Item is a photograph showing a steam shovel and miners, including one identified as Tharé Connolly, Johns-Manville mine in Asbestos in 1928 or 1929.
Item is a photograph showing miners at the Jeffrey Mines in Asbestos around 1905.
The caption reads: This is how stripping was done about 1905 and until 1914. Horses hauled dumpcarts which were loaded by hand, to the dump. Sometimes the drivers, mostly young boys employed by the contractor, would back the cart too close to the edge of the dump and when the latch was released and the load did not slide out easily, everything went, load of earth, dumpcart, and the poor old horse. In most cases that was the end of the horse. The harness was stripped off and the horse shot and buried by suceeding loads of earth. Incidentally the "Dirt Dump" was along side of the Danville road just a short distance below the "Square"
In this picture it is possible to see three separate pits. The small cabins on the edge of the pit were for the signal boys. The hoist operator could not see into the pit or even see the platform where the derrick boxes were dumped into the ore cars. so boys were placed where they could be seen by the hoist operator and the men in the pit. They used paddles about the size of a Ping-pong paddle or bat. These were brightly painted, mostly white with a ex red centre like a large target, bull's eye. With these they transmitted signals from the pit crew to the hoistman. There were two boxes to a hoist. While one was being hoisted and emptied the pit gang were loading the second. When they had loaded and hoisted 100 boxes their day was finished. Starting at 6,30 A.M. to 12.00 noon, one hour for lunch, restart 1.00.P.M. until the 100 box was dumped which was anywhere from 1.30 to 3.00 P.M. These same boxes were used to lower and raise the men into and cut of the pit."
Item is a photograph showing the town of Asbestos with a view of Jeffery Mines in 1909.
Part is an album page of five photographs showing a view of the town of Asbestos from 1897 to 1912.
The item is a photograph of members of the Tomifobia Women's Institute, pictured holding refreshments in glass bottles, probably taken in the 1950s. Pictured are (seated, l-r) Jessie (née McIntyre) Soutiere, Lyn Bolduc, Olive (née Ticehurst) Emslie, (standing, l-r) Mildred (née Brown) Rever, Eva (née Hastings) Hibbard, and Eula Mosher.
Item is a photograph of a train wreck between Waterloo and Warden in 1879. The caption reads: "Wreck between Waterloo & Warden 1879. Engine former C.V. 'Governor Payne', Joseph Clark, 1849-50. Passumpsic, 'Orleans'. Operated in mixed, Sorel to Sutton. S.E.R. train carrying load of granite for the construction of Col. A.B. Foster's home at Waterloo;-- C.W. Foster, gave the signal 'all clear' when the mixed was on the right of way. This event ended his railway career. Engr. John Daly, killed."
Item is a glass plate negative depicting St. Michael's Anglican Church, Bolton Glen.
The item is a photograph of a group on the dock of Hally C. Brent in North Hatley in August 1941. Pictured are (left to right): Dorothy MacLennan, Hally Carrington Brent, Hally Brent Dame, Joseph L. Brent, and Hugh MacLennan.
The item is a portrait photograph of nurse Isabelle Marshall in her nursing uniform, including a pin for the Sherbrooke Hospital, probably taken in the 1950s.
The item is a photograph of members of the Sherbrooke Hospital Foundation awarding a grant to the CHUS Foundation in 2008. Pictured are (left to right) Bruce Allanson, Michel Fortin, Lynn Charpentier, and Marjorie Goodfellow.
Item is a photograph of Howard Park and Sherbrooke High School.
Item is a photograph of the Breeches Lake in Wolfe County.
Item is a photograph of the Missisquoi River in Potton.
Item is a photograph of Trout Pool in Sutton.
Item is a photograph of St. Jacob's Hotel and the surrounding area during the flood of November 4-5, 1927.
Item is a photograph of a flood in Richmond, April 7, 1928, with a view of a business.
Item is a photograph of a flood in Richmond, April 7, 1928.
Item is a photograph of a flood in Richmond, April 7, 1928, with a view of St. Jacob's Hotel.
Item is a photograph of a flood in Richmond, April 7, 1928.
Item is a photograph of a flood in Richmond, April 7, 1928.
Item is a photograph of a flood in Richmond, April 7, 1928.
Item is a photograph of two people in a canoe on a flooded street in Richmond, September 11, 1924.
Item is a photograph of five people being pulled through a flood in Richmond in a horse-drawn vehicle, September 11, 1924. A church is visible in the background.
Item is a photograph of a flood in Richmond in 1936. The caption reads: "Flood 1936 - Inondation."
Item is a photograph of a flood in Richmond in March 1936, with La Diva Shoe Company Limited. The caption reads: "Flood - March 1936 - Inondation."