Nova Scotia Archives

'A Vision of Regeneration'

"Sewing-room [sic], Protestant Orphanage, Halifax, N.S."

The Protestant Orphans' Home, 1274 Barrington Street, was destroyed in the Explosion. It relocated to 2-6 Barrington, former clubhouse of the Halifax Yacht Club (now the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron). The orphanage's furniture was suppplied by the Massachusetts-Halifax Relief Committee.

Date: 15 August 1918

Photographer: Gauvin & Gentzel

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives  /  negative: N-4840

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