Norwell District High School - Norwell District High School

2019.42.1 - Jacket Jacket, High School Jacket, Sports

Burgundy leather Norwell District High School football jacket. The outer shell of the jacket is made of burgundy red leather and lined with a synthetic quilted fabric. There are red painted metal snap buttons down the front and on each cuff. There are multiple embroidered patches: On the front, left side chest is the team logo, a portrait of a red faced man with black hair and red, yellow and green feathers in his hair. Text above and below reads...

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2019.42.2 - Equipment, Sports Helmet

Dark red plastic football helmet. The helmet is moulded from a single piece of burgundy plastic. There is a strip of white and black tape over the top of the helmet from front to back. A white plastic and leather chin strap attaches to the helmet by four metal snaps near the bottom. The inside is lined with hard, thick white and blue foam pieces. A white plastic plate on the front with blue ink reads "BIKE". Text engraved into the back of the hel...

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2019.42.21 - Advertisement Pencil

Norwell Secondary School pencil. It is a six sided, sharpened wood and graphite pencil with a silver metal ferrule and missing pink eraser on the end. The body is painted black with text engraved and painted white "Norwell Secondary School" and "U.S.A."

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2019.6.1 - Award Plaque

Norwell District High School best summer project in agriculture plaque. Presented on a shield shaped piece of wood with straight sides, a rounded top and pointed bottom. There are multiple bronze metal plaques nailed into the front and back of the wood. On the front, there are four separate thick bronze banners with embossed text and imagery. The text reads "The Robert E. Logan Trophy, Annual Competition {both words are partially covered by anoth...

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2022.39.1 - Badge, Membership

A white felt badge of the Norwell District High School Crest dated after 1952. It is in a shield-shape with a black outline. It incorporates elements from both the Palmerston High School and Harriston High School original crests (dated before 1952). On the top centre of the shield in red lettering is "Norwell District/ High School". Below in a black is an outline of a book with a team of rowers, which symbolize teamwork (this symbol is from the o...

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2023.4.1 - Bag, School

Small red and white canvas duffle bag used for school gym clothes. The bag has a rectangular base with a rounded top and sides. It is covered in a red canvas material. There is a silver zipper that goes along the top. Each seam is piped with white plastic, as well as along the zipper. There are curved short, white plastic covered handles on either side at the top of the bag. There are three round metal feet on the bottom, one is missing. The insi...

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2023.4.2 - Uniform Uniform, Sports

Plain red linen romper, gym uniform. It is short sleeve with a turned over collar, button down front closure with four translucent white buttons, as well as a pocket on the front proper left chest. The bottom of each leg is cinched with elastic and there is a belt sewn to either side at the waist. Embroidered on the back between the shoulders in white thread "Joanne M."

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2023.4.3 - Beanie Cap

Wool felt circular beanie. The beanie is made up of four separate individual, triangular, wool felt panels sewn together. Each panel is a different color, one red, one black, one plain white, and one white with black text and images printed on the front. It is an image of the school crest with text inside that reads "Norwell District Secondary School" and text in a banner along the bottom that reads "Qui Se Vincit Fortiter Stat" {Latin for "He wh...

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2023.4.4 - Ribbon, Commemorative

Three individual strands of satin ribbon, of various lengths attached together as one. There is a plain black and plain red ribbon, as well as a white iridescent one with red text that reads "Norwell Dist. S.S."

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2023.4.5 - Ribbon, Commemorative

Three individual strands of satin ribbon, of various lengths attached together as one. There is a plain red ribbon, plain iridescent white and black ribbon with silver text that reads "Norwell".

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2023.4.6 - Ring, Class

Silver metal class ring with enamelled front. The ring is plain with cut outs on either side of the attached shield shaped face. The face has an orange enamel background with silver text and images. It is the crest of the high school. The text reads "Norwell District HS". There are no other markings or engravings.

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A2004.74 - Arthur, Drayton, Elora, Fergus, and Palmerston negatives, ca.1960.

1960 CIRCA

Record Type: Archive