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      Visual & Performing Arts Newmarket (VPAN) is a community-based, not-for-profit organization. Their goal since their inception in 1988 has been to promote a variety of professional musical performances and exhibitions of fine art in northern York Region. The collection of images chronicles the volunteer organization's events through the years. The …

      HMCS St. John's Halifax-class frigate, Canadian Forces and the Royal Canadian Navy. Commissioned‎: ‎24 June 1996 Identification‎: ‎MMSI number‎: 316196000 134.6 metres Seen here, docked in Dieppe Gardens, Port of Windsor Ontario. As part of the annual Great Lakes Deployment, it is visiting cities throughout the Great Lakes and St. …

      Fisher's Dairy milk bottle donated by Joan Chalovich

      Small in size.

      Inscribed: “For Best Canadian Bred Presented By Field Marshal His Royal Highness The Duke of Connaught K.G Governor General of Canada 1914 To The Cobourg Horse Show. Won In 1926 by “Brown Sugar” Awarded By Gordon F. Perry.”

      Wooden Mallets are typically used by carpenters to knock wooden pieces together or drive chisels into wood. Wood mallets do not deform the metal tools as much as a metal mallet would and provides much better control with less force.

      Bellows are tools used to blow air into a fire by expanding to draw in air and deflating that air when the handles are squeezed together.

      The Ontario Hospital was a mental hospital located in the old Victoria College building in 1921. Between 1921 and 1973 this hospital was strictly for female patients. In 1974 it was renamed D'Arcy Place and shortly after that it was moved to D'Arcy street, leaving the building empty once again.

      Made of wood with a metal handle and a metal tip. Roughly 4”. The handle has an engraving of a crown and a canon with the words “Ubique Fas Et Gloria Ducunt”. Translated from Latin to English, this means “Everywhere, whither right and glory lead”, which is the motto for …

      Handmade canoe toy and papoose with child. Made of birchbark and yarn.

      A small, decorative leaflet in memory of Alexander Morrison, the late husband of Elizabeth Anthony, who was killed in action in France during WWI.

      Schoolhouse Summary This former schoolhouse is located at 322 Burford-Delhi Road, Burford, Ontario on Lot 16, Concession 14. It was built in the 1930's as a trustees school for the townships of Burford and Windsor. The land grant was provided for the school in 1937 for $100.80. The building has …

      Made of coarse fabric (most likely khaki). A green, slide on epaulet with “CANADA” stitched onto the bottom. No markings to indicate what year it is from or where it was manufactured.

      These curling irons were heated over the stove. There were no temperature controls, so it took practice to ensure hair was not burnt in the process.

 Heeger, Sean, Northumberland News (Cobourg, ON), 22 Aug 2019, Section A, p. 11, column 1     ...

 Heeger, Sean, Northumberland News (Cobourg, ON), 22 Aug 2019, Section B, p. 40, column 1     ...

      Made of metal. Half of a cut orange would be placed in the squeezer (face forward so that the exposed citrus was in the direction of the user in order for it to be squeezed against the side) and when the handles were pressed together the juice would collect at …

      Wooden doll house. This piece was owned by Marlene Sandercock between 1940-2014. When she passed away her husband, Don Sandercock, donated it to our museum. Over their years of travelling Marlene and Don had collected many miniature furniture pieces, some of which are featured in the photo.

      The appearance is similar to miniature Ostlind Looms from the 1930s.

      A set of business information cards matching the businesses featured in the Game of Cobourg