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 …

      In George C.R. Hall’s words, “We keep telling the world that we are our own masters in the British Commonwealth, and yet at the greatest annual show in the world we didn’t have a picture of our Prime Minister on display.”

      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.

      1915 George C.R. Hall passed the Junior High School Entrance exam. “I remember only a few details of my years at Lindsay Collegiate Institute. Outstanding are not important, but Monday after having been home and if returning by train, a Late By Train slip signed T.A.K. gave credit for full …

      This is a copy of Dr. George C.R. Hall's Junior High School Geography entrance exam from 1915. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      This is a copy of Dr. George C.R. Hall's Junior High School Entrance Exam for Writing in 1915. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      Dr. George C.R. Hall continued to care for his community. In 1967, after receiving numerous complaints from Little Britain residents regarding inadequate Post Office facilities, Dr. George C.R. Hall wrote to his M.P, and the Postmaster General and the matter was resolved. [Please read letter.]

      A reporter from the Hamilton Spectator wrote an unflattering article about Little Britain, and Dr. George C.R. Hall replied. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      The reporter replied to Dr. George C.R. Hall, “In the case of Little Britain, I obviously hit it on an extraordinarily quiet day-– hardly a soul stirring. All in all I spoke to less than half a dozen people, each of whom corroborated the other’s view that L.B. was more …