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Lakeville, Kings County, N.S.

Affiliated Items

Dana poultry farm, summer '37

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Collection: Antoft family (part 1)
Description: The Dana Poultry Farm in Lakeville, Nova Scotia in the summer of 1937.
Accession Number: 1900.182-ANT/3/4/2/008
Type: photograph

Antoft farm

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Collection: Antoft family (part 1)
Description: Nine photographs from the Antoft farm in Lakeville, Nova Scotia. Includes photos of farm buildings, farm house, cats, poultry, gardens and a person on a horse.
Accession Number: 1900.182-ANT/2/7/011
Type: photograph

Antoft farm

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Collection: Antoft family (part 1)
Description: Otto Hugo and Asta Antoft's farm house in Lakeville, Nova Scotia. Two views.
Accession Number: 1900.182-ANT/2/7/012
Type: photograph

Meat order book

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Collection: Antoft family (part 1)
Description: A one page selection from a two hundred page meat order book used by Otto Hugo and Asta Antoft. The Antoft's smoked meat in Lakeville, Nova Scotia. Includes names and addresses of costumers, type, quantity and price of smoked meats.
Accession Number: 1900.182-ANT/1/3/1/014
Creator: Antoft family (Lakeville, Kings County, N.S.)
Type: textual record

House and barns

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Collection: Antoft family (part 1)
Description: House and barn that belonged to Otto Hugo and Asta Atoft of Lakeville, Nova Scotia.
Accession Number: 1900.182-ANT/2/7/010
Type: photograph

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

Collapsed bridge

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Collection: Antoft family (part 2)
Description: Collapsed bridge on the property of Otto Hugo and Asta Anfoft's of Lakeville, Nova Scotia.
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/011, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/012, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/013, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/014
Type: photograph

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

Poem entitled "Bes lives" written for Asta Antoft

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Collection: Antoft family (part 2)
Description: Poem entitled "Bes lives" written for Bes (Asta Antoft of Lakeville, Nova Scotia) on her ninetieth birthday by her granddaughter Asta Ellen Antoft in 1989. Descriptions of Mrs. Antoft's Gardens are included.
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/1/005
Creator: Antoft , Asta Ellen
Type: textual record

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

Garden, fence and field

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Collection: Antoft family (part 2)
Description: Field and flowers in Asta Antoft's garden in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/037, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/038
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

Tree line, trees, flowerbed, yard, garden & house

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Collection: Antoft family (part 2)
Description: Trees, lawn, flowerbeds, house and gardens on Otto Hugo and Asta Antoft's property in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/015, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/016, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/017, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/018, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/019
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

Fields, fences and tall plants

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Collection: Antoft family (part 2)
Description: Fields and property of Otto Hugo and Asta Antoft's in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/008, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/009, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/010

Trees, lawn and flowerbed, greenhouse and garden

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Collection: Antoft family (part 2)
Description: Trees, lawn, flowerbeds, greenhouse and gardens at Asta Antoft's Gardens in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/003, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/004, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/005, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/006, 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/007
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