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Metadata
Accession # |
A2016.70 |
Title |
Wellington County documents and postcards, 1895-ca.1980. |
Date |
1895-ca. 1980 |
Description |
Wellington County documents and postcards, 1895-ca.1980. File 1: Autograph book pages, 1895. [ MU 1304 ] 27 birch bark sheets, each approximately 9 x 14 cm, inscribed with signatures, poems, and verses by campers at Hiawatha Camp, Birchdale [Farm?], Puslinch Lake, 03 August 1895. Includes inscriptions by: - Jennie E. Anderson and Maggie Anderson, both of Hespeler, Ontario. - Hattie Bradley of Hespeler. - Bert Cober, "Big Pig Isl[and]." - David Eagle of Hespeler. - Miss A. Elmer. - Mabel Ewing of Puslinch, Ontario. - Mary Graeb of Hespeler. - Miss Ethel Hartley of Brantford, Ontario. - Annie Jardine, and Nellie Jardine of Hespeler. - Alice M. Limpert, and Luella Limpert, both of Hespeler, Ontario. - E.Y. Palmer and Mr. and Mrs. James Palmer, all of Guelph, Ontario. - Alex Parks: "breakfast time cook boss". - Gussie Pringle of Hespeler. - Emma Richardson of Hespeler. - Edward "Ed" Rife, and Jennie Rife of Hespeler. - Alice M. Roos of St. George, Ontario. Most of these people were born in Ontario in the 1880s. File 2: Programme, ca. 1890. [ MU 1304 ] - item 1: Birchbark card with a programme that included music performances, possibly from Hiawatha Camp at Puslinch Lake, ca. 1890. People listed on the programme include Miss Bushirt, John Doerr, David Lippert, Annie Goetz, Austin Shantz, Joe Shants, Elo Shantz, Nelson Thomson, Fin Weaver, and Irvin Woelfle; inscribed on reverse, "Mrs. Becker"; affixed with yellow ribbon. Most of those people was born in Ontario around 1878. Found with items in File 1. File 3: Postcards, ca. 1925-1980. [ STACKS ] Numbers inscribed in pencil on reverse indicate value of each ascribed by the person from whom the donor purchased them. - ph 47137: Sepia-toned streetscape looking north on Tower Street from Queen Street, Fergus, ca. 1925. Stone building at northwest corner of Tower at Queen Street at left. Also visible is small stone building at north end of Tower Street bridge, Melville Church, hotel building on St. Andrew Street at Tower Street, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church at top of hill, and Fergus Post Office clock tower. Boy on bicycle cycling east on Queen Street. Two young girls beside Tower Street bridge at right. Vehicles on Tower Street in distance. Photographer unknown. Unused. - ph 47138: Colour streetscape identified on reverse as "Main Street, the business district of Mount Forest, Ontario", ca. 1975. Signs on buildings lining street include Padfield Realty, Carpet Country, Moran IDA Pharmacy, Roxy Theatre, and Rudi's. Mount Forest Post Office clock tower visible at right. Colourful banners are stretched across the street; parked cars line both sides of the road. Photograph by Barry Schneider, number 64807-D; published by Schneider Enterprises & Gifts Ltd. of Woodstock, Ontario; unused. - ph 47139: Colour streetscape identified on reverse as "Elora Street, Harriston, Ontario, The main street of Harriston, and highway No. 9", ca. 1978; signs include those for H.W. Antiques, [Dave Thompson?] Real Estate Insurance, Home Hardware, and restaurants, including one specializing in "Ribs 'n Chicken". Cars parked on side fo the street and at stoplight. Photo by Barry Schneider, number 56422-D; published by Schneider Enterprises & Gifts Ltd. of Woodstock, Ontario; unused. - ph 47140: Colour aerial view looking west, of the Elora Gorge Conservation Area in Pilkington Township, ca. 1980; the area is run by the Grand River Conservation Authority; includes pond near main entrance, roadways around pond, pavilion, beach with bathers, and parked cars. Campsites visible at top right. Mutrie family farm visible upper left. Described on reverse as "Elora Gorge / Conservation Provincial [sic] Park / A 300 acre park with unlimited recreational activities...golden sands circle a 2 1/2 acre lake for swimming". Photo by Fred A. Curylo; Traveltime product distributed by Kitchener News Company Limited; unused. - ph 47141: Colour postcard titled "Elora Gorge & Quarry" with a view at left of people seated atop a cliff along the Grand River or Irvine River, and at right, of swimmers diving and jumping off of the Elora Quarry cliff top, ca. 1980. Photo by Fred A. Curylo; Traveltime product distributed by Kitchener News Company