On Wednesday afternoon, May 5th, 1937, Thurlow Smith along with fifteen of his grade seven and eight classmates at Port Hood Academy came outside to have an official class picture taken by a visiting photographer. Thurlow remembers that Stewart…

Joseph MacInnis (1890-1928) was the son of Catherine Ann (Campbell) and Ronald MacInnis. He was a talented musician, well remembered for his legendary voice. The Antigonish “Casket” referred to him as having “unusual musical attainments…While still…

During the Victorian period, it was common practice to create mementos from human hair. Hair art typically was made as an act of rememberance – a memento mori for a lost loved one. Other examples of hair art signify a special bond, created as a…