Print, Photographic
Chestico Museum
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| Object Name: | Print, Photographic |
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| Category: | Graphic Documents |
| Material: | paper ink |
| Accession Number: | CMP 08-55 |
| Earliest Production Date: | 1986-01-01 |
| Latest Production Date: | 2007-12-31 |
| Description: | Photograph of John and Margaret Hart are standing in a kitchen. There are three women in the background. The woman between Mr. and Mrs. Hart is their granddaughter Phyllis (Lees daughter). The older lady who is seated at the table is Mrs. Harts sister Isabel (Smith) Fraser. This is a copy of a photograph from 1961. |
| Narrative: | John Smith Hart (1875-1964) was born in Port Hood. His father, Joseph Lee Hart was from Guysborough and his mother, Mary Jane Fraser was from Port Hood. Like his father, John was a merchant. Margaret Ann Smith (1884-1969) was born in Smithville to Lewis Lambert Smith and Flora MacDonald. Margaret was a great-great-granddaughter of Captain David Smith. John and Margaret married in Smithville on June 29, 1905. A large collection of artifacts was obtained from their estate in 1978 and became the foundation of the Chestico Museum. |
| Length: | 15.2 cm |
| Width: | 9.8 cm |
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| Institution City: | Chestico |
| Institution Province: | Nova Scotia |