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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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Title: Collapsed bridge
Date Created: 1970
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/11-14
Description: Collapsed bridge on the property of Otto Hugo and Asta Anfoft's of Lakeville, Nova Scotia.

Title: Driveway, trees and garden
Date Created: [between 1975 and 1988]
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/34-36
Description: Flowers and plants in Asta Antoft's garden in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.

Title: Fields, fences and tall plants
Date Created: 1970
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/8-10
Description: Fields and property of Otto Hugo and Asta Antoft's in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.

Title: Flowerbed
Date Created: [between 1975 and 1988]
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/41-42
Description: Dry flower beds and dead rose bushes in Asta Antoft's garden in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.

Title: Flowerbeds and dry flowerbeds
Date Created: [between 1975 and 1988]
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/39-40
Description: Dry flower beds in Asta Antoft's garden in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.

Title: Flowering crab apple
Date Created: 1979
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/31
Description: Flowering crab apple tree at Myrna Robertson's place in Campbell Avenue on Curry's Corner in Nova Scotia.

Title: Garden, fence and field
Date Created: [between 1975 and 1988]
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/37-38
Description: Field and flowers in Asta Antoft's garden in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.

Title: Gardens
Date Created: 1970
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/1
Description: Asta Antoft's Gardens in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.

Title: Greenhouse
Date Created: [1972]
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/29
Description: Greenhouse on Otto Hugo and Asta Antoft's property in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.

Title: Greenhouse and garden
Date Created: [between 1975 and 1988]
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/32-33
Description: House, greenhouse and gardens at Asta Antoft's Gardens in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.

Title: Grounds
Date Created: [between 1974 and 1988]
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/56
Description: The Antoft Farm in Lakeville, Nova Scotia. 23 photos of Asta Antoft's gardens, the farm house and farm buildings and yard.

Title: Hand drawn geological survey of Purcell's Cove
Date Created: [between 1941 and 1968]
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/1/2
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...
Show moreA 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.
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Title: House and greenhouse
Date Created: [1972?]
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/25-28
Description: House and greenhouse on Otto Hugo and Asta Antoft's property in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.

Title: Lawn, flowerbed, raking flowering bushes, garden & shed
Date Created: [between 1975 and 1988]
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/50-54
Description: Lawn, garden, flowerbed and shed on Asta Antoft's property in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.

Title: Obituary & short biography on Asta Sigrid Antoft of Lakeville, Nova Scotia
Date Created: 1992
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/1/5
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...
Show moreAn 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.
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Title: Pink rose
Date Created: 1971
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/21
Description: Pink rose in Asta Antoft's garden in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.

Title: Poem entitled "Bes lives" written for Asta Antoft
Date Created: 1989
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/1/5
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...
Show morePoem 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.
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Title: Raking
Date Created: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/51-53
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/51-53
Description: Garden and two unidentified girls raking the path on Asta Antoft's property in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.

Title: Road and flowerbed
Date Created: 1970
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/2
Description: Road and flowerbed in Asta Antoft's Gardens in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.

Title: Tree line, trees, flowerbed, yard, garden & house
Date Created: 1970
Accession Number: 2003.047-ANT/4/2/2/15-19
Description: Trees, lawn, flowerbeds, house and gardens on Otto Hugo and Asta Antoft's property in Lakeville, Nova Scotia.