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Metadata
Accession # |
A2014.27.1 |
Title |
Rockwood and area histories, photograph, and postcards, 1908-2000. |
Date |
1908-2000 |
Description |
Rockwood and area histories, photograph, and postcards, 1908-2000. File 1: Local histories, 1982-2000. [MU 1203] - item 1: Book, "Rockwood" by Don Hilts and George Day, 1982; typeset by Speed River Graphics of Guelph; printed by Ampersand of Guelph; self published; signed by authors on title page; 96 pages, illustrated; written in pen on inside cover, "Bernice Bacon". - item 2: Booklet, "Historic Rockwood: a walking tour of sites of interest" by the Rockwood and Eramosa Business Association and the Rockwood Information Centre, ca. 1994; includes photographs of buildings in Rockwood with a brief historical sketch of each; approx 20 pages [unpaginated]; includes ads for local businesses. - item 3: Calendar, "Eramosa Township Historic Calendar", 2000; produced by the East Wellington Advisory Group [EWAG] Community Services; printed by Le Print Express; each month features an identified historic photograph from with brief historical caption; includes photos of Rockwood Continuation School class of 1937-1938, the Eden Mills bowstring bridge, ca. 1915, crowds at the unveiling of the Rockwood Cenotaph in 1919, people and car at the Rockwood Livery [Fred Hamilton's livery] and boarding stable ca. 1925 which was later Gellatly's Mill End store and the offices of the East Wellington Advisory Group, the Eden Mills Grist Mill in ca. 1955, George Mack and framers building a barn in Eramosa Township in 1913, churches of Rockwood in ca. 1910, S.S.2 Eramosa Township school in about 1915, Hortop's flour mill in Everton as it appeared in the mid-twentieth century, Rockwood Public School and teachers and students in the late 19th-century, the Eden Mills Presbyterian Church Choir in 1948, and the Rockwood Grist Mill converted to a house as it appeared around 1970. File 2: Photographs and postcards, 1908-ca.1915. [Stacks] - ph 42042: Postcard of the 91st Regiment Canadian Highlanders band performing at Rockwood in April 1908; includes four bag pipers and two drummers on a rudimentary stage, with spectators surrounding them; identified on back as "Kilties[?] of the 91 Hamilton / at Rockwood April show / 1908"; after the First World War, the name of this regiment, based out of Hamilton, Ontario, was changed to the Argyll and Southern Highlanders of Canada, and later to Argyll and Southern Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's). - ph 42043: Postcard showing aerial view of Rockwood houses and neighbourhoods, ca. 1910; stamped on both sides in ink, "Rockwood Views"; written on back in pencil, "A general view of Rockwood Village though about 1/3 of its buildings are not in sight...some of the farm buildings are 2 or more miles distant. river runs through the center from right to left. G.T.R. [Grand Trunk Railway] Station at upper end." - ph 42044: Postcard of the Grand Trunk Railway bridge under repair, ca. 1910; stamped on reverse, "Rockwood Views [by] T.J. McCarter"; written on reverse "G.T.R. Bridge repair". - ph 42045: Postcard of view looking over Eramosa River ponded water and cliffs towards smokestack and tower of Harris Mill in distance, ca. 1910; stamped on reverse "Rockwood Views"; written on back in pencil, " 'Old man of the Cliff' / a remarkable human head on rock to your / right. The face I was not aware of till developing the plate in came in view. rock about 60ft high". In the later half of the 20th-century this area became part of the Grand River Conservation Authority's Rockwood Conservation Area. - ph 42046: Postcard of large cliff on the north bank of Eramosa River ponded water below the Harris Mill dam, ca. 1910; stamped on reverse "Rockwood Views [by] T. J. McCarter"; written in pencil, "Pinnacle Rock / Hight 70 ft". In the later half of the 20th-century this area became part of the Grand River Conservation Authority's Rockwood Conservation Area. - ph 42047: Postcard of little girl standing in the river at Eden Mills, ca. 1910; stone wall and fence visible on shore at left; stamped on back [possibly by T. J. McCarter], "Rockwood"; written on back, "A View at Eden Mills Ont". - ph 42048: Photograph of Millicent Milroy with Iggy[?] Sigsworth and collie dog in Rockwood, ca. 1935; had been glued to a photo album at some point previous to donation, leaving dark paper from the album adhered to the reverse, partially obscuring transcription; visible on reverse is "M. Milroy [..?..] Sigsworth / in Rockwood". - ph 42049: Postcard of unidentified men in a parlour, both with sheet music, one singing and one playing the piano, ca. 1915; unused. |
Creator \ Maker |
Ampersand Press |
Creator \ Maker |
Day, George East Wellington Advisory Group [EWAG] Hilts, Donald Le Print Express McCarter, T. J. Rockwood Eramosa Business Assocation Rockwood Information Centre Speed River Graphics |
Item Name |
Book Booklet Calendar Postcard |
Person \ Organization |
91st Regiment Canadian Highlanders Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada Bacon, Bernice East Wellington Advisory Group Eden Mills Presbyterian Church Gellatly Gellatly's Mill End Store Grand River Conservation Authority Grand Trunk Railway Grist Mill Hamilton, Fred Harris Woolen Mill Harris Woollen Mill Hortop Flour Mill Mack, George McCarter, T. J. Milroy, Millicent Princess Louise Rockwood Cenotaph Rockwood Conservation Area Rockwood Continuation School Rockwood Livery Rockwood Public School Sigsworth, Iggy |
Place |
Eden Mills Eramosa River Eramosa Twp. Everton Hamilton Rockwood |
Subject |
Aerial View Agriculture Animals Architecture Bridge Cenotaph Commercial Education Environment History Landscape Military Mill Music Railroad Religion World War I |
Photo, Map # |
ph 42042 ph 42043 ph 42044 ph 42045 ph 42046 ph 42047 ph 42048 ph 42049 |
Year Range from |
1908 |
Year Range to |
2000 |
Accession # |
A2014.27.1 |
Containers |
MU 1203 STACKS |