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Gone but Never Forgotten

Bob Brooks' Photographic Portrait of Africville in the 1960s

Young boy, with Ralph Jones' house, Africville, boarded up prior to demolition, in the background

Ralph Jones was a deacon of Seaview African United Baptist Church. He had relocated to Albert Street in north end Halifax by 1966.

Date: ca.1965

Format: Black and white negative, contact print; copy print available.

Photographer: Bob Brooks

Reference: Bob Brooks Nova Scotia Archives 1989-468 vol. 16 / negative sheet 7 image 25

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