Print, Photographic
Object
- Accession Number
- OBJ_0031769
- Classification
- Graphic Documents
- Culture
- Canadian
- Date
- 1914
- Materials and Techniques
- Photo paper.
- Description
- Developed photograph, black and white. It is rectangle in shape. There are a large group of gentlmen, in many hats, standing in front of a building. There are small hand-written markings on the left bottom of image.
- Description
- Developed photograph, black and white. It is rectangle in shape. There are a large group of gentlmen, in many hats, standing in front of a building. There are small hand-written markings on the left bottom of image.
- History of Use
- The photograph is of Fenian Veterans in front of the Digby Courthouse in 1914. The Fenians were a secret society of Irish patriots who had emigrated from Ireland to the United States. Many of the North American members of the Fenians were determined on taking Canada by force and exchanging it with Britain for Irish independence. Following the Civil War the Fenian Brotherhood began to fight for Ireland's independence. From 1866-1871, the Fenians launched a series of small attacks against Canada, each stopped by government forces except for in June 1866. This was the only raid, which was along the Niagara Frontier that the Fenians ever successfully completed. However, ever other raid ended in failure and the movement collapsed after 1871. Even though Novia Scotia did not share a frontier with the United States, it was still on alert.
- Record Rights
- Digby House
From The Collection Of
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