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Combined grummet making operations at Plymouth Cordage Company, c. 1940s

Black and white photograph showing combined grummet making operations at Plymouth Cordage Company, c. 1940s.
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Coleman Bagu buys King Edward Hotel, September 10, 1971

Newspaper clipping of Coleman Bagu, former mayor of Port Colborne, buying The King Edward Hotel in Fort Erie. Bagu had also already owned the City…
Coleman Bagu seeks Liberal nomination in Welland South provincial riding, February 24, 1967

Newspaper clipping of Port Colborne mayor Coleman Bagu announcing his intention to receive the liberal nomination in the Welland South riding,…
Mayor Coleman Bagu and family, c. 1960s

Newspaper clipping of a photograph of the Mayor of Port Colborne Coleman Bagu with his family. From the Welland Tribune, c. 1960s.
Coleman Bagu, from immigrant to Mayor of Port Colborne, February 6, 1964

Newspaper clipping of a biography on the mayor of Port Colborne, Coleman Bagu. As an immigrant from Hungary he would go on to become mayor of Port…