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.