The images presented here have been chosen to highlight in photographs the length, breadth and contours of Helen Creighton's long and distinguished career as an early social worker, teacher, pioneer folklorist and celebrated author.
For Alice with Nellie's love Helen Creighton, age 3 House overlooks Tennis courts, Dartmouth
Date: April 1903
Format: original print
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives accession no. 1987-178 no. 45
Helen in R.A.E. uniform Toronto
Date: 1918
Format: original print; nitrate negative
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives accession no. 1987-178 no. 136
Helen Creighton, R.A.F. Toronto
Date: 1918
Format: hand-tinted original print
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives accession no. 1987-178 no. 145
On Devils Island with children and melodeon pushed in wheel barrow
Date: ca. 1932
Format: copy print; nitrate negative
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives accession no. 1987-178 no. 383
Evergreen, Dartmouth
Date: ca. 1960
Format: contact print; safety negative
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives accession no. 1987-178 no. 1013
Helen Creighton
Date: ca. 1957
Format: original print
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives accession no. 1987-178 no. 952
Dr. Tanton, Bishop Hayes, Dr. Creighton, Dr. Morrow
Date: 1967
Format: original print
Reference: E.A. Bollinger Nova Scotia Archives accession no. 1987-178 no. 1117
Dec. 1912 Helen Creighton
Date: December 1912
Format: original print; nitrate negative
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives Album 9 no. 122
Helen and Jake Creighton, Portland Street, Dartmouth
Date: ca. 1914
Format: original print; nitrate negative
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives Album 11 no. 10
Camp Retreat Summer School of Science Dartmouth Lakes
Date: 1914
Format: postcard from original print
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives Album 11 no. 16
Helen Creighton, Dartmouth Lakes
Date: 1916
Format: original print
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives Album 11 no. 48
Syd, Mother Alice Creighton, Helen Creighton Dartmouth lakes
Date: 1916
Format: original print; nitrate negative
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives Album 11 no. 75
Helen, Terry, Mother, Father Alice and Charles Creighton, Dartmouth Lakes
Date: 1917
Format: original print
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives Album 11 no. 214
Greenhouse on Portland Street, Dartmouth After the Explosion
Date: 1918
Format: original print
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives Album 11 no. 260
Wellington Barracks after the Explosion
Date: 6 December 1917
Format: original print
Reference: Helen Creighton Nova Scotia Archives Album 11 no. 274
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