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      Condition: Okay. Green stain on front and some brown aging.

      An advertisement for Thomas Cowan, dealers in boots, shoes, trunks & valises. The ad is bright in colour and shows a shoe sitting on a shell with a fan and dragonfly and flower. It reads "compliments of the season" in the top corner.

      An advertisement for W.H. Holland and features lights bulbs as an item available. The brand of light bulbs is Laco Mazda and the slogan with it reads "At last we'll have plenty of light".

      The picture is probably from Owen Sound where the Polson's built the MANITOBA.

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      Added to BHA as part of 2012 Culture Days Scanning Day.

      Fridge magnet advertising the Trabant automobile manufactured in the former East Germany from 1963-1990. For additional information on the Trabant please click on the link beneath the picture under "Other Websites".

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      Gone were the days of the Ontario Methodist Campground; bankruptcy had claimed the Grimsby Park Company. H.H. Wylie, an investor from Cleveland, had purchased the Grimsby Park area in 1910. Wylie turned it into an amusement park with a rollercoaster, balloon ascensions, games, prizes, and sideshows. This leaflet has four …

      The stone arch pedestrian bridge named the Ponte di Rialto was built in the 16th century to connect to the Rialto market on the east side. It is the oldest of four bridges that span the Grand Canal in Venice.

      Picture used in the book "Memories of Milton" by Mel Robinson. SCAN ONLY

      Scottish-born trained gardener 42-year-old James Gallaher had emigrated to Canada a year before the outbreak of war to work for the Dominion Experimental Station in Kentville, Nova Scotia. He signed up for war duty in November 1914 serving with the 5th Cavalry Division Supply Column of the Canadian Army Service …

      Étretat is a small seaside town flanked by dramatic chalk cliffs about 26 kilometres north of Le Havre on the Upper Normandy coast. It was the location of a British General Base Hospital for five years during World War I.

      The Villa Orphée in Étretat was built in 1858 by musician Jacques Offenbach as a summer retreat. During World War I it was used by the British as a 20-bed convalescent home for nurses. In 1833 gifted 14-year-old cellist Jacob Offenbach left his home in Cologne with his father and …

      Étretat is a small seaside town flanked by dramatic chalk cliffs about 26 kilometres north of Le Havre on the Upper Normandy coast. It was the location of a British General Base Hospital for five years during World War I. Fishermen are mending their nets in front of several caloges. …

      Étretat is a small seaside town flanked by dramatic chalk cliffs about 26 kilometres north of Le Havre on the Upper Normandy coast. It was the location of a British General Base Hospital for five years during World War I.

      Étretat is a small seaside town flanked by dramatic chalk cliffs about 26 kilometres north of Le Havre on the Upper Normandy coast. It was the location of a British General Base Hospital for five years during World War I.

      Postcard mailed to Rev. R. B. Layton of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church in Kentville, Nova Scotia, from 23-year-old farmer Carl Manning Dickey in Belgium, ca. December 1916.

      Étretat is a small seaside town flanked by dramatic chalk cliffs about 26 kilometres north of Le Havre on the Upper Normandy coast. It was the location of a British General Base Hospital for five years during World War I.

      A cabestan is a wooden winch used to manually haul a boat onto a beach. Two long wooden poles are inserted into holes in the vertical post. Groups of people push and pull the poles clockwise while another person winds the cable from the boat. To the right of the …