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As a school boy, Charlie developed an interest in drawing and sketching and found that teachers did not appreciate his talents in the classroom. At age 15, He left school and went to work at the Woodman's Coffin Factory, and then at the Nova Scotia Carriage Company where he served as an apprentice to wheel wrights and wagon makers. As a carpenter's apprentice he earned twenty five dollars with one vacation day per year. Charlie "fooled around" after leaving the carriage company and did odd jobs in shipbuilding. In his diary, he claims he never missed a launching if he could help it. He continued with his drawing and watercolours, realizing that he could never afford a formal education in art. "One day I watched one of those ships slip into the water and I decided to go to sea myself and do some travelling".

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Early Self Portrait
19 Century Circa 1895
Steam Mill, Nova Scotia, Canada
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The Old Home
20th Century,Circa 1905
Steam Mill, Nova Scotia, Canada

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The Nova Scotia Carriage Company
Approximate 19th Century. Circa 1895
Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Collection Louis V. Comeau

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Aberdeen Street, in Kentville
19 Century Circa 1880 - 1900
Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Collection of Louis V. Comeau

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A sailing vessel tied up in the Cornwallis River near Kentville
19th Century Circa 1890
Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Collection Louis V. Comeau

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Model Sailboat
19th Century, Circa 1895
Port Greville, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Shipbuilding, Port Greville
19th Century, Circa 1895
Port Greville, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Study of Shape and Shadow
19th Century Circa 1890 - 1898
Steam Mill, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Poplar
19th Century, Circa 1905
Steam Mill, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Oak
19th Century, Circa 1905
Steam Mill, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Hemlock
19th Century, Circa, 1905
Steam Mill, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Beech
19th Century, Circa 1905
Steam Mill, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Charles Macdonald House of Centreville Society

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Annapolis Valley Farm
20th Century, Circa 1905
Steam Mill, Nova Scotia, Canada
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The Charles Macdonald House of Centreville Society
Public Archives of Nova Scotia