Name Drop is an opportunity to explore your interests, tap into your community knowledge, and apply both to centuries of Nova Scotia history. This is your chance to tell us what you see in historic images. Do you recognize the location or the timeframe? You may be able to name the people and events in the image. Maybe you look closer and notice the name of a business on a sign in the background, or a style of dress, breed of horse, model of car, badge on a uniform, or endless other possible small things. These are all important to us. The more detail we learn, the more connections we can make between collections and with communities across the province.
The current collection available is: J.A. Irvine: The Great Outdoors, 1895-1905
As a Name Dropper, you will be able to use pull-down menus to choose words and also use the free form text fields to tell us more about what you’re seeing. Provide as little or as much information as you like – provide us a list, enter a date, or tell us a story. We invite you to be our partner in making collections more visible, relevant and accessible.
Q: Do I have to register?
A: No, registration is not required. You may use your name but it is not mandatory. If you enter your name you will be able to search for images you've been working on. Our system will not track you nor contact you. You can simply skip login but you won't easily be able to find the images you work on.
Q: I’m stuck! What do I do?
A: Invite the “crowd” to help you. Join the discussion on Facebook and help each other. Contact us and we’ll try to help too.
Q: What happens to finished images?
A: Input given by ‘Name Droppers’, once reviewed, will be downloaded and added to online collections at //archives.novascotia.ca/virtual/. This will enhance searching by words, dates and locations and allow our collections to be more accessible to a wider audience.
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