ATCHA - Four Men Very Young Boy Moving Shed

PHOTOGRAPH DESCRIPTION FORM

ACCESSION NUMBER/CALL NUMBER:	P1993:279
DATE RECEIVED:	10 Oct. 1993
DATE DESCRIBED:	11 Aug. 1995
NATURE OF ACQUISITION:	Donation
PERSON, INSTITUTION, ETC. ITEM OBTAINED FROM & ADDRESS:	Paulette Phillips 2 Baker St., Yarmouth, NS B5A 2W7
OWNERSHIP HISTORY OF ITEM:	These original glass negatives were produced circa 1895-1915 by Eugene Meuse, photographer and inventor of Amirault’s Hill, Yar. Co., NS. They later became the property his son-in-law, Charles Doucet, who had married Juliette Meuse, dau. of Eugene. They lived for many years at 2 Baker St., Yarmouth, NS where Juliette still lives in 1995. Charles Doucet was a photographer and artist himself. At different times he made prints from these negatives, and then in some cases made copy negatives from the prints. Our archives approached the family in 1993 about donating these important negatives to the archives. Paulette Phillips, dau. of Charles & Juliette Doucet was at the time living with her widowed mother at 2 Baker St. It was she who contacted other family members for their agreement on the placement of the negatives. Later another grandson of Eugene Meuse, Franklin Moulaison of Amirault’s Hill, NS took a number of these photographs through that community in an effort to further identify some of the photographs.
PRESENT OWNER OF ORIGINAL ITEM & ADDRESS:	Argyle Township Court House Archives P.O. Box 101, Tusket, NS B0W 3M0 902-648-2493
NATURE & DESCRIPTION OF ORIGINAL ITEM:	Black & white exterior photograph developed from a glass plate negative
SUBJECT MATTER IN PHOTOGRAPH:	Four men and one very young boy in the process of moving a small shed or out-building in the Amirault’s Hill, NS area. They have the building up on a large set of wheels and have at least two teams of oxen ready to pull it. Man on the far left is not identified; man with beard & cap is said to be Charles Muise, son of Gabriel, of Amirault’s Hill, NS; young man standing in front of the oxen is Alvinie Meuse, son of Gabriel; very young boy to the far right is Nazaire Muise, who is also seen in P1993:303. Franklin Moulaison says that the older people in Amirault’s Hill believe this building to have been the old “Store a Tiga Moulaison” which was located at the “Blocking” on the Back Rd. in that community. It was moved onto the Gabriel Meuse property to be used as a woodshed.
SUBJECT HEADINGS:	MOVING OF BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, ETC. – AMIRAULT’S HILL, YAR.CO., N.S. AMIRAULT’S HILL, YAR.CO., N.S. – MOVING OF BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, ETC. MUISE, CHARLES MUISE, ALVINIE MUISE, NAZAIRE
DATE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ITEM:	[Approx.]:- 1910
NAME OF PHOTOGRAPHER IF KNOWN:	Meuse, Eugene
TYPE OF PHOTOGRAPHER:	Professional
ANY INFORMATION PRINTED ON ITEM PERTAINING TO PHOTOGRAPHER, STUDIO, FINISHER, ETC.:	[No printing on either side]
INFORMATION WRITTEN ON REVERSE SIDE OF PHOTOGRAPH:	NO INFORMATION WRITTEN ON PHOTOGRAPH
ANY RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF OR COPYING OF ITEM:	Original glass negative may not be borrowed. Permission must be obtained from ATCHA in order to use or reproduce this image
ARCHIVES NOW HAS:	Original glass negative, copy negative & prints
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CALL NUMBER:	P1993:279
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