1. Who in this photograph knows that their picture is being taken?

2. What were these buildings used for? Is each building used by only one occupant? Are there sometimes different businesses on separate floors of the same building?

3. What can you tell about the size and complexity of this community by what you see in the photograph?

4. Why are there only men in this photograph? Would you be likely at any time to see only men on the streets of your community?

5. What day do you think it is?

6. What time of day was the picture taken?

7. What was the weather like?

8. If you were standing in the photograph what kinds of sounds would you hear? What sort of smells might you smell?

9. Was the street dusty or muddy on the day the photograph was taken? What would this street be like in the spring of the year?

10. Do the streets of your community look like this on a Saturday afternoon? How are they the same or different?

11. Was there a proper side of the street to drive on when this photograph was taken? When did this change? Why did it change?

12. What materials were used to make the Bridgewater sidewalks?

13. What did J.T. Hayes do?

14. What do you think the little boy crossing the street with his father in the centre of the picture was thinking as this photograph was taken?

15. Why were the horseless carriages lined up along the right-hand side of the street?

16. What is the significance of the pole in front of Wade's store?

17. How were the streets lit at night?

18. What were the long poles on the wagons in the foreground of the photograph used for?

19. What kind of animal was used to pull these wagons?

20. Can you find the shutters in this photograph?

21. What do you think might have been in the barrels in front of Wade's store?

22. What kind of containers can you find in this photograph? How is this different from the way we package things today? Why do you think things have changed?

23. What do you think life was like in Bridgewater at the time represented by this photograph? How would it have been the same as, or different from, life in your community at that time—or in Halifax, Sydney or Meteghan?

24. How do you think life in Bridgewater has changed today?

25. What are people wearing in this photograph? Do their clothes look comfortable? How do they compare with what people might wear today?

26. What materials did people in Bridgewater use to cover the outside of their buildings? Did everyone use the same materials? How do these compare with what might be used today?

27. What other materials were used to build these buildings? What would be the advantages and disadvantages of this?

28. What might happen if a fire broke out in J.T. Hayes' store?

29. What do you think the two boys in front of Wade's store are talking about?

30. Write a story that either begins or ends with what you see in this photograph.

31. Imagine this photograph in colour. Does this change your feelings about the street scene and what is going on in it? How?