Skip to content


Results

We found 88 matching items.
  • Remove Search term Media Types: Texts
  • Remove Search term Item types: Compact Discs
  • Remove Search term Item types: Photographs
  • Remove Search term Year: 1940
list thumb list 2 columns gallery
  • Early Settlement Home at Trafalgar Road and Dundas Street, ca. 1940
    Early Settlement Home at Trafalgar Road and Dundas Street, ca. 1940
    ImageTextcomment       This house was demolished in 1965. Post's Corners was one of the first hamlets in the area known as Trafalgar Township. It was located at the intersection of what is now Trafalgar Road (or Seventh Line) and Dundas Street, Oakville, Ontario. Later, the hamlet was known as Postville.
    ImageTextcomment     This house was demolished in 1965. Post's Corners was one of the first hamlets in the area known as Trafalgar Township. It was located at the intersection of what is …
    Trafalgar Township Historical Society
  • Store and Garage at Trafalgar Road and Dundas Street, ca1940
    Store and Garage at Trafalgar Road and Dundas Street, ca1940
    ImageTextcomment       This store, gas station and ice cream booth on the south-west corner of Trafalgar Road (7th Line) and Dundas Street was photographed about 1940. The two-storey central building in this photograph is the original Post's Inn, according to Town of Oakville Heritage Planner, Carolyn Van Sligtenhorst in May 2016. Two …
    ImageTextcomment     This store, gas station and ice cream booth on the south-west corner of Trafalgar Road (7th Line) and Dundas Street was photographed about 1940. The two-storey central building in this …
    Trafalgar Township Historical Society
  • Loyal Orange Lodge Hornby No. 165
War Memorial List 1914-1918, 1949
    Loyal Orange Lodge Hornby No. 165 War Memorial List 1914-1918, 1949
    ImageTextcomment       The Loyal Orange Lodge, Hornby No. 165 was taken into the Oakville Orange Lodge in later years.
    ImageTextcomment     The Loyal Orange Lodge, Hornby No. 165 was taken into the Oakville Orange Lodge in later years.
    Trafalgar Township Historical Society
  • McKnight House, Magnetawan, circa 1940
    McKnight House, Magnetawan, circa 1940
    ImageTextcomment       A Black and white photograph of the McKnight home and a short written report about the address of the home. The house is a two story wooden building. The first floor has a wrap around porch and a swing seat. The grass and the bushes have become over grown. It's …
    ImageTextcomment     A Black and white photograph of the McKnight home and a short written report about the address of the home. The house is a two story wooden building. The first …
    Magnetawan Public Library
  • 23 Bay Street, North Side, Magnetawan
    23 Bay Street, North Side, Magnetawan
    ImageText       Two pictures and a brief report of the history of the property on 23 Bay Street. The first, black and white, photograph was take when there was a heavy snow fall. The two story brick building with a covered entrance and a few shrubs. The second, colour, photograph is of …
    ImageText     Two pictures and a brief report of the history of the property on 23 Bay Street. The first, black and white, photograph was take when there was a heavy snow …
    Magnetawan Public Library
  • Is on camp staff.  Wesley Niles is first Newmarket boy to be made lance-corporal at training camp
    Is on camp staff. Wesley Niles is first Newmarket boy to be made lance-corporal at training camp
    NewspaperImageText  Newmarket Era (Newmarket, ON1861), 28 Nov 1940, p. 1, column 4     ...
    NewspaperImageText  Newmarket Era (Newmarket, ON1861), 28 Nov 1940, p. 1, column 4   ...
    Newmarket Public Library
  • Tweedsmuir History, Sunnyside Women's Institute, Volume 1
    Tweedsmuir History, Sunnyside Women's Institute, Volume 1
    TextImage       This is volume one of three Tweedsmuir Histories created by the Sunnyside Women's Institute.
    TextImage     This is volume one of three Tweedsmuir Histories created by the Sunnyside Women's Institute.
    Thessalon Union Public Library
  • Honorable Harry C. Nixon Fishing for Voters
    Honorable Harry C. Nixon Fishing for Voters
    ImageText       Art Leppart's House is on the left. Sam and Annie Russel's Homestead is on the right.
    ImageText     Art Leppart's House is on the left. Sam and Annie Russel's Homestead is on the right.
