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Black and white photograph of Mickey Rooney posing for the camera at the Fort Erie Race Track, flanked by Rudy Pilous and Conn Smythe.

T.N. Morrison was the managing editor of the Welland Tribune for many years.

Rudy Pilous, a close friend of…

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Black and white photograph of Peter Viau, retired driver for Electro Metals, posing next to the current driver and truck, c. 1950s. Part of WPL's T.N. Morrison archives, the former editor of the Tribune, possibly taken by Morrison for an article…

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Newspaper clipping of an obituary about Joseph Phylias (Peter) Viau, who was a well-known Welland personality and worked at Electro Metals (later Union Carbide) for 42 years. From the June 17, 1970 edition of the Welland Tribune.

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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…

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Black and white photograph showing the "Western Ontario Sports Writers Association" annual dinner in Toronto, c. 1940.

T.N. Morrison, at this point a sports editor for the Welland Tribune (later managing editor from 1952-1972), is standing on the…

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Newspaper clipping of T.N. Morrison's obituary. Morrison joined the Tribune in 1929 and was appointed managing editor in 1952, retiring in 1972. From the August 23, 1993 edition of the Welland Tribune.

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Black and white photograph showing Humphrey Mitchell, who was the Member of Parliament for Welland from 1942-1950, getting on a Department of Transport plane, c. late 1940s. St. Catharines judge Thomas J. Darby is in the middle with the light hat.…

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Black and white photograph showing the St. Catharines Standard's editor-in-chief Larry Smith being honored as he retires, May 24, 1980. The text from the article is also included from the back of the photograph that came from T.N. Morrison's personal…

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Black and white photograph showing Prime Minister John Diefenbaker arriving in Welland to campaign for the areas three Progressive Conservative candidates: Allan Pietz in the Welland riding, John Smith in Lincoln, and Bob Hamilton in Niagara Falls.…

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Black and white photograph showing Art Ross, the general manager of the Boston Bruins on the left, joking with Rex Stimers, radio voice of the St. Catharines Teepees junior hockey team. T.N. Morrison, from whose personal collection this photo comes…
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