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?
Try your luck at identifying this shot to be eligible for a free subscription to the Newfoundland Quarterly. Please remember to include your mailing address in case you win!
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.
