Newfoundland (province)
Found in 311 Collections and/or Records:
Newfoundland Cathedral, Clergy House to the right, 1905
173 x 105 mm. A view of the Gothic Church of England Cathedral designed by George Gilbert Scott, completed in 1885. The original building was gutted by the great fire of 1892 and this picture dates from around 1905 when the restoration work was completed.
No. 18. Codroy Valley, 1880 - 1904
290 x 243 mm. A view near Morris in south-west Labrador showing the timber railway bridge over the Codroy River.
No. 23. Squidding, Burin. Taken at dawn, 1880 - 1904
283 x 235 mm. Showing a group of rowing boats congregated together before setting off on a squidding expedition.
No. 48. Little Bay Islands, 1880 - 1904
286 x 235 mm. A view looking out across Little Bay Islands with the township encircling the bay and with Notre Dame Bay in the distance.
No. 50. Bonne Bay, 1880 - 1904
292 x 224 mm. Showing neatly ordered houses and gardens at Bonne Bay with the harbour in the background and mountains in the distance.
No. 66. Labrador dogs. Cartwright, Labrador, 1880 - 1904
284 x 227 mm. A view showing four Eskimo dogs (not labradors!) at Cartwright, Sandwich Bay, Labrador.
No. 70. Moravian Mission Station, Nain, South Coast, 1880 - 1904
293 x 238 mm. Showing part of the town of Nain with a crude wooden shack in the foreground and the Mission Station beyond.
No. 71. Indian Harbour, Labrador, 1880 - 1904
285 x 238 mm. A view looking down on Indian Harbour showing a fishing fleet at anchor.
No. 74. Burin, South Coast, 1880 - 1904
275 x 228 mm. A view looking down on the town and harbour of Burin with fishing vessels at anchor in the bay. Burin is considered the best harbour in Newfoundland.
No. 80. Placentia, 1880 - 1904
288 x 243 mm. A view looking across neat little houses and gardens towards the harbour in the distance. The photograph is taken from the quarries. Situated on the other side of the Avalon Peninsula to St. John's, Placentia was the first and most important of the French settlements in Newfoundland and was founded in 1622.
No. 204. Rigoulette, showing Lord Strathcona's house, 1880 - 1904
256 x 125 mm. A view looking down on the harbour and small settlement off Rigoulette (also spelt Rigolet). Lord Strathcona (1820-1914) the Canadian High Commissioner to England was based in Labrador with the Hudson's Bay Company from 1838-1868.
No. 208. Herring Neck, Notre Dame Bay, 1880 - 1904
288 x 232 mm. A view from a hillside above the bay showing a small township and one of the arms of land in the bay, 'This bay gains its name from the fact that it is so cut up by arms as to resemble the bones in a herring's neck'. (Holloway 1905).
No. 212. The Geat Codroy Valley, 1880 - 1904
291 x 241 mm. A view looking across the fertile Codroy Valley with a river (presumably the Little Codroy River) meandering in the middleground.
No. 214. Battle Harbour, Labrador, 1880 - 1904
282 x 238 mm. A view from a hillside on the side of the bay looking across towards part of the town of Battle and showing Baine Johnson's Canneries and the Deep Sea Mission. With wooden fish flakes in the foreground.
No. 296. Iceberg, 1880 - 1904
180 x 118 mm. A view from seawards showing the huge iceberg (height 150 feet, length 600 feet) which remained stranded outside the harbour mouth of St. John's for three weeks.
No. 358. Saint Paul's Inlet, West Coast, 1880 - 1904
205 x 152 mm. A view looking along the inlet, with mountains on all sides and a small sailing boat in the foreground.
No. 407. The entrance to Battle Hr., Labrador, 1880 - 1904
203 x 153 mm. Showing part of the town and harbour of Battle with a large iceberg in the foreground.
No. 418. Off Cape Harrison, Labrador. Fishing schooner, 1880 - 1904
200 x 153 mm. Showing a small sailing vessel among small ice floes, with land in the distance.
No. 430. A group of Esquimaux [i.e. Innuits], Labrador, 1880 - 1904
205 x 153 mm. Showing a group of Innuits on the deck of a ship.
No. 454. A typical scene, Little Bay Islands, 1880 - 1904
203 x 153 mm. Showing part of the town and harbour of Battle with a large iceberg in the foreground.
No. 471. Tilt Cove, Copper mine, 1880 - 1904
199 x 154 mm. Showing the small bay at Tilt Cove with a railway line running uphill to mine workings in the background.
No. 602. Drying fish, Venison Tickle, Labrador, 1880 - 1904
207 x 154 mm. A view looking across the small harbour at Venison Tickle with vessels at anchor. In the foreground are long rows of wooden stages, the 'flakes' on which the cod are laid to dry with men at work on the flakes nearer the water's edge.
No. 677. The Boat Run, Pauch [i.e. Pouch] Cove, 1880 - 1904
204 x 151 mm. A view from the cove looking towards the steep wooden slipway at the bottom of which are crowded about 25 rowing boats.
No. 2025. The 'Split' man's team, 1880 - 1904
202 x 152 mm. Showing two Newfoundland dogs hauling a sled loaded with chopped firewood.
No. 2041. Old time sealers forcing through the Narrows, 1880 - 1904
205 x 151 mm. Showing two steam vessels forcing their way through into the frozen harbour of St. John's.