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      A photograph of Richard Stephenson cutting grain on Palmer Farm, south half of lot 45, Concession 1, Markham.

     

     

      Waukegon to Port Washington; Insets of Port Washington and Waukegan; includes Racine, Kenosha and Milwaukee

      South Lake Michigan, Waukegan to Benton Harbor; Inset of Michigan City; includes Chicago, Evanston, Indiana Harbor, Gary, Calumet Harbor, New Buffalo, St. Joseph, Benton Harbor

      Insets of Arcadia, Frankfort, Pentwater; Includes Ludington, Manistee, Portage Lake

      This is the CITY OF ST. JOSEPH that was launched as the CITY OF CHICAGO, before a fire in 1914. Divided back postcard. Postmarked Saint Joseph, MI, 7 Jul 1931

      Reason: sunk Lives: 11 Remarks: Recovered ?

      Interior of Eatons Foodateria in Fort William. Eatons opened its Fort William store on Victoria Avenue in 1929. It remained in this location to serve the community until 1948, when the store was relocated to South Syndicate Ave.

      A portrait of Mary Joanna Louisa Black., Mary J.L. Black was appointed to the position of librarian at the Fort William Public Library in 1909. At this time the library was one room opposite the jail cells, in the basement of City Hall. During her twenty eight years of service …

      Students pose outside St. Joseph's Boarding School. St. Joseph's Boarding School was a residential school at the Mission for First Nation's children. In 1909, a new structure was built at the corner of Franklin Street and Arthur Street. It continued to operate as a school and residence for First Nation's …

      Winding pathways past birch trees and beds of flowers provide an island of serenity in the middle of an urban setting. In 1902 Catherine Mary Vickers donated ten acres of land to the city to be used as a public park or garden, on the condition that at each corner …

      A truck draped with flags and bunting proceeds through the fair grounds towing a float completely covered in flowers. The Union Jack flies overhead on flag poles wrapped in bunting. A musical band is seated to the right of the float. Celebrations for Canada's Diamond Jubilee lasted three days in …

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      Three people stand aboard the James Whalen as it cuts through the ice in Thunder Bay harbour. The ice-breaking tug James Whalen was built in 1905. It was designed to be tough enough to tow heavy steamers, and to cut through ice up to 20 inches thick. The tugboat served …

      Finnish Labour Temple, Bay Street, Finlandia Club, Finn Hall, Hoito, Finnish, buildings, tower, pillars, automobile, Vapaus, Port Arthur, Thunder Bay, Ontario

      A view of the Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Port Arthur, in 1925. The structure, surmounted by a massive clock tower, was built in 1907 during the heyday of Canada's Railway Age. The baggage room and express office at the Arthur end of the station was built in 1915 with a …

      'Happy' Crocker with his touring car, which he used to advertise Fort William tourist camps. Edward Crocker travelled throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois handing out leaflets advertising the beauty of the Lakehead area.

      Champions of Canada and winners of the Allan Cup for 1925. Thunder Bay's amateur hockey teams won national honours four times in the 1920's. This Northern Ontario achievement was rarely acknowledged by Southern Ontario.

      Scotty Stewart, Steve Vain, 'Phat' Wilson disembark from the train in Port Arthur after returning from a triumphant third time win holding the Allan Cup. The loudest of cheers was for Gordon (Phat) Wilson, now in the Canadian Hall of Fame, and Wilf L'Heureux whose records never equalled by any …