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Black and white photograph of George R. E. Burgar (on the right), one of Welland's earliest settlers, c. 1889. He lived from 1806-1890. The man on the left is Dr. Sinclair Holland Glasgow.

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 of a biographical article about Louis Blake Duff in the Globe & Mail magazine, August 15, 1959. It details his life events and interests. He passed away two weeks after publication of the article on August 29, 1959.

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

Obituary for Anna Mary Oram, Welland's first public health nurse and first woman councillor, from the January 8, 1968 edition of the Welland Tribune. She was Public Health Nurse from 1921-1945, and on Welland City Council from 1949-1952.

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Brief biography of Lorne B.C. Livingstone, Welland County Judge, c. 1930. Black and white portrait also included.

From the book "History of the Niagara Peninsula and the New Welland Canal" by Albert Ernest Coombs, c. 1930.

Brief biography of Stewart Sawle MacInnes. From the book "History of the Niagara Peninsula and the New Welland Canal" by Albert Ernest Coombs, c. 1930.

Brief biography of William George Stephens, owner of Welland Bakery at 30 Niagara Street c. 1930.

From the book "History of the Niagara Peninsula and the New Welland Canal" by Albert Ernest Coombs, c. 1930.

Brief biography of William Jones Best, Mayor of Welland from 1902-1903.

From the book "History of the Niagara Peninsula and the New Welland Canal" by Albert Ernest Coombs, c. 1930.

Brief biography of Edward James Anderson, Mayor of Welland from 1925-28.

From the book "History of the Niagara Peninsula and the New Welland Canal" by Albert Ernest Coombs, c. 1930.