In August
1907, Hammond travelled to the Maritime provinces on a working
holiday with his friend and fellow journalist, Newton McTavish
and Newton’s brother John.
Together they visited most of the major centres in Nova Scotia,
New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island to meet with local officials
and photograph the local scenery.
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On St. John River, Newton MacTavish,
John MacTavish, and M. O. Hammond, 1907
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Market in Halifax, 1907
M. O. Hammond
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Reference Code: F 1075-13
Archives of Ontario, I0017249
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Dykes, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, 1907
M. O. Hammond
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Hammond was quite taken with the natural beauty and wealth
of historic sites and was particularly enamoured with the beauty
of Grand Pre, the early Acadian settlement in Nova Scotia’s
Annapolis Valley region.
Evangeline Monument Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, 1922
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“we
toiled up a long and winding road with pleasant houses and
farms on either hand, and at last reached the bank. The
view which burst all at once on us was, I think (the) finest
in my experiences of rural landscapes…the scene was
so bewitching that we all burst into rapturous expressions
which us men are rarely given to indulge. We lay and gazed
for several minutes and then we did the inevitable, we each
took a picture of it.”
Friday August 16th |
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Wolfville Valley of Gaspereau, Nova Scotia, 1907
M. O. Hammond
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Reference Code: F 1075-13
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Hammond returned to the Maritimes
several times on assignment with the Globe and on vacation with
Clara in 1922.
He and Clara visited many of the same places he had visited and
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Clara Hammond, Gaspereau Valley, 1922
M. O. Hammond
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Reference Code: F 1075-13
Archives of Ontario, I0017243 |
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Ruins at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, 1907
M. O. Hammond
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Fish flakes, Digby, Nova Scotia, 1922
M. O. Hammond
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Reference Code: F 1075
Archives of Ontario, I0017246 |
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