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 …

      The original photograph is a glass slide.

      “My dad could remove the overhead valves, grind them and set them up all before breakfast.” George C.R. Hall's words.

      Photograph of Dr. George Wesley Hall parked on Spadina Avenue after a 4.5 hour road trip from Little Britain to Toronto in 1920. Others in photograph are not identified. A digital copy of this photograph was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      Dr. George Wesley Hall raised concern with the Minister of War regarding inadequate medical care to the Canadian soldiers during World War I. This letter is a reply from the Minister dated 1915.

      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.”

 The Telegram (Toronto), 1951     An article about Little Britain published in the Toronto Telegram in 1951. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

 The Telegram (Toronto), 1951     An article about Little Britain published in the Toronto Telegram in 1951. 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 …

      Dr. George C.R. Hall had an interest in automobiles throughout his life. When he was 15 years old he rebuilt his dad’s old car using a box as a seat. A driver’s license was not necessary, and the car only traveled a few miles-- usually to a swimming hole at …

      Dr. George Wesley Hall had a passion for the airplane.

      Dr. George Wesley Hall’s passion for the airplane led him to fly as a passenger in Bishop Barker’s float plane. Picture taken in the early 1920s.

      Picture of Dr. George Wesley Hall, as a passenger in Bishop Barker’s float plane in the 1920s. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      Photography was also a hobby of Dr. George Wesley Hall. Today there are 1000s of pictures from the Dr. George Wesley era. Many of these pictures are on glass slides. The fact that he had x-ray equipment helped in developing the pictures.

      Dr. and Mrs. George Wesley Hall enjoyed travelling. They travelled extensively to Europe in 1927, and throughout Canada and the U.S.

      Photograph pictures Dr. George Wesley Hall preparing for a road trip. Others in photograph are not identified. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      Photograph of Eldon Road taken in in the 1920s. Horse and buggy driving down the road. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      Mrs. G.W. Hall knew that the vote for women could not be won by isolated individuals. She pulled supporters together through various societies such as the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.

      Dr. George Wesley Hall belonged to many organizations that bettered his community. He was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge, which raised money for social causes. Dr. George Wesley Hall contributed to the recreation facilities of his community by purchasing shares in the Oakwood Co-Op Rink Company in 1923.

      Dr. George Wesley Hall’s medical practice was state of the art, and had radium and x-Ray before any other rural area in this county.