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Black and white photograph of Lelia May Beckett as a child, c. 1917. Her parents were Permilla Arlena Beckett and Frederick Miller Beckett of Effingham. Lelia later married Alfred Oates.

Black and white photograph showing Liberace being interviewed by T.N. Morrison, editor of the Welland Tribune, on July 8, 1969. Liberace performed that night at Melody Fair in North Tonawanda, NY.

Also included in the files are a microfilm copy of…

Newspaper clipping of Lieutenant-Governor Pauline McGibbon presenting the award of The Order of Knights of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem to Jerome Alexander of Welland. From the June 29, 1974 edition of the Welland Tribune.

A short biography of Ross Beard from the Tribune

Black and white photograph of Lila (Burke) Daboll posing on her farm in Effingham, c. 1926.

Black and white photograph of Lile (Burke) Daboll, on the right, with her friend on a camping trip, c. 1925.

On May 30, 1953 The Evening Tribune published an entire issue dedicated to the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. There were photos and stories from London and of Welland residents who visited there to watch the coronation. Banners reading “Long live…

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

Black and white photographic print of a plaque commemorating Louis Blake Duff, who died in 1959. An inscription says "A true scholar and a gifted editor, publisher and author; eminent historian and inimitable humorist."

Black and white photographic print of Lt. Col. B. J. McCormick in uniform, location unknown, undated.