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  • Mill Street looking west
    Mill Street looking west
    Image       Looking west along Mill Street in Acton. Acton Free Press office (now Acton Mews) is on the left.
    Image     Looking west along Mill Street in Acton. Acton Free Press office (now Acton Mews) is on the left.
    Esquesing Historical Society
  • Mill Street looking east
    Mill Street looking east
    Image       Looking east on Mill Street in Acton. Willow street turns to left at centre of photo.
    Image     Looking east on Mill Street in Acton. Willow street turns to left at centre of photo.
    Esquesing Historical Society
  • Mill Street looking east
    Mill Street looking east
    Image       Mill Street looking east with Willow Street on the left.
    Image     Mill Street looking east with Willow Street on the left.
    Esquesing Historical Society
  • Glove leather tanneries
    Glove leather tanneries
    Image       View of Glove leather tanneries in Acton.
    Image     View of Glove leather tanneries in Acton.
    Esquesing Historical Society
  • Bower Avenue looking east
    Bower Avenue looking east
    Image       The post office now sits on the site.
    Image     The post office now sits on the site.
    Esquesing Historical Society
  • Beardmore Tannery
    Beardmore Tannery
    Image       Beardmore Tannery about 1918. Looking east are the newly constructed houses on Beardmore Crescent, Acton.
    Image     Beardmore Tannery about 1918. Looking east are the newly constructed houses on Beardmore Crescent, Acton.
    Esquesing Historical Society
  • Peter & Maggie McIsaac, Beatrice Sprowl c. 1922
    Peter & Maggie McIsaac, Beatrice Sprowl c. 1922
    Image       Peter and Maggie McISAAC and daughter Beatrice SPROWL (nee McISAAC) pose in a motorcycle and side-car. Note the old Ontario Licence plate number:ONT 22 5-303.
    Image     Peter and Maggie McISAAC and daughter Beatrice SPROWL (nee McISAAC) pose in a motorcycle and side-car. Note the old Ontario Licence plate number:ONT 22 5-303.
    Esquesing Historical Society
  • Postcard addressed to J.M. Alberts
    Postcard addressed to J.M. Alberts
    Image       Postcard. Purple embossed flowers with silver highlights. The front reads: "A Message from Acton". The back of the post card reads: "Mr. J.M. ALBERTS, St. Marys, Ont. Hello Jack, Rec'd your card, glad to hear from you, we are having lovely weather here, the sleighing is all gone, Eva is …
    Image     Postcard. Purple embossed flowers with silver highlights. The front reads: "A Message from Acton". The back of the post card reads: "Mr. J.M. ALBERTS, St. Marys, Ont. Hello Jack, Rec'd …
    Esquesing Historical Society
  • The Miller's House
    The Miller's House
    Image       The original is held by the Ontario Archives
    Image     The original is held by the Ontario Archives
    Esquesing Historical Society
  • A Policeman Directs Traffic on Mill Street
    A Policeman Directs Traffic on Mill Street
    Image       A policeman directs traffic at Mill and Willow streets. On the right is Gordon’s Hardware, the post office, Baxter Drugs and the Bank of Nova Scotia. On the left is the Bank of Montreal and Cooper’s Drugs.
    Image     A policeman directs traffic at Mill and Willow streets. On the right is Gordon’s Hardware, the post office, Baxter Drugs and the Bank of Nova Scotia. On the left is …
    Esquesing Historical Society
  • World War One Cenotaph
    World War One Cenotaph
    Image       Cenotaph on Mill Street showing the central pillar erected to commemorate those who died in the Great War. The drive shed for the United Church is in the background with the spire of St. Joseph’s Church behind that.
