The fire at Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, deposited by H. O. Dodge in 1899 [copyright number 10448]. Fires are a frequent topic in the collection and were a common danger in Canadian cities between 1895 and 1924.
Featured on PDR in the essay Canada Through a Lens: the British Library Colonial Copyright Collection
THE BRITISH LIBRARY — Phil Hatfield and Andrew Gray kick off our brand new Curator’s Choice series by taking a look at the fascinating array of photographs in the British Library’s Canadian Colonial Copyright Collection.