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Identified: Looking north along west side of Queen St. near intersection of Clyde St.

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  • K Miller said:
    This is looking north on Queen Street from near the intersection of Clyde. See here for comparable view on Street View: www.google.ca/maps/@44.6422624,-63.5754527,3a,90y,322.36h...
  • Halifax Municipal Archives said:
    Hi K Miller! Thank you for your help identifying the location of this photo too. The description of the image has now been updated in our database with the location.

Identified! 2522 and 2518 Gottingen Street

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  • disasternat said:
    I believe these houses are on Gottingen Street. I think the house that's partially hidden is maybe 2518 Gottingen? These houses were torn down to make way for the apartment building that are on the corner of Gottingen and Charles.

    The roof line and turret looks similar to this picture on my blog "The Old North End" oldnorthend.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2518...

    This photo in my blog was taken from the "North End News" in March 1989.
  • Halifax Municipal Archives said:
    Thanks for your help identifying this photo, disasternat! I was able to zoom in on a higher resolution copy of the image that we have, and it looks like the civic on the building on its right is 2522, so you are definitely right! I've updated our database record to reflect the change as well.

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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!

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