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Still Standing

W.G. MacLaughlan photographic albums of buildings damaged by the Halifax Explosion

75 Hester Street, Dartmouth, MacLaughlan album 2 number 162

William Beckwith, retired shipwright and north-end ferry operator, and his wife Eliza lived at 75 Hester Street (now 60 Hester Street), Dartmouth. After the Explosion, they returned to this address, and lived in a new house built by the Halifax Relief Commission.

Photographer: W.G. MacLaughlan

Reference: W.G. MacLaughlan Nova Scotia Archives 2014-031 album 2 number 162

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