Cyril Courtney, who is 84, went to a small school near Nagles Hill and Mount Scio Road. He said that children who lived nearby went there, Protestants and Roman Catholics. He has given the archives his report card for 1938. It was handmade by his teacher, Elizabeth Brothers. This was Grade 4. She made a report card for everyone in her class. We are looking for information on the school and the teacher.
In September, 1946, the Churchill Park ‘garden suburb’ was just over a year old. The streets in the central area had been laid out and the first of the houses completed. To promote the development, Brian Dunfield, Chairman of the St John’s Housing Corporation, took Governor Gordon Macdonald on a tour of the new suburb. These three photos are the outcome of a ‘photo op’ in one of the houses. Dunfield and the Governor are present in all three. But who are the others? And whose house was it?
This Stimson Detroiter monoplane, called the Pride of Detroit, left Old Orchard Beach, Maine, on August 26th, 1927. It stopped in Newfoundland to refuel for the transatlantic run. Can you name the airfield where they landed in Newfoundland?
Staff at the Archives and Manuscripts division of Memorial University Libraries DO know who the two principal figures in this photograph are. Do you? Can you add to their information? Who are the other people? Where and/or when the shot was taken?
Staff at the Archives and Manuscripts division of Memorial University Libraries are hoping our readers can help them identify this community. Even a good guess as to place and time could win you a free subscription, so please give it a try!
Staff at the Archives and Manuscripts division of Memorial University Libraries are hoping our readers can help them identify this community. Even a good guess as to place and time could win you a free subscription, so please give it a try!
This mystery photo is part of the Geography Collection at the Archives and Manuscripts Division of Memorial University Libraries. Reader David Andrews, in Bay Roberts, tells us his best guess is "somewhere in Harbour Grace." Can you date and place this picture?
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What are these nurses doing? Linda White, our archival editor and a former nurse herself, does know the answer – do you? Even if you don't, send us your best guess and qualify to win a free subscription!
Our Archivists say readers might be surprised at the location of this shot. They themselves do know that much, but not a great deal more. Can you help? Send us your thoughts and win a free subscription!
Our last challenge must have been a difficult one. There were only 2 responses - but they were both correct (see below)! This one might be a little easier, except for the Who! Our Archivists have no idea – do you?
It's becoming pretty clear that readers are more than up to the task when it comes to identifying our Mystery Challenge. The archivists are feeling more than a little challenged to come up with something they can but you can't identify! Try this one.
Where, when, and what's the occassion? (Issue #411)
Archivists at the Centre for Newfoundland Studies Archives DO know the answer to this one — Do you? The winning entry will be drawn from the correct answers.
Can you identify this mystery scene? Send your entries to: Mystery Challenge, 3004 Spencer Hall, 220 Prince Philip Drive, St. John's, NL A1B 3X5 or e-mail nfq@mun.ca. All entries eligible for a free subscription draw.