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  • A Farewell to an Old Friend (1898-1938)
    A Farewell to an Old Friend (1898-1938)
    ImageText       On a separate insert: "Tuesday, April 12th, while we were busy addressing these booklets, the Falls View Bridge, which had been lying on the ice since the bridge fell, began to disappear. About 7.10 a.m. the section nearest the American side tipped up and plunged into the river. About 8.30 …
    ImageText     On a separate insert: "Tuesday, April 12th, while we were busy addressing these booklets, the Falls View Bridge, which had been lying on the ice since the bridge fell, began …
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  • St. Saviours Brock Memorial Church - Commemoration of the Battle of Queenston Heights.
    St. Saviours Brock Memorial Church - Commemoration of the Battle of Queenston Heights.
    TextImage       Program of service at St. Saviours Brock Memorial Church in Commemoration of the Battle of Queenston Heights. The celebration took place in Queenston, Ontario on October 14, 1962. Leaflet: 8 pages; size: 17.8cm x 21.5cm
    TextImage     Program of service at St. Saviours Brock Memorial Church in Commemoration of the Battle of Queenston Heights. The celebration took place in Queenston, Ontario on October 14, 1962. Leaflet: 8 …
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  • A short history of St Saviours Brock Memorial Church
    A short history of St Saviours Brock Memorial Church
    TextImage       St. Saviour Anglican Church, the Brock Memorial Church, is dedicated to the memory of Sir Isaac Brock, Commander of Troops during the War of 1812.
    TextImage     St. Saviour Anglican Church, the Brock Memorial Church, is dedicated to the memory of Sir Isaac Brock, Commander of Troops during the War of 1812.
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  • Celebrate Queenston
    Celebrate Queenston
    TextImage       Celebrate Queenston. Folder published by the Queenston Community Association. Tri-folded brochure; size:12cm (unfolded:35.5cm) x 21.5cm
    TextImage     Celebrate Queenston. Folder published by the Queenston Community Association. Tri-folded brochure; size:12cm (unfolded:35.5cm) x 21.5cm
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  • Charles M. Lowery at Queenston Quarry
    Charles M. Lowery at Queenston Quarry
    ImageText       Queenston stone (dolomitic limestone) has been quarried at least since the beginning of the nineteenth century and Queenston quarries produced the best building stone in Ontario. In the nineteenth century, most of Queenston limestone was used to construct the Welland Canal and railway bridges. It was also used in the …
    ImageText     Queenston stone (dolomitic limestone) has been quarried at least since the beginning of the nineteenth century and Queenston quarries produced the best building stone in Ontario. In the nineteenth century, …
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  • Workers of the Queenston Quarry Company
    Workers of the Queenston Quarry Company
    ImageText       Queenston stone (dolomitic limestone) has been quarried at least since the beginning of the nineteenth century and Queenston quarries produced the best building stone in Ontario. In the nineteenth century, most of Queenston limestone was used to construct the Welland Canal and railway bridges. It was also used in the …
    ImageText     Queenston stone (dolomitic limestone) has been quarried at least since the beginning of the nineteenth century and Queenston quarries produced the best building stone in Ontario. In the nineteenth century, …
    Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library
  • Fairview Fruit Farm in Queenston
    Fairview Fruit Farm in Queenston
    ImageText       Matthew Charles Lowrey bought 42 acres of Niagara Township lot 4 in 1888 and established a successful fruit growing operation known as Fairview Fruit Farm on this land. Fruit farming became profitable in the 1880s, largely because railways had opened up new markets and tax records show that his 12 …
    ImageText     Matthew Charles Lowrey bought 42 acres of Niagara Township lot 4 in 1888 and established a successful fruit growing operation known as Fairview Fruit Farm on this land. Fruit farming …
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  • Riverview Farms - family album
    Riverview Farms - family album
    ImageTextmysterycomment       Mounted scrapbook sheets. From the collection of Armstrong family.
    ImageTextmysterycomment     Mounted scrapbook sheets. From the collection of Armstrong family.
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  • Great Ice Jam Threatens to Destroy Maids of the Mist
    Great Ice Jam Threatens to Destroy Maids of the Mist
    ImageText       From Armstrong family collection
    ImageText     From Armstrong family collection
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  • Ice jam havoc spreads to down-river sector
    Ice jam havoc spreads to down-river sector
    TextImage       On January 27, 1938 an ice jam caused a collapse of the Falls View Bridge.
    TextImage     On January 27, 1938 an ice jam caused a collapse of the Falls View Bridge.
