Résultats

      The following comment accompanies the photo in the presentation: “We used to swim in a creek near Whiteside’s farm where there had been a flour mill. An old elm tree had exposed roots to hang on with, while kicking with the feet until finally for a few feet we would …

      Video was filmed at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto by Dr. George C.R. Hall in the 1920s. A copy of this video was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      A photograph of the midway at the Canadian National Exhibition taken by Dr. George Wesley Hall. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      A photograph of the midway at the Canadian National Exhibition taken by Dr. George Wesley Hall in 1909. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      This photograph of the grandstands was taken by Dr. George Wesley Hall at the Canadian National Exhibition in 1909. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      Dr. George Wesley Hall took this photograph of the Troop Parade at the Canadian National Exhibition in 1909. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      Photograph of tractors taken at the Canadian National Exhibition in 1917. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      This photograph of a tractor was taken at the Canadian National Exhibition in 1917. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      This photograph was taken by Dr. George Wesley Hall at the Canadian National Exhibition Airshow in the early 1920s. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      This photograph was taken by Dr. George Wesley Hall at the Canadian National Exhibition in the early 1920s. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      This photograph was taken by Dr. George Wesley Hall at the Canadian National Exhibition Airshow in the early 1920s. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      This photograph was taken by Dr. George Wesley Hall at the Canadian National Exhibition Airshow in the early 1920s. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      This photograph was taken by Dr. George Wesley Hall at the Canadian National Exhibition Airshow in the early 1920s. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      The following comment accompanies the photo in the presentation: “I believe the first moving picture I saw was Charles Chaplin in One A.M. While my parents were shopping in Toronto at Eaton’s, I would sometimes go across Yonge St. to The Red Mill theatre and spend an hour watching motion …

      This is a photograph of Dr. George C.R. Hall, taken in 1916 or 1917, accompanied by two friends. Names were not provided for the friends. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      During the summer months George C.R. Hall worked at his uncle’s 200-acre farm, located four miles away. He rode his bicycle back and forth daily, starting at seven A.M. and finishing by six P.M. or later. “All the grain on a 200-acre farm was pitched by me onto the wagons …

      The following comment accompanies the photo in the presentation: “This job took up much of my time for the next several weeks. Threshing would require two or three days, and this was done by the threshing gang, who operated a steam engine and used wood which had to be prepared …

      "Whether its insides and churning parts were ever washed I do not know, but we licked every part clean and ate huge amounts during the evening (a modern ice cream brick would just be a few spoonfuls in comparison). About 5 A.M. we would be up to watch the steer …

      Dr. George Wesley Hall had been practising medicine at this home since 1896.

      This photo shows George C.R. Hall as an infant. He was born September 5, 1901 at his parents' King Street South (renamed Eldon Road) home in Little Britain. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.