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The fonds consists of a family bible, belonging to George Bates and published in 1857. The bible includes a list of deaths and baptisms, including George and his wife Elizabeth, as well as their children.
Bates, GeorgeBeardmore Tannery. Owen Masales talks about his 47 years at the tannery. EHS meeting. Audio Cassette May 09, 1990
Esquesing Historical Society
Item is a ceramic bed warmer or foot warmer. Originally, bed warmers used hot coals from a fire to warm the bed before use. This example, however, could stay in the bed as the user slept and would be filled with hot water.
The warmer is designed to replicate a small Gladstone bag and features faux stitching patterns along the seams. The original handle has been replaced with a leather tie, but the item still has the original wooden stopper.
Bourne DenbyItem is a Bell Telephone Company of Canada telephone book for Port Hope, issued June 1945
Item is one (1) Bell Telephone Company of Canada telephone book, issued June 1945. It includes Baltimore, Bowmanville, Brighton, Castleton, Clarke, Cobourg, Colborne, Coldsprings, Fenella, Garden Hill, Grafton, Harwood, Orland, Orono, Oshawa, Port Hope, Port Perry, and Whitby.
Bell Telephone Company of CanadaThe fonds consist of various materials related to the career of Betty McArthur including reproductions of her pen and ink sketches of scenes of Woodstock and photographs taken by her of Woodstock homes as well as photos of herself painting. In addition, the fond includes several miscellaneous items including copyright for her book “Fine Lines Around Woodstock”, a programme of a 1996 Show at the Woodstock Art Gallery of her work, and newspaper articles.
McArthur, Betty
Item is one tin fire extinguisher. It was filled with sodium bicarbonate which would be thrown onto the base of a fire to smother it.
Item is a birth announcement, with original envelope, for Ruth Mallory Wilson in 1902.
"Mr. and Mrs. F.W. Wilson announce the birth of their daughter, Ruth Mallory Wilson, on Monday, September the twenty-second, Nineteen Hundred and Two. 107 Walton Street, Port Hope, Ontario.
Item is an anniversary issue of the "Blue and White" yearbook from Port Hope High School. It includes school crest history, lists of principals, board representatives, student involvement, school song and other information related to the Port Hope High School.
Port Hope High SchoolThe fonds consists of records related to the Bodwell family of Dereham Township, Oxford County. It is arranged into the following series and subseries:
Series 1: Land Records
Series 2: Correspondence
Series 3: Photographs
Series 4: Newsletters
Series 5: Military
Series 6: Family histories
Series 7: Dereham Township
Series 8: Receipts
Bookbinding and Restoration – Keith Felton, Georgetown shares his knowledge about binding, repairing and restoring books. His latest project, binding a 30 lb. book is highlighted. EHS meeting. Audio Cassette. March 13, 2002
Esquesing Historical Society
Item contains one crochet boudoir cap, or sleeping cap. The pink thread is crocheted in a small net pattern with a scalloped edge. Boudoir caps became popular in the 19th century as a sort of hairnet to protect the user’s hairstyle as they slept. By the early 1900s, caps like this lace example became popular for their femininity.
Item contains one boudoir cap, or sleeping cap. It features crocheted ecru lace and a pink, silk panel. Boudoir caps became popular in the 19th century as a sort of hairnet to protect the user’s hairstyle as they slept. By the early 1900s, caps like this silk and lace example became popular for their femininity.
Item is a declaration of boundary lines of Lot 27 Concession 6 in Hope Township.
The fonds consists of following series and relate to history of the Oxford North Women’s Institute:
Series 1: Minutes (1907-2006)
Series 2: Tweedsmuir Scrapbooks (1910-2021)
Series 3: Programmes (1910-2018)
Series 4: Photographs ([before 1920], 2015)
Contents: one undated photograph showing a Breithaupt Leather Co. truck in front of the Shipping Dept. at the tannery, which was located in Kitchener, Ont. Photograph by Denton.
Contents : consists of one group photograph of a construction crew, purportedly for Bridgeport School. They are posed with a sign: "John V. Gray Construction Co. Ltd, General Contractors, head office Toronto ...."
The fonds consists of records related to the day-to-day activities of the Brooksdale Presbyterian Congregation and St. Andrews United Church, Brooksdale between the years 1872 and 1997 and are arranged into the following Series:
Series 1: Minutes
Series 2: financial
Series 3: Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Subseries A: Minutes
Subseries B: Financial
Series 4: Ladies Aid
Series 5: Choir
Series 6: Sunday School
Series 7: Honour Rolls
The fonds consists of records related to the history and development of the Brookdale Women’s Institute. Additionally, the fonds contains information and records pertaining to the communities in Southern Oxford County.
It is arranged into the following series and subseries:
Series 1: Brooksdale Tweedsmuir Volumes 1-5 (1820-2011)
Series 2: Women’s Institute Miscellaneous (1909, 1918, 1920, 1923-2017)
Series 3: Scrapbooks (1984-2000)
Series 4: Tweedsmuir History (2001-2017)
Series 5: Brooksdale Minute Books (1922-2018)
Brooksdale Women's Institute, Oxford District, Southern AreaItem is one panorama photograph created by the Alexandra Studios of Toronto showing the delegates to the 3rd triennial convention of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen in Toronto, May 1922.
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Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen