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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)

Back of unidentified Dartmouth building with unique gables

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  • Shirley Bergeron said:
    Railway tracks on Shore Road, front facing Fairbanks Street under MacDonald Bridge, Dartmouth.
  • Halifax Municipal Archives said:
    Shirley Bergeron Hello, as with the other image, there's no road here, or a steep incline like there is on Shore Rd. In this photo, since you can't even see the tracks, it's also possible that it was elsewhere in Dartmouth.
  • Abbie Hudson said:
    This one was identified in one of your other albums as Commercial Street between North and Ochterloney

Identified! 5669-5685 Inglis Street

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  • tom chute said:
    This is most surely 5669 Inglis St. The architectural details on this home and the next couple of homes match exactly to the hertiage homes located there today. the building in the background is the apartments on South Park. blocked out by the tree foilage that is there today in google map pictures
  • Halifax Municipal Archives said:
    tom chute Thank you for the identification, I agree that that looks like the same stretch of houses (though in different colours). The description has now been updated in our database.

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