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      Sailing ships were hauled in and out by steam tugs, but steamships came right up to the east side of East Pier.The Cobourg Harbour Co. was incorporated and began operating in about 1830, starting with this pier. This first pier began near the entrance to the present trailer park, extended …

      Enlarged reproduction of actual photograph

      Enlarged reproduction of original photograph

      Library has both mounted original and englarged reproduction

      Enlarged reproduction of original photograph

      Enlarged reproduction of original

      There was a great rivalry between the two fire companies and it was often suggested that the fire fighters may have set fires to try out each other's efficiency. Enlarged reproduction of original.

      This photograph was taken in front of Victoria Hall. The Parade Machine had no practical application but made a great show with pumpers, hose and hook-and-ladder.

      These gentlemen were Cobourg Firefighters who perished in the 1878 Windsor Hotel Fire on the north east corner of Swayne and Division Streets, Cobourg. Originally six fire fighters were trapped : the above-mentioned along with Walter Grieve, F. W. Beebe and G. W. Alexander, all of Cobourg. As this was …

      Victoria College, which began as the Upper Canda Academy officially opened in 1836. It became a degree-granting institution in 1842 with Egerton Ryerson as its first principal. The College granted degrees in Arts, Science, Law, Medicine and Divinity. Faraday Hall was added to the College in 1878. Victoria College still …

      This splendid residence was built in 1878 by Robert Mulholland, a wealthy merchant. The Mulhollands later moved to Port Hope. It is the best example of the Italianate style in Cobourg. It was later owned by first the Hoppers and then the Blacks around the turn of the century. William …

      Albion Cottage was built in the 1820s by John Vance Boswell, brother of Judge George Boswell. In 1867, Boswell sold the house to Colonel Chambliss, an American who had moved to Cobourg that year to become Manager of the Cobourg-Marmora Railway and Mining Company. The house was destroyed by a …

      James Crossen settled in Cobourg in 1852. He was first engaged in the foundry business and in 1870 began to manufacture railway cars. His business soon grew to be the finest in Canada and Cobourg's largest industry employing over 600 persons. The Crossen Car Works had the honour of building …

      In 1856, Ebenezer Perry sold this corner property to the Bank of Montreal who then built this building around 1860. In 1881, it was conveyed to W. D. Burn who sold it to the Crown in December 1882 and it became the Cobourg Post Office. In 1889, after the addition …

      S. Douglas Cornell belonged to the eighth generation of Cornells in Americas. Douglas came to Buffalo with his father and graduated from Hobart in 1860. There he excelled in oratory and dramatics, talents he exercised later as stage manager of the Buffalo Amateurs. After graduation he began an active business …

      Centre figure possibly D'Arcy Boulton.

      This photograph is from a silk original in the possession of the family of Senator and Mrs. William Kerr who were present when the Earl and Countess of Dufferin visited.

      Black and white photograph of Rev. John James Hare and his brothers. This picture was likely taken while Rev. Hare (1847-1922) was attending Victoria College at Cobourg. He would become the principal of the Ontario Ladies' College in Whitby from 1874-1915. Left to Right: John James Hare, Robert Hare, William …

      Volunteer fire brigades long played an important part in social life. Shown here in front of Victoria Hall, the Parade Machine had no practical application but made a great show with pumpers, hose and hook-and-ladder

      Edith Kerr married Donald Macdonald. Charles Kerr was the son of Senator Kerr. His daughter Grace eventually resided in the Golden Plough. Enid Donly was the mother of Mrs. Grigg of Cobourg, from whom this photograph came from.