| Autobiography of L.D. Raymond, c. 1880-1890 | L.D. Raymond | Text | c. 1880-1890 |
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Subject:L.D. Raymond Type:Text Date:c. 1880-1890 |
Description:Typewritten pages of an autobiography by L.D. Raymond. The text would have been handwritten sometime between 1880-1890, and was copied with a typewriter at an unknown date.
Lorenzo Dulmage Raymond was the first Crown Attorney, Clerk of the Peace, and County Solicitor in Welland County. He founded the law firm that was later known as Raymond, Spencer, Law & MacInnes that existed in one form or another between 1835-1975. In this text of 5 pages he recounts his own career and the places it took him.
Names mentioned: Truman Raymond, Elizabeth Dulmage, Rev. Thomas Green, Judge Miles O'Reilly, Bishop Fuller, Thomas C. Street, Judge William Miller, John Miller, William S. MacDonald, Charles Richardson, Dr. Warren Baldwin, Dr. John Rolph, Archibald Gilkison, Charles Hale, Henry Richardson, Major Delves, Captain David Boyd Roth, Judge Robert Burns, Judge E.C. Campbell, Judge John G. Stevenson, Rolland MacDonald, Colonel John Clark, Rev. A.F. Atkinson, Alex Chetwood Hamilton, Mary Jane Cochrane, Oliver T. Macklem, and Colonel James Kirby. [show more]
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| Automatic typesetting at Welland Tribune, November 11, 1963 (13-14/55) | Automatic typesetting machine | Still image | 1963/11/11 |
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Subject:Automatic typesetting machine Type:Still image Date:1963/11/11 |
Description:Two colour slides showing the automatic typesetting machine at Welland Tribune, November 11, 1963.
From the Orline Clements Memorial Collection. There are slides 13-14 of 55 of what would have been a slideshow to demonstrate the steps taken to create an issue of the Welland Tribune newspaper. [show more]
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| Automation 1990 | | | |
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Description:Early 1990's
Opacs replaced the Card Catalogue as a new way of searching for material.
Books were now circulated in and out using the new automated system.
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| Avelino Gomez reminds of Fort Erie Race Track opening date, January 26, 1961 | Avelino Gomez/sports dignitaries | Still image | 1961/01/26 and 1962/02/04 |
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Subject:Avelino Gomez/sports dignitaries Type:Still image Date:1961/01/26 and 1962/02/04 |
Description:Two black and white photos showing famous jockey Avelino Gomez reminding us of the Fort Erie Race Track opening date on April 8, January 26, 1961. The gathering was the annual Sports Celebrities dinner in Toronto and he visited the Welland party attending the dinner.
Also included in the files is the article featuring the first photo from the February 4, 1961 edition of the Welland Tribune.
Seated, from left to right: J.L. Paterson, Carl Painter, J.D. Watt, John Derwinsky, Les Cutaia.
Standing, from left to right: J.W.H. Dobbie, T.N. Morrison, Major Hendrie, Avelino Gomez, Jim Coleman, Larry Cooney, and an unidentified waitress. [show more]
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| Back view of the Welland Public Library with the boiler room entrance and janitors work shed, May 1974 | Welland Public Library boiler room entrance and janitors work shed | Still image | May 1974 |
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Subject:Welland Public Library boiler room entrance and janitors work shed Type:Still image Date:May 1974 |
Description:Two colour slides with a back view of the Welland Public Library with the boiler room entrance and janitors work shed, May 1974.
The slides are part of a photographic record of 600 images to document the construction work undertaken to expand the Carnegie building in 1974 and 1975. The library had become too small to house a growing collection and to serve the growing population of Welland. [show more]
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| Baggage Car at Welland Canal Bridge 15, c. 1929 | Baggage car | Still image | c. 1929 |
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Subject:Baggage car Type:Still image Date:c. 1929 |
Description:Black and white photograph of a baggage car at the Welland Canal Bridge 15 swing bridge, c. 1929. Engine 8419 of the New York Central lines broke away from the cars and went into the canal leaving this car hanging several feet over the edge.
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| Bagpipers in Centennial Parade, at the corner of King and East Main Streets, July 1958 | Centennial Parade participants and spectators | Still image | 1958/07/20-26 |
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Subject:Centennial Parade participants and spectators Type:Still image Date:1958/07/20-26 |
Description:Two black and white photographs of bagpipers in the Centennial Parade, at the corner of King and East Main Streets, July 1958.
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| Bagpipers participating in Rose Parade, summer 1968 | Bagpipers | Still image | Summer 1968 |
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Subject:Bagpipers Type:Still image Date:Summer 1968 |
Description:Colour slide of a group of unidentified bagpipers participating in the Rose Parade, summer 1968. The photo was taken near 195 East Main Street.
The slide was donated to the library by John H. Flett.
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| Bake sale and supper at Knox Presbyterian Church, St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1972 | Knox Presbyterian Church members | Still image | 1972/03/17 |
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Subject:Knox Presbyterian Church members Type:Still image Date:1972/03/17 |
Description:Five colour slides showing a bake sale and supper at Knox Presbyterian Church, St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1972.
Knox Presbyterian Church is located on Fitch Street, and is now renamed to Hope Community Church.
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| Bald family's contribution to education in Welland, c. 1967 | Bald family | Text | c. 1967 |
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Subject:Bald family Type:Text Date:c. 1967 |
Description:Newspaper clipping recounting the Bald family's contribution to education in the region. This included the creation of the J.C. Bald School named after James C. Bald, the former secretary of the school district. The family also had the first woman, May, to receive a bachelor of arts degree in Ontario. From an article in the Welland Tribune, c. 1967. [show more]
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