Angus MacLeod’s Sketch of a Comet, 1864
In anticipation of the live question and answer period from the International Space Station with NASA Astronaut Drew Feustel, we
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C.S.L. Lakers tied up for winter off shipyard, 1948
In honour of the first day of Spring, we thought we’d provide readers with an image of some melting ice!
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Letters Patent for the Suffrage Headquarters Ltd.
In celebration of #InternationalWomensDay the three photos above are of the Letters Patent for the Suffrage Headquarters Limited, Toronto. The
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Kingston’s Olympic Sailing Facilities, 1976
Designed by a consortium of local architectural firms, the Onshore Olympic Sailing Facilities revitalised a badly blighted Portsmouth Harbour area
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Sketch by Kathleen Ryan
With next week being Valentine’s Day we wanted to share this archival tale of love. We stumbled across this wonderful
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Who was George Masoud? Kingston’s Forgotten History of Syrian Migration
Once upon a time, everyone in Kingston knew George Masoud. He was the ice cream king of Kingston (his store
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Ice Storm, 1998
20 years ago this week, the St. Lawrence Valley was cleaning up from over 100 mm of freezing rain, resulting
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Best of 2017: Gardiners Road Drive-In, November 1948
From one year to the next, Kingston continues to grow and change in small but significant ways. From the addition
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K&P Railway Locomotive, 1901
This gorgeous photo was taken on a glass negative plate in 1901. Visible on the train is the label “K
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Aerial Photos of Kingston, 1919
With all the construction, and proposed construction, that is ongoing in our fair city we thought it was a good
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Sketch by Edmund Morris
In acknowledgement of Ontario’s #TreatiesRecognitionWeek our image is a sketch from Edmund Morris’s notebook that we hold at Queen’s University
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Mother Barnes: The Witch of Plum Hollow
Halloween brings thoughts of witches and goblins. And in this part of Ontario, it reminds us of a local celebrity
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