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This lithograph depicts the great fire at St. John, NB, on June 20th, 1877. “The Fire broke out on York Point at half past two P.M. and burned furiously until after midnight, consuming several hundred buildings among which were the Post Office, Custom House, Academy of Music, eleven churches, a number of Hotels, Banks and…
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This wash-drawing (monochrome grey wash and opaque white over pencil) by William Thompson Freeland depicts the May 23, 1896, launch of the steamship Primrose from the wharf at the foot of Portland St. Wm was the son of the wharf owner (Robert) and grandson of Peter, who founded the wharf on the site of his…
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