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 Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 21 Jul 1868, p. 3     Portrait of Halton Volunteers with studio backdrop of Niagara Falls. Captain James Young (Back, centre, holding sword) of Georgetown is the commanding officer. They were patrolling the Welland Canal against Fenian Raids.

      A tin-type image of an unnamed woman; possibly the same woman as image P10 262.

      "A tintype, also known as a melainotype or ferrotype, is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of metal coated with a dark lacquer or enamel." Tintypes enjoyed their widest use during the 1860s and 1870s. (Wikipedia)

      "A tintype, also known as a melainotype or ferrotype, is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of metal coated with a dark lacquer or enamel." Tintypes enjoyed their widest use during the 1860s and 1870s. (Wikipedia)

      "A tintype, also known as a melainotype or ferrotype, is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of metal coated with a dark lacquer or enamel." Tintypes enjoyed their widest use during the 1860s and 1870s. (Wikipedia)

      "A tintype, also known as a melainotype or ferrotype, is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of metal coated with a dark lacquer or enamel." Tintypes enjoyed their widest use during the 1860s and 1870s. (Wikipedia)

      "A tintype, also known as a melainotype or ferrotype, is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of metal coated with a dark lacquer or enamel." Tintypes enjoyed their widest use during the 1860s and 1870s. (Wikipedia)

      "A tintype, also known as a melainotype or ferrotype, is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of metal coated with a dark lacquer or enamel." Tintypes enjoyed their widest use during the 1860s and 1870s. (Wikipedia)

      "A tintype, also known as a melainotype or ferrotype, is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of metal coated with a dark lacquer or enamel." Tintypes enjoyed their widest use during the 1860s and 1870s. (Wikipedia)

      Because this is a tintype, the image is reversed from real life. This is why the text on the store sign is backwards.

      Because this is a tintype, the image is reversed from real life.

      "A tintype, also known as a melainotype or ferrotype, is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of metal coated with a dark lacquer or enamel." Tintypes enjoyed their widest use during the 1860s and 1870s. (Wikipedia)

      George Cameron was born at Picton on 12 February 1839 and came to Whitby about 1846 when his father, Alexander Cameron, was appointed Chief Constable. George trained as a shoemaker and for 40 years taught ballroom dancing at schools in Whitby, Oshawa, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Prince Albert, and Picton. He was …

      "Cobourg & Peterborough Railway Company. Harwood Station, 20 November 1860. Received from Mr. Henry Fowlds in apparent good order, to be delivered at Cobourg subject to the Regulations established by Tariff. 220 bags flour and forwarded to Alex Pratt, Cobourg."...

      Ira A. Ferguson & Sabrina Edmonds December 30th 1869 Northumberland Co, Murray Twp. Witnessed by Phebe Edmonds & John Abernathy, Minister W. E. Norman – Methodist Episcopal

      This land deed between Neville Smith, his wife Martha Smith, and James Hitchcox, all of the town of Paris, transfers a portion of land in exchange for $875. The land is approximately 3/4 of an acre in lots 1, 2, and 3 on the south side of William Street.

      This 1865 land deed transfers a lot in Paris between Hiram Capron and Daniel O'Neail. The 18 acre lot comprises part of the northern section of lot 32 in the first concession of the Township of South Dumfries; in return, Capron received $1400.

      This 1864 crown land document grants a plot of land in Burford to Edward Harbin of Paris, in return for $650. The plot is described as being the west half of lot 17 in the second concession.

      Most of the writing on these pages is in the same pen and may have been done at once; the latest date with this pen is 1860. Some later entries, which go as late as 1864, have been written using a different instrument and may have been later updates to …

      Description: This short memorandum contains a brief timeline of Hiram Capron’s life to the time it was written. Capron was then 64 years old. He notes several setbacks in his affairs, and that his current financial situation is poor. It is written on the back of an insurance slip belonging …