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Newspaper clipping about the Beckett family and their Jersey Hill farm in Effingham, c. 1923. The article states the family purchased the farm in 1807 and six generations of the family worked on the dairy and fruit farm. Taylor Beckett died next year…

Two colour slides showing the newly paved parking lot and drive during the Welland Public Library building extension construction, August 20, 1975.

The slides are part of a photographic record of 600 images to document the construction work…

Two black and white photographic prints of Engine 8419 of the New York Central lines freshly removed from the Welland Canal, c. August 1929.

Black and white photograph of the new Welland County Library book truck, with children posing in front in Niagara Falls, c. 1949.

Also included in the files is a promotional pamphlet featuring the photo, a description of the service, and a list of…

Colour photograph of the new Welland County Bookmobile parked at the Welland County Library, c. 1960.

It would later be purchased by Welland Public Library and operated by that institution from 1972-1979, when they replaced it with another…

Five black and white photographs showing dignitaries posing in front of and inside the new Welland County Bookmobile, which went into service that day on January 20, 1960.

In the second photograph, from left to right: Librarian Eileen Hodgson,…

Two colour slides showing the new wall dividing Boys and Girls Department from auditorium during the Welland Public Library building extension construction, August 7, 1975.

The slides are part of a photographic record of 600 images to document the…

Black and white photograph of the newly constructed Vocational School building at Welland High, c. 1930.

Picture and historical information from the compendium "History of the development of public education in the City of Welland, Ontario, Canada…

Black and white photograph of four men next to journalism equipment at Niagara College. Larry Smith, the former managing editor of the St. Catharines Standard, had just retired in May. A $1,500 surplus from his retirement dinner was given to Niagara…

Colour slide showing the clearing for the new road Wellbrook Boulevard, October 1973.

From the Orline Clements Memorial Collection.