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Identified! 6915 Bayers Road

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  • Ryan Tucker said:
    6915 Bayers Road
  • Halifax Municipal Archives said:
    Thanks for this identification, Ryan Tucker! It looks like you're right! We've updated the description in our database to reflect the location.

Identified! 1795 Hollis Street

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  • Kemble Flynn said:
    building on Hollis Street across from the Split Crow
  • Halifax Municipal Archives said:
    Thanks www.flickr.com/photos/193508122@N07/ Are you thinking of the buildings along Granville Mall, where the Split Crow is now? Or somewhere nearby on Hollis? I checked Google Streetview in that area but didn't recognize these buildings; however they could no longer be there.
  • Haggis said:
    Isn’t this photo backwards?
  • Halifax Municipal Archives said:
    Haggis We don't believe so -- all the numbers in the photo appear to be the right way around!
  • Ryan Tucker said:
    1795 Hollis. You can see the reflection of the Royal Bank in the windows, and the building on the right would be George Street Bank of Montreal (archives.novascotia.ca/eastcoastport/archives/?ID=2082). I think the small building in the photo was at one point Acadia Insurance Co. based on a 1960 phone directory.

Possibly rear of 5 Salter St., showing 80-90 Hollis St. in background

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  • Bill Jarvis said:
    The Chevrolet has a 1960 license plate, which was also used in 1961. The Studebaker does not have the 1961 windshield sticker, so the photo probably dates to 1960.
  • Halifax Municipal Archives said:
    Good eye Bill Jarvis ! When we can zoom into those license stickers it is really helpful for dating photos. We may never nail the location down, unless someone recognizes those tall buildings in the background.
  • Abbie Hudson said:
    Could the building in the back on the right be the old Halifax infirmary?
  • Halifax Municipal Archives said:
    Abbie Hudson Hi Abbie! It looks like it definitely could be the Halifax Infirmary, but we couldn't completely be sure, so I've just labelled the photo with that as a possibility for now. Thanks for your help!
  • Ryan Tucker said:
    The buildings in the background are ~80-90 Hollis Street (new civic ~1496 Hollis Street). I think that would mean this photo was taken from the north side of Salter (between Lower Water and Hollis)... possibly from a back/side yard of 5 Salter Street (Ref. Retrieval Code 102-39-1-1321)

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