| Australian convict ship "Success" | Ship "Success" | Still image | Unknown |
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Subject:Ship "Success" Type:Still image Date:Unknown |
Description:Black and white photographic print of the Australian convict ship "Success" which was built in Burma in 1790 as a merchant ship, later fitted as a prison ship to sail between England and Australia. Was for many years used for trade on the Great Lakes. [show more]
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| Auto Mechanics shop interior in the new Vocational School building at Welland High, c. 1930 | Auto Mechanics shop | Still image | c. 1930 |
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Subject:Auto Mechanics shop Type:Still image Date:c. 1930 |
Description:Black and white photograph of the Auto Mechanics shop interior in the new Vocational School building at Welland High, c. 1930.
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| Auto-mechanics class at Welland High & Vocational School, August 1976 | Auto-mechanics class | Still image | August 1976 |
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Subject:Auto-mechanics class Type:Still image Date:August 1976 |
Description:Colour slide of a view of the auto-mechanics class at Welland High & Vocational School, August 1976. The picture is unfortunately very blurry.
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| 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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