Résultats

      King Street, Little Britain with dirt roads, horses and carts. Inscription on front reads, "This is quite a town." Inscription on reverse reads, "Well here we are in Britain. We called to see the "baby". Were down to Port yesterday. I suppose you are going to the party to-night. Wish …

     

      Black and white negative showing a photograph of the members of the Myrtle Basketball Club. Back row: Goldie Graham... Centre row: Jessie Dickson, unidentified, Ella Dickson.

      A personal note about Howard is that he made many buying trips overseas but refused to fly, always taking the train to Montreal and a ship to England. A personal note about "Gertie" is that she flew south every winter to St. Petersburg, Fl until she broke her hip at …

      The Smith family settled in Whitby at lot 21 Broken Front Concession in 1831. When William Smith, father of the brothers, died in 1859, the lot was divided between Thomas and John, while Charles settled on a farm in Darlington Township.

      In 1900, they were enticed to return when the Town of Oshawa offered a loan of $50,000.

      The church was built in 1871. It was used by the German Methodist congregation in the 1880s. It was also known as the Evangelical Church. The building was demolished and became site of Emmanuel United Church.

      On reverse: I miss you very much. Leaving Thurs. afternoon for Claremont. Will write later. Ella Mr. Thorne Hamilton Parksville, Vancouver Island, B.C....

      Photo features the steamboat, Esturion, on Sturgeon Lake.

      This is one of William Henry Hamilton's "personal" postcards, which he had produced from personal photographs.

      Inscribed on chalkboard - S.S. No. 3 Emily, J.D. McFadyen, teacher 1900-01-02

      Inverlynn was built in 1860 for William Laing. Since 1870 it has been owned by the family of George McGillivray and his descendants.

      May Irwin was a Canadian singer, songwriter, and comic performer who enjoyed popularity and prestige on the American stage from the late 1890s until the end of the 1910s. Key to Irwin’s popularity was her role as a “coon-shouter” and a performer of “coon songs,” deeply racist forms that emerge …

      May Irwin was a Canadian singer, songwriter, and comic performer who enjoyed popularity and prestige on the American stage from the late 1890s until the end of the 1910s. Key to Irwin’s popularity was her role as a “coon-shouter” and a performer of “coon songs,” deeply racist forms that emerge …

      Photograph by Newton Williams, Artist and Photographer, North Bay and Huntsville. Helen Robina Foote was the daughter of Dr. Henry Solomon Foote (1840-1884) and Harriet Eliza Clarke (dates unknown). Because Eliza died when Helen was very young and her father was away in Texas, she was raised in Whitby by …

      Mount Elgin Institute, circa 1909. By the late 1800s, with enrollment at 86 students, overcrowding had become a major problem and the original school building (seen here behind the new four-storey residence) was in poor shape. In 1896, the Department of Indian Affairs, with funds appropriated from band accounts, constructed …

      Alisimon's birth date is shown as either April 1816 or an unknown month and date in 1817. Some of the descriptive information in this record is taken from the linked website: http://www.leighlarson.com/james_gilby_jr.htm The Census reports show differing information on the ages of Emily and Emma, the ages of family members, …

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