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Collection of materials relating to the Canada Optical Company in Deseronto, Ontario, including photographs, promotional materials, newspaper and magazine articles and summary of employee benefits.

The materials were collected by Don Simpson, former general manager of the Deseronto plant.

Postcard depicting a one-legged man at the door of a woman's house. The text reads:
"KIND LADY, I HAD THE MISFORTIN TER LOOSE ME LEG-"
"WELL IT'S NO USE LOOKIN' FOR IT HERE, I AIN'T GOT IT!"

Published by Bamforth & Co., publishers of Holmfirth, England and New York, US. It was mailed on February 15th 1911 from Deseronto, Ontario, from 'Chas' to Mrs J. M. Hall of Deseronto.

"With Hearty Greetings and best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year"

Christmas card with photograph of Evelyn Hall sitting on the porch of 426 Thomas Street, Deseronto, Ontario.

“AC2 Paul Townsley, Camp Mohawk, Deseronto, Ontario. Hometown: Toronto, Ontario. Silver Birch Avenue”

Photograph of an air cadet in his flying uniform at the Royal Flying Corps camp near Deseronto.

Aerial photograph of Camp Mohawk, one of the Royal Flying Corps' pilot training camps near Deseronto, Ontario.

Aerial photograph of Napanee, Ontario, looking towards the southwest.

Aerial photograph of Camp Mohawk, one of the Royal Flying Corps' pilot training camps near Deseronto, Ontario.

Photograph of the exterior of the building used as a hospital during the First World War for airmen injured during training at Camps Rathbun and Mohawk. The house was on Main Street, Deseronto, Ontario and had formerly been the home of <a href="http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?BioId=41130&query=" rel="nofollow">Edward Wilkes Rathbun (1842-1903)</a>. A view of the rear of the house can be seen in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/deserontoarchives/4904608991/">2010.15 (6b)</a>.

First page of a letter from Adeline 'Dell' Grafton to Evelyn 'Tottie' Hall, written on October 3, 1905. The letter head has a drawing of the ship captioned "Cunard R.M.S. Caronia".

Printed Christmas card depicting a snow-covered bridge over a small river, with houses, trees and a church in the background. The picture is entitled 'Winter' and signed 'Revilo'. The card was published by Old Colony Greeting Cards in Toronto, possibly in the 1920s.

Photographs depicting aircraft and airmen of the Royal Flying Corps, principally taken in and around Camp Rathbun, the pilot training camp situated to the north of Deseronto, Ontario. The majority of individuals pictured are not identified, although the captions 'Jimmie Russell' and 'Cadet Mitchell' appear on two of the photographs.

Group photograph of Flossie Hall and her students at School Section No. 10, Mariposa, Victoria County, Ontario.

The photograph was taken on March 28, 1912. It shows six boys and ten girls, standing in front of the blackboard of the school. Above their heads is a portrait of Queen Victoria and a clock, showing that the time was 2.50pm.

Photograph showing three men in uniform standing in front of a Curtiss JN-4 aircraft painted with 'Victory Bond' insignia. The aircraft is in front of a hangar at Camp Rathbun, one of the Royal Flying Corps' pilot training camps near Deseronto, Ontario.

Photographs of Deseronto, Ontario dating from the 1970s to 2011, depicting a variety of Town events. They include a set of aerial photographs of the town from the 1980s; the interior of the former Home Hardware store in the Baker Block on Main Street; the O’Connor House on Main Street before its demolition; the 1989 100th Anniversary celebrations, photographs of Centennial Park and Rathbun Memorial Park; the opening of the Deseronto Public Library in its 358 Main Street location in 2001; the Ontario Provincial Police handover ceremony in 2001; an Easter Parade from the early 2000s; a Santa Parade; the 2002 New Year’s Levee; and the 2010 Olympic Flame run in Deseronto.

Most of the photographs appear to have been taken by Town staff. One envelope was donated to the Town by Irene Usher and contains photographs taken by her late husband, Tom.

Aerial photograph of Camp Rathbun, one of the Royal Flying Corps' pilot training camps near Deseronto, Ontario. The photograph was taken from the East side of Boundary Road, looking towards the northwest.

Photograph showing a group of men with a SPAD 13 aircraft in front of a hangar at Camp Rathbun, one of the Royal Flying Corps' training camps near Deseronto, Ontario.

Postcard drawn by F. Bluh, 1910. "This is the kind of time we had at...Deseronto". The word 'Deseronto' has been stamped onto the printed card in ink.

Programme for "Deseronto High School Commencement Exercises - Lecture- 'Germany's Reasons for War' - Prof. G. M. Wrong, Toronto University. - Naylor's Theatre, Friday Evening, Dec. 4, 1914" [text on reverse]

"PROGRAMME

Boys' Chorus - 'Heroes and Gentlement'
Lecture - Prof. G. M. Wrong, of Toronto University. Subject: 'Germany's Reasons for War'

Instrumental - 'Faust'.....R. Favarger
Miss Mary Maloney

Drill - 'The British Empire'

'God Save the King'

Chairman for the Evening - Col. E. Walter Rathbun

HIGH SCHOOL STAFF
Miss A. Windsor, B.A.
Miss M. E. Nesbitt, B.A.
Miss F. Philp

HIGH SCHOOL BOARD
Mr. W. Woodcock (chairman)
Mr. A. E. Rixen (vice chairman)
Mr. G. W. Wright
Dr. E. D. Vandervoort
Mr. R. Miller
Mr. J. L. Gaulin
Mr. A. S. Valleau
Mr. E. J. Edwards (secretary)

DEPARTMENTAL EXAMINATIONS
Lower School Normal and Model Entrance:
Julia Cronin
Guy Stratton
Verner Swan
Horace Thompson
Mary Freeman

Entrance to Normal:
Gendine Clement
Stella Contu
Nellie Kennedy
Roy Wagar
Percy Van Vlack

Junior Matriculation:
Glendine Clement
Stella Contu (without French)
George Gardiner
Clare Malley (without French and Physics)
Roy Wagar
Percy Van Vlack"