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Antoft family (Lakeville, Kings Co., NS)

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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

Flowering crab apple

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Collection: Antoft family (part 2)
Description: Flowering crab apple tree at Myrna Robertson's place in Campbell Avenue in Currys Corner in Nova Scotia.
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/031
Type: photograph

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

Obituary & short biography on Asta Sigrid Antoft of Lakeville, Nova Scotia

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Collection: Antoft family (part 2)
Description: An obituary and short biography on Asta Sigrid Antoft of Lakeville, Nova Scotia for the Halifax Chronicle Herald. Written by Kell Antoft, son of Asta Antoft. Bio includes her arrival in Winnipeg, M.B from Denmark, farming in Nova Scotia, the loss of her son in WW2, her devotion to and career in horticulture in the Annapolis Valley.
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/1/005
Creator: Antoft, Kell
Type: textual record

Hand drawn geological survey of Purcell's Cove

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Collection: Antoft family (part 2)
Description: A hand drawn Geological Survey of Purcell's Cove from December 1942. Includes till, slate, quartzite, crantie, quarry, houses, glacial striae, strike and dip, dykes and geological boundaries. The survey was created by J. Bloomer and Kell Antoft, as part of a project at Dalhousie University.
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/1/002
Creator: Antoft, Kell, Bloomer, J.
Type: map

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

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