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Our documented story starts with a first-anniversary shareholders meeting of The Welland Library Company on November 26, 1825. The meeting was held at a schoolhouse near Brown's Bridge along The Welland River (pictured here}

We don't have a photo of the library for 1897 but this photo is of the May Day crowd in Welland in the same year.
In library history at this time:
- 3,768 volumes were added to the library
- The assets of the library in books and furniture were…

Did you know?
In 1858, when the library amalgamated from “The Mechanic‘s Institute of Merrittsville” to “ The Mechanics Institute“ there were only upwards of 300 volumes in circulation

Colour photograph of the Welland Public Library Bookmobile parked at Chippawa Park, c. 1973.

The Welland Public Library Bookmobile was launched in July of 1973. It stopped at local seniors homes, day cares, schools, parks and churches. It carried…

Two black and white photographs of the Welland Public Library Carnegie Building on Main Street South (now known as King Street), c. 1927.

Black and white photograph of Welland Public Library staff "moving books" during construction of addition in August 1961.

From left to right: Francoise Marcoux (in part), Ivy White, Althea Phillips, Bonnie Bisnett, unidentified, Beverly Cowell,…

Colour photograph of Welland Public Library staff members, c. 1975.

From left to right: Seated: Eileen Wasylyk; Althea Phillips; Bernadette Davis; Connie Wilson; Joan Van Alstine; Jeanne Davis; Elizabeth Volz; Shirley L. Jones; Mary Balint;…

Four black and white photographs of the Welland Public Library Carnegie Building on King Street, c. 1995.

Colour polaroid of Welland Public Library's old card catalogue that was used before computers, September 24, 1991.

Black and white photograph of Welland Public Library's Carnegie Building with new annex, May 27, 1961.

The new annex opened June 10, 1961. It was a two-storey addition of approximately 4,000 square feet that included a fiction area and meeting…