14
Cable Office staff 1887
1887
Cable Office workers North Sydney, NS
15
"The company has always paid liberal salaries, and has thus been the means of placing large sums in circulation in the town. The staff numbers about fifty and the businesses are rapidly increasing."
These words were published in 1903 by C.W. Vernon. We see here an earlier photo of the staff taken in 1887.
16
Staff Cable Office
1887
Cable Office workers North Sydney, NS
17
North Sydney Herald, 1882
1882
North Sydney, NS Canada
18
The North Sydney Herald newspaper from 1882 showing the latest telegraph dispatches from the cable office in North Sydney.
19
Western Union staff Dinner menu from the Avalon Hotel,1906
1906
North Sydney, NS Canada
20
Western Union Telegraph Company Cable Office staff Christmas dinner at the Avalon Hotel North Sydney, NS, 1906
21
Annual Western Union staff dinner ribbon,1906
1906
North Sydney, NS Canada
22
This ribbon was given to the staff of the Western Union at a Christmas party in 1906.
23
Christmas party, Avalon Hotel, 1906
1906
North Sydney, NS Canada
24
Western Union record book.
1887
North Sydney, NS Canada
25
A compilation of the 1877 telegraphs sent from and received at the Western Union Office in North Sydney, is housed at the North Sydney Museum.
26
Record book page
1887
North Sydney, NS Canada
27
Western Union Branch Office Commerical St. North Sydney, NS.
1913
North Sydney, NS Canada