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The Grand Manan Historical Society Art Collection
This fonds contains art.
This item is a framed poster, behind glass, of the ship THE ESPERANTO, that won the International Fisherman's Race in 1920. The Columbian Tape-marked Pure Manila Rope company had the posters made. The image is mostly black and white with a little color on the flags, masts, and below the waterline. The sails are all up and there are many people standing on the deck. The frame is plain wood painted green. There is a water stain at the very top of the image.
This item is a framed enlarged photograph of an unknown man. The image is black and white with a green fiber matte. The matte has water stains on the lower quarter of the matting. The frame is painted a pale green. There are thin boards like lathes for the backing. Between the cracks in the boards there is newspaper visible with a Feb 1902 date for an upcoming event, leading estimate age of photo as ca 1900.
"S.S. Britannia in Halifax Harbour... July 17, 1840", print
This item is a framed color print of the "Arrival of S.S. 'Britannia' in Halifax Harbour,,, July 17 1840 Inaugurating the first regular Steamship service across the Atlantic". These words are written along the bottom of the image but do not appear to be on the color print. The image shows the ship hauling in her sails as she approaches the pier filled with people dressed in fancy clothes , wearing top hats and fancy bonnets. This appears to be a print of a watercolor. The frame is painting with a gold metallic paint and has a glass front. Information pages from Wikipedia about the Britannia are in the finding aid.
"Lighthouse Keeper's House 1930's", Seal Island
This item is a painting of the lighthouse keepers house on Seal Island, NB. The painting shows a storey and a half white house with a black roof. There is a veranda on the front of the house. The house has 2 chimneys. The house sits on green grass with a blue ocean in the background and land on the distant horizon. Hand written on the back of the painting is "Olsen, Grand Manan, NB, Seal Island house" and "1957 H.C.M." There is a white typed label on the back as well reading: 70. Morgan, Tom, Lighthouse Keeper's House, oil on fiberboard, 12 x 15, 1930's, loaned by Mr. Herb Macaulay". This numbered tag is similar to other tags we have seen from art shows held on the island or from the early years of the Grand Manan Museum. The "1957 H.C.M." could be Herb Macaulay loaning it in 1957 before the tag was attached but this date pre-dates the museum by 8 years.
Ingersoll House on the Pound Road painting by Nelson R. Greenlaw
This item is an oil painting showing a dirt road in a field with a house on the edge of the water. There are a few trees. The title tells us it was the Ingersoll House on the Pound Road. The Pound Road is in Woodwards Cove, Grand Manan, NB.
Sir Herbert Brown Ames (1863-1954) and Lady Louisa (Kennedy) Ames on Grand Manan Collection
The collection contains a DVD performance recorded by Alison Thomas of actress, Deborah Davis performing as Lady Ames. In 2012, the Rotary Club of Grand Manan held it first cultural auction, and Deborah Davis offered her presentation "Lady Ames Comes to Tea" as one of the items. The performance shown in the recording took place in a North Head living room. Lady Louisa (Kennedy) Ames, as well as her husband Sir Herbert an all the people mentioned by Deborah, actually lived or spent holidays on Grand Manan in the 1940's [and 1950's.]
There is 1 cm of textual documents and photos - original and copies - of the summer of 1952, when Mt. Allison students, Ann Thompson and Gertrude Robertson Fillmore, were summer employees of the Ames. Gertrude and Ann contacted the Grand Manan Archives in 2012 and offered to write their memories. The file contains their writings and donated photographs.
Thomas Redmond family Ledger 1885, 1947-1955
This ledger contains columns listing bills and credits to businesses that were supplying stock to a a grocery store from 1947 - 1955. In 1948, on page 192, there are entries for the purchase of dulse, an edible seaweed, from local workers called pickers who picked the dulse off the beach rocks at low tides and then dried it and sold it. Pages 207-408 are unused. The last page before the back cover has a few memorable quotations recorded.
Redmond, Thomas
Store Ledger from unnamed Grand Manan Store 1898-1904
This ledger contains the accounts of people living on Grand Manan. Inside the back cover is an attached index of all accounts in the book with their corresponding page numbers.
Grand Manan Ledger with multiple uses 1879-1904
This ledger appears to have been used by multiple owners. The inside cover has "H. C. Seely, St. John, NB August, 1879" written. The beginning of the book has alphabetized pages with non Grand Manan names probably from the St. John business. Then the ledger was used from 1882-1889 for various accounts. Pages have been cut out of the book as well. Some of the Grand Manan connections are: Island Press, James Pettes 1885, Church of Ascension Accounts, Post Office, Sunday School 1904.
H.C.Seely, St. John, NB