Limited; unused. Imprinted paragraph on reverse describing the Elora Gorge and Elora Quarry. - ph 47142: Colour postcard of the view looking southwest downstream, past children and dog crossing the Irvine River, towards the Washington Street bridge in Salem, Ontario, ca. 1980. Imprinted on reverse, "Salem-Elora, Ontario / Stevrod Falls / One mile north of Elora is Stevrod Falls, a favourite recreation area on the Ervin [sic] River bordered by unusual rock formations and lush greenery"; photo by Fred A. Curylo; Traveltime product distributed by Kitchener News Company Limited; unused. - ph 47143: Colour postcard of view looking east, up the Irvine River, from atop the Washington Street bridge in Salem, Ontario, ca. 1980; children, adults, and dog are wading through the shallow water of the river; imprinted on reverse, "Stevrod Falls / Salem-Elora, Ontario / The gentle tumbling waters of the picturesque Ervin [sic] River at 'Stevrod Falls' is a favourite swimming and picnic area, located one mile north of Elora on the main road"; photo by Fred A. Curylo; Traveltime product distributed by Kitchener News Company Limited; unused. File 4: Greeting cards, ca. 1980. [ MU 1304 ] Blank cards with illustration printed in brown on cream-coloured paper; each imprinted on reverse of each, "From an original drawing by Dorothy Clark McClure / Copyright, The Red House Studio, Aurora, Ont." - item 1: Greeting card with illustration by Dorothy Clark McClure, entitled "Hortops Mill (c.1830) Rockwood, Ontario"; it depicts a person working at a mill; signature and 1971 date imprinted lower right; imprinted on reverse, "This magnificent old mill built to last by Scottish stonemason in 1830 is still operational some 150 years later. Of particular interest is the causeway over the mill race cut deep into the gorge." - item 2: Greeting card with illustration by Dorothy Cark McClure, entitled "Drimmies Mill Hotel and Inn, The Tooth of Time, Grand R., Elora Gorge, Ontario" showing the view looking north across the Grand River towards the Elora Mill Inn and stables; signature and 1975 date imprinted on image lower left; imprinted on reverse, "Built by Scottish Stonemasons in 1866, this fantastic 5-storey mill has recently been renovated and restored by its new owners to create an impressive and beautiful hotel and dining complex. Originally owned by J.M. Fraser the mill was eventually operated by the N. Drimmie family. Then, as today, it influenced the economic prosperity of the town for many years." |
Creator \ Maker |
Unknown |
Creator \ Maker |
Curylo, Fred A. Kitchener News Company McClure, Dorothy Clark Schneider Enterprises and Gifts Limited Schneider, Barry Traveltime |
Item Name |
Autograph Book Greeting Card Postcard Program |
Person \ Organization |
Anderson, Jennie Anderson, Margaret Becker Bradley, Hattie Bushirt Carpet Country Cober, Bert Doerr, John Drimmie's Feed Mill Drimmie, Norman Eagle, David Elmer, A. Elora Gorge Conservation Area Elora Mill Inn Elora Quarry Ewing, Mabel Fergus Post Office Fraser, J. M. Fraser, James M. Goetz, Annie Graeb, Mary Grand River Conservation Authority H. W. Antiques Hartley, Ethel Hiawatha Camp Home Hardware Hortop Flour Mill Hortop's Mill I. D. A. Pharmacy Jardine, Annie Jardine, Nellie Limpert, Alice Limpert, Luella Lippert, David Melville United Church Moran Pharmacy Mount Forest Post Office Mutrie Padfield Realty Palmer, E. Palmer, James Palmer, James (Mrs.) Parks, Alex Pringle, Gussie Real Estate Red House Studio, The Restaurant Richardson, Emma Rife, Edward Rife, Jennie Roos, Alice Roxy Theatre Rudi's Shantz, Austin Shantz, Elo Shantz, Joseph St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Thompson, David Thomson, Nelson Weaver, Findlay Woelfle, Irvin |
Place |
Aurora Birchdale Brantford Elora Elora Gorge Elora Street Eramosa Twp. Fergus Grand River Guelph Harriston Hespeler Highway 9 Irvine River Main Street Mount Forest Ontario Pilkington Twp. Puslinch Lake Puslinch Twp. Queen Street Rockwood Salem St. Andrew Street St. George Stevrod Falls Tooth Of Time Tower Street Washington Street Wellington County |
Subject |
Aerial View Animals Architecture Bridge Children Hotel Landscape Music Poetry Post Office Quarry Streetscape Swimming Transportation |
Photo, Map # |
ph 47137 ph 47138 ph 47139 ph 47140 ph 47141 ph 47142 ph 47143 |
Year Range from |
1895 |
Year Range to |
1985 |
Accession # |
A2016.70 |
Containers |
MU 1304 STACKS |