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100 Years Later Titanic in the Archives 1912-2012
Created to assist and encourage further research, The Rooms presents some of the documents, photographs and published materials that are available at The Rooms Provincial Archives relating to the Titanic disaster and the subsequent response, including additional research sources and information relating to the disaster.
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Kind Remembrance and Best Wishes
In the virtual exhibit Kind Remembrance and Best Wishes, you'll find christmas cards created by local artists for the International Grenfell Association and sold 'round the world. See unique depictions of christmas including nativities, local landscapes, natural beauty and more. Its our holiday greeting to all of you - across the province and around the world.
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Distinguished Service Exhibit Banners
This exhibition documents the lives and experiences of the province’s soldiers and aims to encourage interest in research on the Royal Newfoundland Regiment. Located on level three at The Rooms, the exhibition focuses on the World War I service records of the Regiment, available at the archives on microfilm for the first time in this Province.
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The French Shore
This website celebrates the 500th anniversary of the French in Newfoundland by presenting a collection of images from the communities which reside along the French Shore, as well as hydrographic charts created by the French during the time when France held treaty rights over the shore of the island along the Northeast Coast and the Great Northern Peninsula.
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Women in Sport
In 1895 a “Lady Bicyclist” was viewed cycling through the fog of St. John’s in the company of a young man. When questioned by a reporter about the propriety of the sport, the woman replied that she not only had the right to bicycle, but also believed in “woman suffrage and all the other privileges which the advanced woman says unjust laws deprive her of.”
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Grenfell Collection Photo Exhibit
The records of the International Grenfell Association (IGA) were donated to the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador (PANL) by IGA representatives in June 1985. Since then, additional IGA-related material has been deposited at PANL from a variety of sources. Within these IGA records are a variety of record types, including textual records, photographs and photograph albums, negatives, cartographic and architectural drawings, film reels and a large collection of magic lantern slides.
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Newfoundland Salt Fisheries
On this site you will have access to a wide variety of images, texts, video and audio clips, and links all related to the salt-fish processing industry and way of life that were the backbone of Newfoundland for over 400 years.
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