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      This 1923 pamphlet was created in order to attract workers to Paris in order to work for the Penmans Limited knitting mill. At this time, Penmans advertised and recruited widely in order to attract workers, primarily, women, from Canada and from Great Britain, whom they would bring to Paris in …

      This is the Eighth Annual Report of the Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. The original document was provided by the South Dumfries Historical Society.

      This cookbook entitled "Selected and tried recipes" was compiled by the Middleport Women's Institute in 1923. The original book was provided by Ruth Doherty during a Scan & Share Day event held at the Onondaga Hall on January 14, 2012.

      Three street car operators standing by a street railroad car. Left to right; Gordon "Curley" Daniels, Harry Lipsky, Gordon "Shortie" Underwood. Front of the car says "Waterloo"; note the "cow catcher" on the front.

      Wilfrid Laurier University is located in Waterloo, Ontario. It began in 1911 as the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada. In 1924 Waterloo College was established, providing courses in post-secondary education. In 1960 Waterloo College became Waterloo Lutheran University, and in 1973 changed its name to Wilfrid Laurier University.

      Graydon M. Goodfellow was born at Toronto on January 9, 1891 and learned the printing trade from his father who moved to Whitby in 1903 to start the Whitby Keystone, a local newspaper. In 1909 Graydon Goodfellow entered McMaster University at Hamilton and after his graduation in 1913, he became …

      St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church was built in 1859 at 508 Byron Street South. It served as a Presbyterian church until 1968.

      Florence Helena McGillivray was born at Burnside Farm, 3rd Concession, Whitby Township, on March 1, 1864. In 1870 her family moved to "Inverlynn" house in Whitby. Miss McGillivray won two first prizes at the Bowmanville fair for water-color painting in 1881. She studied art at the Central Ontario School of …

      The two nurses' residences shown in this photograph were officially opened by Mrs. W.J. Hanna on August 15, 1923. They were called the "Lena Davis Home" and the "Naomi Barker Home" after nurses who died during the First World War. These buildings served as nurses' residences until a new residence …

      To deal with unsatisfactory health conditions in the town, sixty women from various churches established the Hospital Auxiliary in 1907 to raise funds for the building of a hospital. Originally built and opened in 1910, it housed a Nursing School until the program merged with Durham College in the 1970s. …

      The barn was built in 1919 and destroyed by fire on November 4, 1976.

      A black and white photograph of the farm buildings at Ontario Hospital Whitby.

      A black and white photograph of the dairy barn at Ontario Hospital Whitby. This photo looks south from Victoria Street.

      A black and white photograph of the pig houses at Ontario Hospital Whitby.

      A black and white photograph of farm road looking north.

      A black and white photograph of the Power House at Ontario Hospital Whitby.

      This photograph was taken from the second floor of the Whitby House Hotel. Whitby House Hotel was located at 207 Dundas Street West.

      Whitby House Hotel was located at 207 Dundas Street West on the south side of Dundas Street (Highway 2) between Byron and Centre Streets. It was built in 1880 by Joseph Bandel and was operated by the Bandel family until 1948. This picture shows the building prior to renovations made …

      This a proof for a post card with some retouching on the sign on Allin’s Drugstore at far right. A photograph of the printed post card of this proof, issued in 1924, is in the Archives collection under local identifier no. 01-000-101.

      The printed version of this proof was issued in 1924. (Local Identifier No. 01-000-102)