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Matching Articles"St. John's" (Total 42)

Anna Templeton (1916-1995)

Biography of Anna Templeton (1916-1995).
Cassie Eileen Brown (1919-1986)

Biography of writer Cassie Brown (1919-1986).
Elsie Holloway (1882-1971)

Biography of Elsie Holloway (1882-1971).
Kittiwake Dance

Kittiwake Dance Theatre was founded in March of 1987 by Linda Rimsay. It developed from the Newfoundland Dance Theatre, which had formed in the 1970s.
Margaret Iris Duley (1894-1968)

Biography of Margaret Iris Duley (1894-1968).
Domestic Service Workers

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.
Women Shop Workers, Water Street

Overview of the Women Shop Workers of Water Street.
Agnes Marion Ayre (1890-1940)

Biography of Agnes Marion Ayre (1890-1940).
Armine Nutting Gosling (1861-1942)

Biography of Armine Nutting Gosling (1861-1942)
The Colonial Building

The importance of the Colonial Building to suffrage, the Chinese, and Bella 'Bobbie' Robertson.
Disasters 1892-1929

Some of Newfoundland and Labrador's best-known and most destructive disasters occurred during the era of Responsible Government.
Dora Russell (1912-1986)

Biography of Dora Russell (1912-1986).
Eleanor Power (? - 1754)

Biography of Eleanor Power (? - 1754), the first woman hanged in English Canada.
Frances 'Fannie' McNeil (1869-1928)

Biography of Frances 'Fannie' McNeil (1869-1928).
Julia Salter Earle (1878-1945)

Biography of Julia Salter Earle (1878-1945).
Ladies' Reading Room

Overview of the history of the Ladies' Reading Room.
Lady Helena E. Squires (1879-1959)

Biography of Lady Helena E. Squires (1879-1959).
Mary Travers (1783-1854)

Overview of the polling station at Mary Travers' tavern.
The 1846 Great Fire

About the Great Fire that started on 9 June 1846 in St. John's when a fire broke out in a cabinetmaker's workshop on George Street.
The St. John's Fire of 1892

About the St. John's fire that started on 8 July 1892 in a stable after a lit pipe or match fell into a bundle of hay.

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