Matching Articles"19th Century" (Total 406)

  • Amateur Theatre Tradition: Theatre companies, concerts, carnivals, festivals, and the Arts and Culture Centre.
  • Biography of the writer, Edwin John Pratt, also known as E. J. Pratt
  • Biography of Elsie Holloway (1882-1971).
  • An account of the life of Georgina Ann Stirling (1866-1935), Newfoundland's first professional opera singer.
  • An introduction to the Isaac Newell (1917-1977) collection containing 161 works by and about Samuel Taylor Coleridge and his circle.
  • A sketch of the life of John Murray Anderson (1886-1954), Broadway producer and Hollywood director.
  • Biography of entertainer Johnny Burke
  • Biography of Margaret Iris Duley (1894-1968).
  • The history of theatre in Newfoundland and Labrador is long and varied.
  • On 10 December 1894, two of Newfoundland and Labrador's three banks closed their doors and never opened them again.
  • The commercial spring seal hunt was one of Newfoundland and Labrador's most dangerous and demanding industries in the 19th century.
  • The salt-cod fishery was a mainstay of Newfoundland and Labrador's economy throughout the 19th century.
  • As seals became more difficult to harvest, Newfoundland outfitters turned first to larger sailing vessels and then to wooden-hulled steamers.
  • Newfoundland and Labrador's climate and soil have not been conducive to agriculture, but outport isolation and poor fishery incomes have made farming crucial.
  • Asbestos mining in Newfoundland dates back to the 1890s, when two small-scale mines were established on the west coast
  • After the Commercial and Union Banks ceased operations, Newfoundland and Labrador entered a period of economic, social, and political chaos.
  • Reports of iron ore on Bell Island go back to at least 1578, when a merchant from Bristol, England, reported finding iron deposits there.
  • about the men and women, such as Naomi Gregory, who came from Newfoundland outports to St. John's to work in domestic service in upper class homes.
  • Hamilton River was one of Newfoundland and Labrador's largest hydro electric projects.
  • Newfoundland and Labrador's physical environment greatly influenced the ways settlers made a living during the 19th century. The richness of marine resources encouraged a pattern of coastal settlement and made the cod and seal fisheries central to local economies. In contrast, the relative scarcity of good soils and other terrestrial resources made large-scale farming operations impractical and discouraged year-round habitation of interior spaces.

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