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      This is a black and white photograph of a pencil sketch of a woman, circa 1805-1810. There are two theories on who the woman may be. One believes that is Miss Shaw. However, there is another photo of the same sketch that is signed McDonnell in the lower right corner. ...

      Sketch of Edna Hill's Relatives. Townline.

      Christ Church H.M. Royal Chapel to the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte

      John R. Anderson and Mary Anderson's wedding picture. The wedding took place on November 25, 1870.

      Rough contemporary sketch of the War of 1812 depicting The American invasion over the Niagara at Queenston, October 1812. The American invasion failed when reinforcements refused to cross the Niagara River.

      A sketch of the BA (British-American) service station and home of Joe and Kathleen (Kirby) Drake on the south-east corner of Ten Sideroad and Trafalgar Road. They operated the station here from 1940 until 1963.

      Black and white image of cameo-style portrait of a young Laura Secord.

      Coloured ink print believed to have been created in the United States of America. Below the image it reads: "Col. Johnsons mounted men charging a party of British Artillerists and Indians at the Battle fought near Moravian Town October 2nd 1813 when the whole of the British force commanded by ...

      Sketch by Barry King "Named for Cuthbert Cumming, a retired Hudson’s Bay trader, and his wife, Jane, who purchased this property on May 5, 1845, the residence at 7 King Street West in Colborne was built in the 1830s. It is a Georgian-styled Ontario Cottage with wide eave overhangs. The ...

      Cobourg Daily Star, Saturday, May 25, 2002 Sketch and text by Barry King "Old village storefronts are a vanishing breed, This sturdy commercial structure was once Harry Hart’s butcher shop and later Lawrence Naish’s egg-grading station. The early frame structure, now missing its shady verandah and roofline bracketing, recalls a ...

      Colborne Chronicle, Thursday, January 11, 2001 Sketch and text by Barry King "Though the present brick church was dedicated in 1865 after an extensive remodeling, its origins date from 30 years earlier in its original frame structure. With the elevating of the building, the addition of a basement, new choir ...

      The Cobourg Daily Star, Saturday, June 21, 2003 Sketch and text by Barry King "If these old stones could talk, they would speak of the story of early settlement along the shores of Lake Ontario, and of the beginnings of the communities of Lakeport and Colborne. The old ruins of ...

      Cobourg Daily Star, Saturday, August 31, 2002 The old Cramahe Township Town Hall Sketch and text by Barry King "The pride of Castleton, this well-proportioned building resembles a temple in design. Dominated by the grand arched entranceway, the front façade is patterned with several masterful examples of the bricklayer’s art. ...

      Cobourg Daily Star, Saturday, June 28, 2001 The Oriental Hotel, Castleton Sketch and text by Barry King "Built by Timothy S. Giroux, a hotelkeeper from Norham, the Oriental Hotel has dominated the northeast corner of Spring and Percy Streets in Castleton since 1890. Although its projecting balcony has been enlarged ...

      Cobourg Daily Star, Saturday, July 20, 2002 Simmons Block, King Street East, Colborne Sketch and text by Barry King "David Lewis Simmons was one of the so-called Late Loyalists who came to Upper Canada after 1790. He was encouraged by then-land agent Joseph Keeler, the father of the founder of ...

      Saturday Morning Post, Cobourg, November 18, 1989 The Purdy Milling Company Sketch and text by Barry King "Standing tall and quiet, the old Purdy Mill casts long thoughtful shadows across the road that finds its way to Castleton [County Road 25 in 2018]. Amid autumn’s misty amber days, the venerable ...

      Framed sketch depicts a winter scene of Mink Tunnel on the Canadian Pacific Railway, which is situated along Lake Superior. Produced by Montreal Locomotive Works Ltd.

      Cobourg Daily Star, Saturday, September 8, 2001 The Land Registry Office, Colborne Sketch and text by Barry King "Dating from the 1850s, the Colborne Registry Office was charged with collecting and keeping safe, behind its barred windows, all the property transactions of East Northumberland. When the records were consolidated at ...