    County of Brant Public Library
  • Page 203: Balfour, Alexander James
    Page 203: Balfour, Alexander James
    ImageText       Celebrations for VE-Day were dimmed for Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Balfour, Division St. when they received information that their son Sgt. Alex James Balfour had been killed in action. Sgt. Balfour enlisted with the Royal Canadian Dragoons at St. John’s, Que. in August, ’40, going overseas in the fall of …
    ImageText     Celebrations for VE-Day were dimmed for Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Balfour, Division St. when they received information that their son Sgt. Alex James Balfour had been killed in action. Sgt. …
    Kawartha Lakes Public Library
  • Page 154: Attridge, John Theodore
    Page 154: Attridge, John Theodore
    ImageText       This card is part of a larger collection of World War II personnel clippings. The project began in 1944 at the Lindsay Library. The intent was to gather together as much information as possible on the military record and the service of people from the Town of Lindsay and the …
    ImageText     This card is part of a larger collection of World War II personnel clippings. The project began in 1944 at the Lindsay Library. The intent was to gather together as …
    Kawartha Lakes Public Library
  • Page 211: Balfour, Stanley
    Page 211: Balfour, Stanley
    ImageText       This card is part of a larger collection of World War II personnel clippings. The project began in 1944 at the Lindsay Library. The intent was to gather together as much information as possible on the military record and the service of people from the Town of Lindsay and the …
    ImageText     This card is part of a larger collection of World War II personnel clippings. The project began in 1944 at the Lindsay Library. The intent was to gather together as …
    Kawartha Lakes Public Library
  • Bissonette, Francis and Bissonette, Duncan - Vets WW II - RP0065
    Bissonette, Francis and Bissonette, Duncan - Vets WW II - RP0065
    ImageText       Book 2 - page 107 -
    ImageText     Book 2 - page 107 -
    Rosseau Historical Society
  • Sparks Family Headstone
    Sparks Family Headstone
    ImageText       Range 18-7
    ImageText     Range 18-7
    County of Brant Public Library
  • Burford Township Residents in Sault Ste. Marie
    Burford Township Residents in Sault Ste. Marie
    ImageText       Item is a photograph mounted in a cardboard folder of Abe Givens, Phylis Givens, Wallace Shellington, and Marion King. The photograph was taken around 1940 at the Motel Ojibway in Sault Ste. Marie.
    ImageText     Item is a photograph mounted in a cardboard folder of Abe Givens, Phylis Givens, Wallace Shellington, and Marion King. The photograph was taken around 1940 at the Motel Ojibway in …
  • Mary Miller Photo
    Mary Miller Photo
    ImageText       She was born in 1916 in Burford, Brant, Ontario. She worked as a physiotherapist at the Victoria Hospital in London, Ontario, in particular, treating polio patients. In 1939 or 1940, she enlisted as a nurse in the Canadian Army Medical Corps. She served overseas (possibly in August 1942), treating men …
    ImageText     She was born in 1916 in Burford, Brant, Ontario. She worked as a physiotherapist at the Victoria Hospital in London, Ontario, in particular, treating polio patients. In 1939 or 1940, …
    County of Brant Public Library
  • Larry Stevenson Photo
    Larry Stevenson Photo
    ImageText       This item is a photograph of Larry Stevenson at the age of 4 on a tractor at the Stevenson farm.
    ImageText     This item is a photograph of Larry Stevenson at the age of 4 on a tractor at the Stevenson farm.
    County of Brant Public Library
  • Burford Bluebirds Team Photo
    Burford Bluebirds Team Photo
    ImageTextmystery       This item is a team photograph of the Burford Bluebirds taken in the early 1940s. The names of most players are written on the back of the photo.
    ImageTextmystery     This item is a team photograph of the Burford Bluebirds taken in the early 1940s. The names of most players are written on the back of the photo.
  • Yates Family Plaque
    Yates Family Plaque
    ImageText       This item is the commemorative stone and plaque which was erected by John L. Yates in 1940 to commemorate 100 years of the Yates family being in Burford Township.
    ImageText     This item is the commemorative stone and plaque which was erected by John L. Yates in 1940 to commemorate 100 years of the Yates family being in Burford Township.
    County of Brant Public Library
  • Newmarket photographer wins award
    Newmarket photographer wins award
    NewspaperImageText  Newmarket Era (Newmarket, ON1861), 16 May 1940, p. 1, column 7     ...
    NewspaperImageText  Newmarket Era (Newmarket, ON1861), 16 May 1940, p. 1, column 7   ...
    Newmarket Public Library
  • Vera Luella Arthur Fox
    Vera Luella Arthur Fox
    ImageTextGenealogical Resource       Genealogical information used with permission courtesy Dan Buchanan, www.treesbydan.com Father*: Henry Clayton "Harry" Arthur b. 19 Feb 1883, d. 1966 Mother*: Elizabeth "Libbie" Murray b. 15 Feb 1881, d. 5 Feb 1951 Birth*: 27 August 1911; Conc 3, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Birth Reg'n.#036041: Name: Vera Luella Arthur; Date: …
    ImageTextGenealogical Resource     Genealogical information used with permission courtesy Dan Buchanan, www.treesbydan.com Father*: Henry Clayton "Harry" Arthur b. 19 Feb 1883, d. 1966 Mother*: Elizabeth "Libbie" Murray b. 15 Feb 1881, d. 5 …
    Brighton Digital Archives
Web Tools:
Dublin Core | Mods
Contributors
See more ...
See fewer ...
Sort A-Z...
Sort by hits...
Media Types
Location
See more ...
See fewer ...
Sort A-Z...
Sort by hits...
Groups
See more ...
See fewer ...
Sort A-Z...
Sort by hits...
Item Types
See more ...
See fewer ...
Sort A-Z...
Sort by hits...
Years
19401940194119421943194419451946194719481949
Features
Creative Commons