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This photographic booklet contains annotated half tone scenic photographs by A. L. Hardy showing Western Nova Scotian and the Annapolis Valley arranged along the route of the Dominion Atlantic from [[Yarmouth]] to [[Halifax]]. It presents a romantic rurla landscape theme based on the legend and literature of the Acadians as depicted in Longfellow's poem ''Evangeline''. | This photographic booklet contains annotated half tone scenic photographs by A. L. Hardy showing Western Nova Scotian and the Annapolis Valley arranged along the route of the Dominion Atlantic from [[Yarmouth]] to [[Halifax]]. It presents a romantic rurla landscape theme based on the legend and literature of the Acadians as depicted in Longfellow's poem ''Evangeline''. | ||
| − | It is quite similar to the series of photographic booklets ''The Land | + | It is quite similar to the series of photographic booklets [[1903-LANDOFEVANGELINE|''The Land Of Evangeline'']] published by the Dominion Atlantc Railway which also used A. L. Hardy images. However ''The Evangeline Land'' was published and sold directly by A. L. Hardy. |
The booklet was published in several editions, with slightly different selections of images. It first came out about 1890. At least one additional edition was published about 1905 which included two images the 1904 expansion of the [[Kentville Station]]. | The booklet was published in several editions, with slightly different selections of images. It first came out about 1890. At least one additional edition was published about 1905 which included two images the 1904 expansion of the [[Kentville Station]]. | ||
Revision as of 14:30, 20 February 2021
The Evangeline Land: Illustrated in Halftone
- Written and published A. L. Hardy, Kentville, Nova Scotia
- Circa 1890
- Printed in Grand Rapids, Michigan, James Bayne
This photographic booklet contains annotated half tone scenic photographs by A. L. Hardy showing Western Nova Scotian and the Annapolis Valley arranged along the route of the Dominion Atlantic from Yarmouth to Halifax. It presents a romantic rurla landscape theme based on the legend and literature of the Acadians as depicted in Longfellow's poem Evangeline.
It is quite similar to the series of photographic booklets The Land Of Evangeline published by the Dominion Atlantc Railway which also used A. L. Hardy images. However The Evangeline Land was published and sold directly by A. L. Hardy.
The booklet was published in several editions, with slightly different selections of images. It first came out about 1890. At least one additional edition was published about 1905 which included two images the 1904 expansion of the Kentville Station.
The Nova Scotia Legislative Library has a copy of the 1905 edition, call no. 917.1634H.
An online version may be viewed here at the Internet Archive:
Online version scanned from microfilm of the the 1905 original held by the Nova Scotia Legislative Library
Gallery
The First Big Joggins Bridge with Digby in the background, circa 1900.
The Kentville Station and Freight Shed, photographed by A.L. Hardy, circa 1905.
