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Unidentified dignitaries gathered for presentation of First Aid trophies to Halifax police on steps of City Hall

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  • billy said:
    THe only archive on flickr commons to ruin every single picture with an ugly logo on the corner of every single image.
  • Halifax Municipal Archives said:
    www.flickr.com/photos/146237924@N02/ if you need a clean image of any of our content, please email archives[at]halifax.ca. We decided to watermark our images after finding them for sale on commercial sites. We invest a lot in preserving original photographs, digitizing them and documenting all the details we have on them to share with the public so people can enjoy them. If they want to profit from their use we ask that they contact us.
  • David Craig said:
    This is on the front steps of Halifax City Hall.
  • Halifax Municipal Archives said:
    David Craig Thank you, David! We have that piece of information in our database description, but I will add it in here as well.

Identified! Wallis Heights, Dartmouth

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  • David Craig said:
    Formerly known as "Wallis Heights" in Dartmouth, now called Ocean Breeze. Soon to be all demolished.

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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