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      The station was on the south side of the track. It was built in 1913 and closed in 1971 being demolished in 1977.

      Cedarmere was on the lake shore at the foot of Love Lane (now Ontario Street). It was originally built by Arthur McBean, and later occupied by the Castle family. Mrs. Castle was a sister of the Hon. James Cockburn. James Crowther, whose wife was the Castle's daughter, turned the home …

      Margaret Louise, daughter of William and Mary Louise Gray, was born on 22 March 1907 and died on 25 December 1984. She is buried in Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Ontario. According to Vernon's Town of Galt directories, Margaret's father, William Gray, resided at 170 Main Street East, Galt, Ontario between …

      A photograph of an original postcard. This view appears to be a model, along with another postcard of Highway # 2, for Paul Duff's painting for the back cover of Burlington: The Growing Years, published by the Burlington Historical Society in 1992.

      (Condition: Fair.)

      Looking east on Main St. (King St. Reg. Rd. 81) Several buggies are parked on the left and several automobiles are on the right. The tracks and overhead wires of the Hamilton, Grimsby & Beamsville Electric Railway (HG&B)can been seen just right of centre. A fire hydrant can be seen …

      The bicycle track was laid out in 1892. The covered grandstand was built by Alois Bauer in 1894 and accomodated spectators for local sports events, bicycle and motorcycle and dog races. The grandstand was sold to the city in 1920 by the Waterloo Grandstand Company. It was demolished in 1953.

      Licence plate is dated 1915.

      This picture shows Ashburn Road looking north into the village. The brick building at center is the Wilson House Hotel on the north-east corner of Ashburn Road and the 9th Concession of Whitby Township. Wagon wheels can be seen outside some of the stores. The trees in this photograph have …

      A black and white photograph of the store and a shed on the east side of Highway 12, north of the Canadian Pacific Railway (C.P.R.) tracks.

      See reverse for correspondence and postage stamp. Postmarked 1915.

      The houses in this photograh from left to right were owned by Dr. James Moore, Uriah Jones, Bill Blight.Whitby’s house numbering system was provided by Rev. Dr. James Roy Van Wyck (1877-1941), a retired Presbyterian minister. Van Wyck provided this service to the town, free of charge, during the Great …

      A black and white photographic post card of Brock Street looking north from Colborne Street.

      Colourized postcard view of Queen Street looking west from Church Street down the main street towards Wellington/Water Streets.

      This library was created through a Carnegie grant and was known as a Carnegie Library. Construction for the Carnegie Library began in early 1913 and the building was opened in 1914 at the north east corner of Dundas and Byron Streets. The building housed approximately 5,000 books and served as …

      Postcard is postmarked from Stratford, Ont., on 8 November 1915.

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      Condition: Good. Some staining and creasing, but image is clear.

      Cedarmere was on the lake shore at the foot of Love Lane (now Ontario Street). It was originally built by Arthur McBean, and later occupied by the Castle family. Mrs. Castle was a sister of the Hon. James Cockburn. James Crowther, whose wife was the Castle's daughter, turned the home …

      Colonel William Chambliss, son-in-law of George Shoenberger, one of the wealthiest families in Pennsylvania, had moved to Cobourg in 1867 and saw the advantage of having a first class hotel for the American upper class to use as a summer retreat offering the luxuries they were used to. Along with …