Antoft family (part 2)

Description
The Antoft family, consisting of Otto Hugo, his wife Asta Sigrid (née Rump), and their three sons, Otto Hjalmar, Finn, and Kell, emigrated from Denmark to Canada in 1930. They first lived in Winnipeg, MB where Hugo worked for the Colonization Department of the Canadian Pacific Railway, but by 1933 they had moved to Lakeville, Kings County, NS where the family established a poultry farm and pork curing business. When Hugo died in 1954, Asta wound up the business and in order to support herself, started a nursery that eventually became widely-known and well-respected as Mrs. Antoft's Gardens.

Records for Hugo, Asta, Otto, Finn, and Kell, as well as one for the records of the Andresen family and another for the Viking Air Service are included in the collection, although many have not been digitized.

Many records in the collection are written in Danish.
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Antoft family (part 2)

Dates: unspecified decade in 19XX to 1994
Collection: Antoft family (part 2), Archival Catalogue
Description: Finding aid for the Antoft family fonds.
Type: finding aid

Collapsed bridge

Dates: 1970
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

Driveway, trees and garden

Dates: one of the dates: 1975 until 1988
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

Dates: 1970
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

Flowerbed

Dates: one of the dates: 1975 until 1988
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

Dates: one of the dates: 1975 until 1988
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

Dates: 1979
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

Garden, fence and field

Dates: one of the dates: 1975 until 1988
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

Gardens

Dates: 1970
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

Greenhouse

Dates: 1972 (year approximate)
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

Dates: one of the dates: 1975 until 1988
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

Grounds

Dates: one of the dates: 1974 until 1988
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

Hand drawn geological survey of Purcell's Cove

Dates: one of the dates: 1941 until 1968
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

House and greenhouse

Dates: 1972 (year uncertain)
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

Dates: one of the dates: 1975 until 1988
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

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

Dates: 1992
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

Pink rose

Dates: 1971
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

Poem entitled "Bes lives" written for Asta Antoft

Dates: 1989
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

Raking

Dates: unspecified year in 197X
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

Road and flowerbed

Dates: 1970
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

Dates: 1970
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

Trees, lawn and flowerbed, greenhouse and garden

Dates: 1970
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