Albert County 175 - Photo A Day 2020 - December 17, 2020

Albert County 175 - Photo A Day 2020 - December 17, 2020

This photo was on a calendar from 1905. On the back was written “ Reverend Stanley Young, Methodist Minister Alma and Point Wolfe, his wife Marjorie Matthews who was staying with her uncle Thomas Matthews donated this photo, which was sent to her niece Lellia J. Downey of Lower Coverdale, A. Co.”

If you look closely there are two masted schooners at the wharf.

Albert County 175 - Photo A Day 2020 - December 16, 2020

Albert County 175 - Photo A Day 2020 - December 16, 2020

This photo is called Mill Crew. It states on the reverse “Abner Bartlett in the photographer’s fur coat sometime between 1905-1909. I often wondered how they sharpened cross-cut saws but you can see here the method they used, with the man sitting at the bench.

Albert County 175 - Photo A Day 2020 - December 7, 2020

Albert County 175 - Photo A Day 2020 - December 7, 2020

Back to school Monday, with a trip to the Harvey School. The old school in Harvey burned in 1941, and was replaced by the building which still stands to the west of the Baptist Church. Obviously, the number of children in that district dropped considerably between 1871, when the first school opened, and 1941, when the new smaller school opened. The "new" school eventually became a special-care home and then a private house.