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Joseph N. Rice was born in 1857 in Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, the son of Timothy Rice and Mary Alice (Newcomb). He was a direct descendant of Beriah Rice, Sr., an original land grantee in Annapolis County in 1760. Little information is available about his life, but by 1881 he apparently had a photographic gallery in the upper flat of the old Bridgetown Monitor building. He later erected his own house and studio a few doors further down on Queen Street, and was reputed to be a popular and efficient photographer in Bridgetown for many years. He married Mary C. Allen in 1888 and they had two sons, J. Allen (b. 1888) and Victor (b. 1892). According to census records Joseph and family resided in Bridgetown at least until 1901. It is believed that his death occurred sometime between 1902 and 1909. His photographic studio was taken over first by Edith Crosskill and then by Georgia H. Cunningham, who purchased it in 1909.