    Image     Cenotaph on Mill Street showing the central pillar erected to commemorate those who died in the Great War. The drive shed for the United Church is in the background with …
    Esquesing Historical Society
  • Lorne Rifles Recruits
    Lorne Rifles Recruits
    Image       Recruits for the Lorne Rifles beside the Drill Shed in Prospect Park. They include Colour Sergt. Harwood, Sergt. Wilfred Coles, Corp. Large, Sergt. Lee, and Privates Victor Lane, Fred Wills, James Gibb, David Douglas, A. Alego, A. Winterburn, J. Robetson, G. Green, F. Wright, John Reilly, F. Roult, J. Sahli, …
    Image     Recruits for the Lorne Rifles beside the Drill Shed in Prospect Park. They include Colour Sergt. Harwood, Sergt. Wilfred Coles, Corp. Large, Sergt. Lee, and Privates Victor Lane, Fred Wills, …
    Esquesing Historical Society
  • Acton Public and High School
    Acton Public and High School
    Image       Public and High Schools in Acton on Education Lane. 1. Postcard addressed to Miss Isabel Moore, Georgetown, Ont. “Do you recognize any of Norval’s beautiful scenery…” Postage stamp of King Edward VII on reverse.2. Postcard dated 5 Sept. 1907 from Graham to Mrs. James Lawson; postage stamp of King Edward …
    Image     Public and High Schools in Acton on Education Lane. 1. Postcard addressed to Miss Isabel Moore, Georgetown, Ont. “Do you recognize any of Norval’s beautiful scenery…” Postage stamp of King …
    Esquesing Historical Society
  • Grand Trunk Station
    Grand Trunk Station
    Image       The Acton train station shown was erected in 1908 and the Beardmore Warehouse (now the Olde Hide House) was erected in 1899.
    Image     The Acton train station shown was erected in 1908 and the Beardmore Warehouse (now the Olde Hide House) was erected in 1899.
    Esquesing Historical Society
  • Grand Trunk Railway Station
    Grand Trunk Railway Station
    Image       The Grand Trunk Railway Station in Acton. The signal tower was later removed.
    Image     The Grand Trunk Railway Station in Acton. The signal tower was later removed.
    Esquesing Historical Society
  • Church and Willow Streets
    Church and Willow Streets
    Image       Two-storey frame house at 24 Church Street. The Beardmore Tannery smokestack is visible in the background.
    Image     Two-storey frame house at 24 Church Street. The Beardmore Tannery smokestack is visible in the background.
    Esquesing Historical Society
  • Local dignitaries unveil the Stream of Dreams project at the McKenzie-Smith Bennett family education night
    Local dignitaries unveil the Stream of Dreams project at the McKenzie-Smith Bennett family education night
    Image  Ron Stiel, Independent & Free Press (Georgetown, ON), 9 Jun 2011, p. 9     Dignitaries (L to R) Carolyn Nielson, Jeff Birrell, HDSB Superintendent Mark Zonneveld, Rebecca Bath, Thamas Rolfe, Jena Brill, Beverley Doamen, HDSB Trustee Gillian Tuck Kutarna, CVCA rep. Alison Qua-Enoo and school principal Sharon French unveil the Stream of Dreams project at a visit to the McKenzie-Smith Bennett family education night.
    Image  Ron Stiel, Independent & Free Press (Georgetown, ON), 9 Jun 2011, p. 9   Dignitaries (L to R) Carolyn Nielson, Jeff Birrell, HDSB Superintendent Mark Zonneveld, Rebecca Bath, Thamas Rolfe, Jena Brill, Beverley Doamen, HDSB Trustee Gillian Tuck Kutarna, CVCA rep. Alison Qua-Enoo and …
    Esquesing Historical Society
  • Speyside School Grads on Acton Bridge
    Speyside School Grads on Acton Bridge
    Image  Hartley Coles, Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 28 1967     Principal Gary Dawkins with the grade 8 graduates of Speyside Public School on the Acton Library bridge. Students are (L to R) Margaret Steven, Gertrude Maron, Mary Ann Freuler, Mary Fisher, Barbara Brandford, Linda Kirkwood, Terry Goodridge, John MacLeod, Keith Smallwood, Lynda Harris, Doris Black, Marilyn Barber, Sharon Stokes, Mark …
    Image  Hartley Coles, Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 28 1967   Principal Gary Dawkins with the grade 8 graduates of Speyside Public School on the Acton Library bridge. Students are (L to R) Margaret Steven, Gertrude Maron, Mary Ann Freuler, Mary …
    Esquesing Historical Society
  • Dave Dills
    Dave Dills
    Image       Photograph from "The Canadian Champion"
    Image     Photograph from "The Canadian Champion"
    Milton Historical Society
  • Aerial Photograph, Acton
    Aerial Photograph, Acton
    Image       Also see P63.
    Image     Also see P63.
    Esquesing Historical Society
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