Résultats

      Dr. George C.R. Hall’s snow car, was a 1925 Ford truck with skis on the front and wheels covered with chains on the back. This allowed the doctor to travel over the snow drifts. Dr. Hall promised his wife the snow car would never tip over but it did, with …

      Throughout this decade Dr. George C.R. Hall continued to give to his community by serving as the Medical Health Officer (from 1936 to 1970) and as the trustee and chairman of the Little Britain School.

      The snow car did have a heater. During the summer months the snow car was converted back to a regular Ford truck. During the winter, Dr. George C.R. Hall made his house calls in the snow car, which was a prototype to the snowmobile. Before the snow car, both father …

      The trip took four hours.

      The video shows Dr. George C.R. Hall's wife (Doris Marie Knight) at the beginning. Dr. George C.R. is pictured throughout, and the women at the end are his mother and grandmother in the 1920s. A copy of this video was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on …

      Dr. George Wesley Hall was interested in science (mechanical engineering) and this lead to an interest in the automobile. ”My father had an automobile around 1902, with the engine under the seat, and it was cranked from the side of the car (see picture). It was driven by a chain …

      This photograph is Dr. George Wesley Hall driving his 1902 car. Other people in the photo were not identified. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      ”The next car my father had was a Locomobile and it had the gear shift under the steering wheel.“ George C.R. Hall's words.

      Dr. George C.R. Hall sitting in the family 1910 Locomobile in front of the family home. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      "Driving the car stopped near the end of October, when it was jacked up and stored in the barn until May." George C.R. Hall's words.

      This photograph shows Dr. George C.R. Hall sitting in a car in 1918.

      Picture of Dr. George Wesley Hall inspecting the road near Barrie, Ontario in 1917. Though the ‘road’ was in bad shape, the Hall family arrived in Barrie to watch the air show.

      This photograph shows Dr. Hall's car in the 1920s. Driver is not identified. A digital copy of this photograph was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      This photo shows Dr. George Wesley Hall's 1935 nine seater Buick. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      Photograph of a car driving in winter. Snow tires did not exist in the 1940s, so chains were used on the tires. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      Dr. George C.R. Hall as the Grand Master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in 1938. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      In the 1930s, Dr. & Mrs. George C.R. Hall’s two other children, Warner and Patricia, were born. Picture of Mrs. George C.R. Hall and her two children, Warner and Patricia.

      Dr. & Mrs. George C.R. Hall’s three children in 1937. Picture: Left to right; Terence, Patricia, & Warner Hall.

      Photograph of Dr. George C.R. Hall taken in 1923 at Hamilton General Hospital during his internship. The woman in the photograph is not identified. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      George C.R. Hall entered first year medicine at University of Toronto in 1918. This class was unique in that it was a mixture of WWI veterans and high school graduates. It also had the largest enrolment on record.