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Nurseries (Horticulture)

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Biography, "A Hobby Turned into a Successful Enterprise"

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Collection: Antoft family (part 1)
Description: A short personal biography written by Mrs. O.H. Antoft (Asta) entitled "A Hobby Turned into a Successful Enterprise." Essay describes her love for horticulture and how she and why she founded Acadia Nurseries in Lakeville, N.S. Includes memories of her immigration to Canada from Denmark in 1930, her childhood, her family's move to Nova Scotia from Winnipeg, life and family in Nova…
Accession Number: 1900.182-ANT/2/1/4
Creator: Antoft, Asta Sigrid (Rump)
Type: textual record

Flowerbed

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Collection: Antoft family (part 2)
Description: Dry flower beds and dead rose bushes in Asta Antoft's garden in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/041, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/042

Flowerbeds and dry flowerbeds

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Collection: Antoft family (part 2)
Description: Dry flower beds in Asta Antoft's garden in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/039, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/040

Greenhouse

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Collection: Antoft family (part 2)
Description: Greenhouse on Otto Hugo and Asta Antoft's property in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/029
Type: photograph

Greenhouse and garden

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Collection: Antoft family (part 2)
Description: House, greenhouse and gardens at Asta Antoft's Gardens in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/032, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/033
Type: photograph

Pink rose

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Collection: Antoft family (part 2)
Description: Pink rose in Asta Antoft's garden in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/021
Type: photograph

Gardens

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Collection: Antoft family (part 2)
Description: Asta Antoft's Gardens in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/001
Type: photograph

Grounds

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Collection: Antoft family (part 2)
Description: The Antoft Farm in Lakeville, Nova Scotia. 23 photos of Asta Antoft's gardens, the farm house and farm buildings and yard.
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/056
Type: photograph

Road and flowerbed

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Collection: Antoft family (part 2)
Description: Road and flowerbed in Asta Antoft's Gardens in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/002
Type: photograph

Raking

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Collection: Antoft family (part 2)
Description: Garden and two unidentified girls raking the path on Asta Antoft's property in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/051, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/052, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/053
Type: photograph

House and greenhouse

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Collection: Antoft family (part 2)
Description: House and greenhouse on Otto Hugo and Asta Antoft's property in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/025, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/026, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/027, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/028
Type: photograph

Lawn, flowerbed, flowering bushes, garden & shed

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Collection: Antoft family (part 2)
Description: Lawn, garden, flowerbed and shed on Asta Antoft's property in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/050, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/051, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/052, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/053, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/054
Type: photograph

Driveway, trees and garden

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Collection: Antoft family (part 2)
Description: Flowers and plants in Asta Antoft's garden in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/034, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/035, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/036
Type: photograph

Antoft family (part 2)

Dates: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s to 1994
Collection: Antoft family (part 2), Archival Catalogue
Type: archival description

Antoft family (part 1)

Dates: 1824 to 1985
Collection: Antoft family (part 1), Archival Catalogue
Type: archival description