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      In the 20 June 1916 Nova Scotia election, Liberal George Murray was re-elected.

      The American icon Uncle Sam was based on Samuel Wilson, a businessman from Troy, New York. During the War of 1812 he supplied the army with beef in barrels labeled "U.S." (for "United States") but it was jokingly said that the letters stood for "Uncle Sam." Soon, "Uncle Sam" was …

      Valentine mailed from Halifax to Rev. R.B. Layton, New Aberdeen, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

      Postcard mailed to Rev. R.B. Layton, New Aberdeen, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, from Tatamagouche, N.S.

      Sketch of students in front of Maplegrove School circa. 1880.

      A sketch of the old Library building that was located at 216 lakeshore Rd. E.

      The Holy Chapel, Paris, first arrondissement. Constructed in 1245 by the order of King Louis IX by Pierre de Montereau. Restored from 1837 to 1867 by Viollet-le-Duc. The Sainte-Chapelle, located within the Palais de Justice complex on the Ile de la Cité in the centre of Paris, is a diminutive …

      A postcard of the Villa Allatini in Salonica, Greece. It was built in 1888 by the Italian architect Vitaliano Pozelli as the summer residence of the Jewish Allatini family. Between 1909 and 1912 it was used as the prison-residence of Sultan Abdul Hammid II, who was overturned by the New …

      A postcard sent by James Gallaher from Germany one month after the end of World War I. A statue of Ludwig van Beethoven was unveiled in the plaza in 1845 -- he had been born in Bonn in 1770.

      Ardfert is a village in County Kerry, Ireland. Its Cathedral was destroyed in the War of 1641.

      A postcard of Via Dolorosa (Way of Grief or Way of Suffering) in the Old City of Jerusalem.

      A postcard sent from Damascus (City of Jasmin) in Syria.

      Printed on reverse: Musuem of the Porte de Hal. Here are installed our collection of arms and weapons of war which contain objects of great archaic interest. Builded [sic] in 1383 and transformed in 1868 it is the only vestige of the ancient fortifications.

      The Milan Cathedral, in Milan, Lombardy, northern Italy, was begun in 1386 and completed five centuries later in 1965.

      A postcard of Amalfi, Italy from 25-year-old Agnes Mary Kitchen to Rev. R. B. Layton in San Fernando, Trinidad, B.W.I. Postmarked from Hotel Marine Riviere, Amalfi.

      Vienna's City Hall was erected between 1872 and 1883 in the Gothic style.

      Oberammergau Passion Play is performed once a decade since 1634 as a tradition by the inhabitants of the village of Oberammergau, a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany.

      The Appian Way was one of the earliest and strategically most important Roman roads of the ancient republic.

      A postcard from Switzerland from 25-year-old Agnes Mary Kitchen to Reverend R. B. Layton in San Fernando, Trinidad, B.W.I.

      The Appian Way was one of the earliest and strategically most important Roman roads of the ancient republic.