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Specimen hunt for the Nova Scotia museum in Halifax has been under way in Africa since last fall
Specimen hunt for the Nova Scotia museum in Halifax has been under way in Africa since last fall

Specimen hunt for the Nova Scotia museum in Halifax has been under way in Africa since last fall

Date2/3/1947
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    ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
    Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
    Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0062639F
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    Museum bound: Don McLeish, of the Chelsea Shop, with an English pearlware coffee pot that is part of the collection of artifacts to be presented to the Nova Scotia Museum in Halifax
    Museum bound: Don McLeish, of the Chelsea Shop, with an English pearlware coffee pot that is part of the collection of artifacts to be presented to the Nova Scotia Museum in Halifax
    Loek, Dick
    4/25/1987
    Noted big game sportsman, Michael Lerner of New York shot this zebra in East Africa for the museum which is operated by the Nova Scotia government
    Noted big game sportsman, Michael Lerner of New York shot this zebra in East Africa for the museum which is operated by the Nova Scotia government
    Lerner, Michael
    2/3/1947
    Hundreds of rocks are displayed in the mineralogy department laboratory of the Royal Ontario Museum as Dr. Joseph Mandarino, head of the department, talks with 13-year-old Steven Berdock. Steven began collecting specimens two years ago and is proud of the display he has at home. The museum's collection is one of the fienst in North America and among the best ten in the world.
    Hundreds of rocks are displayed in the mineralogy department laboratory of the Royal Ontario Museum as Dr. Joseph Mandarino, head of the department, talks with 13-year-old Steven Berdock. Steven began collecting specimens two years ago and is proud of the display he has at home. The museum's collection is one of the fienst in North America and among the best ten in the world.
    Darrell, Dick
    1/8/1971
    Don't worry, they're pickled. Dr. E. J. Crossman, head of the Royal Ontario Museum's department of ichthyology and herpetology, checks two sharks he has taken from an alcohol solution. He's making the checks as the museum moves 1 million fish specimens to a warehouse during renovations.
    Don't worry, they're pickled. Dr. E. J. Crossman, head of the Royal Ontario Museum's department of ichthyology and herpetology, checks two sharks he has taken from an alcohol solution. He's making the checks as the museum moves 1 million fish specimens to a warehouse during renovations.
    Bull, Ron
    8/26/1977
    An Alley Way, Halifax, Nova Scotia
    An Alley Way, Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Hunter, Frederick Leo, 1863-1943
    1888
    An old landmark rises again. The restoration of the Port Perry town hall, built in 1873, has been underway since last fall, yesterday the bell tower, (...)
    An old landmark rises again. The restoration of the Port Perry town hall, built in 1873, has been underway since last fall, yesterday the bell tower, (...)
    Beaty, Keith
    11/28/1975
    Old Town Clock has been a Halifax Landmark since the days of Napoleon
    Old Town Clock has been a Halifax Landmark since the days of Napoleon
    Hall, Gerry
    6/19/1996
    The last day in Canada belonged to the people of Nova Scotia, who crowded to Halifax, where many of them met their ley to frede Queen. [Incomplete]
    The last day in Canada belonged to the people of Nova Scotia, who crowded to Halifax, where many of them met their ley to frede Queen. [Incomplete]
    Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002
    6/19/1939
    Old cars come out like new. Restoring antique cars is the hobby and the business of Ron Fawcett of Whitby leading on a 1956 Thunderbird under the Harvard trainer mounted on the roof. Fawcett has restored cars for museums in Ottawa. Oshawa and Niagara Fall
    Old cars come out like new. Restoring antique cars is the hobby and the business of Ron Fawcett of Whitby leading on a 1956 Thunderbird under the Harvard trainer mounted on the roof. Fawcett has restored cars for museums in Ottawa. Oshawa and Niagara Fall
    Darrell, Dick
    11/3/1975
    Cedric Ritchie, chairman of the Bank of Nova Scotia, says free trade has not been a boost to Canadian productivity
    Cedric Ritchie, chairman of the Bank of Nova Scotia, says free trade has not been a boost to Canadian productivity
    Madonik, Rick
    4/29/1991
    No place in Canada has been painted and photographed as much as Novas Scotia's Peggy's Cove with its teetering wharves, weathered wooden fish sheds and dories bobbing at the docks
    No place in Canada has been painted and photographed as much as Novas Scotia's Peggy's Cove with its teetering wharves, weathered wooden fish sheds and dories bobbing at the docks
    Spremo, Boris
    8/20/1984
    State of the Catholics in Nova Scotia, [proceedings in the House of assembly, Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Monday, Feb
    State of the Catholics in Nova Scotia, [proceedings in the House of assembly, Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Monday, Feb
    Bradbury & co.
    1827