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Article from the Guardian Express introducing the mural artists to the community. It gives brief biographies of the artists as well as the work they will be doing.

Newspaper clipping with a picture of Pamela Barbacki with an accompanying article about her experience being named the first "Breck Woman" of Canada. Breck girls were used in a popular advertising campaign for hair care products from the 1950s to the…

Newspaper clipping of a profile about Paul Beeston. It discusses his tasks with the Blue Jays and growing up in Welland. From the March 31, 1993 edition of the Welland Tribune.

A newspaper article that details the unveiling of the designs chosen for the downtown Welland murals in 1988.

Newspaper clipping with a biography about David Barrett who had 33 years of municipal government experience and retired on September 30, 1989. From the June 16, 1989 edition of the Welland Tribune.

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,…

Complete scanned copy of the short work "The Journey of the Printing Press across Canada", written by eminent Welland scholar Louis Blake Duff, c. 1937.

Newspaper clipping where Louis Blake Duff recounts his arrival in Welland in 1905, from January 4, 1955.

Biographical text written by Louis Blake Duff from the book "Welland Centennial 1858-1958" by the Corporation of Welland, about his rememberances and the importance of David Ross to early Welland.

A newspaper article on Ross Beard painting murals in Oshawa, and with Beard discussing his painting process.