Black and white photograph of Taylor and Ella Beckett of Effingham, roughly c. 1900. The photo was a cabinet card taken by Poole Photographers at 79 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines.
Magazine clipping of a brief biography about the early Niagara settler The Honourable James Crooks, known as the escarpment 'Wonder Man' who built 19th century empire. From the Spring 1981 edition of Cuesta - The Niagara Escarpment Magazine.
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.
Black and white photograph of the Riley family posing at home, undated. From left to right: Mrs. George Riley; Gladys Riley (Mrs. Harry Neal); George Riley; Ken Riley.
Black and white photograph of the three grand old men of Effingham, c. 1920.
Affectionately so called by the local citizens of Effingham's past, they are from left to right: William Norris (1842-1927), Peter Ward (1847-1924), George Beckett…