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  • The new Fisher Peach
    The new Fisher Peach
    TextImagecomment       "New Fisher Peach. Outstanding phenomenon in peach history, discovered near Queenston, Ontario." Newspaper clipping with photographs of Fisher family and their orchard. Photo 1: Walter Fisher, Jr. surrounded by luscious Fisher peaches Photo 2: C. Howard Fisher, Walter Fisher and Boynton Fisher with the peach tree, one limb of which …
    TextImagecomment     "New Fisher Peach. Outstanding phenomenon in peach history, discovered near Queenston, Ontario." Newspaper clipping with photographs of Fisher family and their orchard. Photo 1: Walter Fisher, Jr. surrounded by luscious …
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  • A form on Laura Secord School for CIHB
    A form on Laura Secord School for CIHB
    TextImage       Canadian Inventory Historic Building (CIHB) is a mainframe database established by the Government of Canada in 1970 to record and photograph examples of pre-1914 architecture across the country.
    TextImage     Canadian Inventory Historic Building (CIHB) is a mainframe database established by the Government of Canada in 1970 to record and photograph examples of pre-1914 architecture across the country.
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  • Collapse and Demolition of Falls View Bridge
    Collapse and Demolition of Falls View Bridge
    TextImageNewspaper       Newspaper clippings with black and white photographs of the Falls View Bridge in Niagara Falls after its collapse in 1938. Scrapbook sheets measuring: 24 x 25, 15 x 30 and 25 x 30cm.
    TextImageNewspaper     Newspaper clippings with black and white photographs of the Falls View Bridge in Niagara Falls after its collapse in 1938. Scrapbook sheets measuring: 24 x 25, 15 x 30 and …
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  • Reunion of the Queenston Old Boys
    Reunion of the Queenston Old Boys
    ImageTextNewspaper       Solomon Andrew Vrooman (11 Sep 1829-14 Nov 1913) Jacob Field (? - 1917) Charles Fisher(? - 10 November, 1913) G. D. [George Dobson] Prest (?-27 May 1916)
    ImageTextNewspaper     Solomon Andrew Vrooman (11 Sep 1829-14 Nov 1913) Jacob Field (? - 1917) Charles Fisher(? - 10 November, 1913) G. D. [George Dobson] Prest (?-27 May 1916)
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  • Portrait of Charles Matthew Lowrey
    Portrait of Charles Matthew Lowrey
    ImageText       Obituary (1931) reads: "Deep regret is felt in Niagara-on-the-Lake in the passing of the late Charles Matthew Lowrey, aged 75 years, at his home in Queenston on Wednesday, April 22. The remains are being laid to rest this afternoon in St. David's United church cemetery. Service being conducted at the …
    ImageText     Obituary (1931) reads: "Deep regret is felt in Niagara-on-the-Lake in the passing of the late Charles Matthew Lowrey, aged 75 years, at his home in Queenston on Wednesday, April 22. …
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  • Mrs. William Swayzie
    Mrs. William Swayzie
    TextImage       From Armstrong family collection.
    TextImage     From Armstrong family collection.
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  • Capt. Richard Collier Coatsworth Hurt
    Capt. Richard Collier Coatsworth Hurt
    TextImage       According to Canadian Great War Project Capt. Richard Collier Coatsworth, born 1888-09-02, was enlisted with 2nd Casualty Clearing Station (Canadian Army Medical Corps) on 1915-02-11. https://cgwp.uvic.ca/detail.php?pid=933726
    TextImage     According to Canadian Great War Project Capt. Richard Collier Coatsworth, born 1888-09-02, was enlisted with 2nd Casualty Clearing Station (Canadian Army Medical Corps) on 1915-02-11. https://cgwp.uvic.ca/detail.php?pid=933726
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  • Girl graduates hold the stage at university commencements exercises
    Girl graduates hold the stage at university commencements exercises
    TextNewspaper       From Armstrong family collection.
    TextNewspaper     From Armstrong family collection.
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  • Norman Alexander Armstrong of N.A. Armstrong Company Ltd.
    Norman Alexander Armstrong of N.A. Armstrong Company Ltd.
    ImageTextNewspaper       ARMSTRONG, Norman Alexander (1882-1957) was a prolific designer of residential and commercial buildings in the Toronto area. Born in Queenston, Ont. on 2 September 1882 he attended public and high schools in Niagara Falls and gained his knowledge of architecture with the Toronto architect J.W. Siddall. Upon his return from …
    ImageTextNewspaper     ARMSTRONG, Norman Alexander (1882-1957) was a prolific designer of residential and commercial buildings in the Toronto area. Born in Queenston, Ont. on 2 September 1882 he attended public and high …
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  • Wedding Photographs of Ruth Margaret Agnew and William Gould Armstrong
    Wedding Photographs of Ruth Margaret Agnew and William Gould Armstrong
    TextNewspaper       Newspaper photographs of wedding of Ruth Margaret Agnew to William Gould Armstrong at Hart House Chapel (University of Toronto) on February 25, 1939. Newspaper clippings measure: 24.5 x 14.5 cm; 18 x 15 cm; 18 x 10 cm; 23 x 11 cm. From Armstrong family collection.
    TextNewspaper     Newspaper photographs of wedding of Ruth Margaret Agnew to William Gould Armstrong at Hart House Chapel (University of Toronto) on February 25, 1939. Newspaper clippings measure: 24.5 x 14.5 cm; …
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