including Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, Pouch Cove, Torbay, St. John's, Holyrood, Brigus and others. This slide was labeled "Mrs. Dine Haynes" August 17th 1962, though there are no other photographs from that day to give other clues to where this might be.
The left side of the photograph shows a cemetery, which appears to only be next to the Post Office because of a partial double exposure, and not part of the actual location. In the window is a Players cigarette advertisement and a Brookfield dairy ad "For a treat try a Polar [Bar]", indicating that the Post Office also served as a store. Do you know which community this Post Office was in?
What do you remember about your local post office? Was it part of a store? Was it in someone's house? Who worked there?
~Kelly
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Alex C. Gruchy General Dealer, Pouch Cove 1954 #Folklorephoto
028.03.013 Alex H. J. Gruchy, Delcie Squires, and Pearl Squires in front of Alex C. Gruchy General Dealer, Pouch Cove. 1954 Photograph courtesy of the Portugal Cove-St. Philip's Archives |
For more information on the Portugal Cove-St. Philip's Archives, contact the Town of Portugal Cove-St. Philip's Heritage Programs and Services Coordinator Julie Pomeroy.
~Kelly
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
The Torbay Airport 1954. Do You Remember Your First Trip on an Airplane? #Folklorephoto
028.03.059 Torbay Airport. Photograph courtesy of the Portugal Cove-St. Philip's Archives. |
The above image taken in 1954, shows the first terminal building for the Torbay Airport, now the St. John's International Airport. The Royal Canadian Air Force opened the location as a military airport in 1941, constructing the first terminal building in 1943. It would become a civilian operation in 1946 and was run by the Canadian Department of Transportation.
028.03.055 Pearl Squires in front of Trans Canada Air Lines plane. 1954. Photograph courtesy of the Portugal Cove-St. Philip's Archives. |
For more information on the Portugal Cove-St. Philip's Archives, contact the Town of Portugal Cove-St. Philip's Heritage Programs and Services Coordinator Julie Pomeroy.
~ Kelly
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Do you remember the Mount Pearl Curl? - Tuesday's #FolklorePhoto
You may remember Kerri Rodden-Kemp from Kilbride who appeared on The Ellen Degeneres show with her big hair from 1989. Photo courtesy of CBC Newfoundland and Labrador. |
Aside from childhood memories there was one particular thing I had to ask Debbie about and that was the origin of the Mount Pearl Curl. Debbie explained that the phenomenon started a couple of years after she graduated high school but she explained the process of creating the famous Mount Pearl Curl. In the clip below you can learn how to recreate the style with the help of a lot of hairspray and a textbook.
Do you remember the Mount Pearl Curl?
Do you know how this hair trend started or how it spread?
Better yet, do you have photographs?
Let us know in the comments or email terra@heritagefoundation.ca!
~Terra Barrett
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
#Folklorephoto The American Man of Spaniard's Bay
Gerald Crane stands next to a remaining American Man at Spider Pond near Spaniard's Bay, 2008 |
According to an article in The Compass written by Gerald Crane, in the early 1900s, fisherman from the area would travel along the Labrador coast. On the shore, they would see piles of rocks set up by Americans to mark good fishing ground. When the fishermen came back to the Spaniard's Bay area and set up the markers, they named these piles of rocks after their American friends.
Do you know of any similar land markers? Have you heard an other stories of the origin of The American Man? Have you visited The American Man at Spider Pond?
Source: "The American Man and Some Spots in Tilton" by Gerald Crane, The Compass, 17th March 2009
~ Kelly
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
#Folklorephoto Hearse Rules of the Spaniard's Bay Orange Lodge
This list came to us with material written by Wesley Gosse about Spaniard's Bay. This list would have hung at the "No Surrender" Loyal Orange Lodge No. 15 in Spaniard's Bay, and outlined the rules for the use of the Lodges hearse. The fraternal organization held parades, sometimes called 'walks', in the community as well as funeral procession for deceased members. The rules outline who could use the hearse for free, and how much it would cost for those who had to pay. Unfortunately the rules are not dated.
~ Kelly
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
#Folklorephoto BINGO! Do You Have a Bingo Ritual, Setup, or Luck Charm?
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