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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…

Black and white photograph showing Welland County Library books on display that were distributed to Stevensville Public Library, c. 1946.

Black and white photograph showing a Welland County Library representative welcomed at the Stevensville Public Library, c. 1946.

Black and white photograph showing the initial delivery service used by the Welland County Library, at Stevensville Public Library, c. 1946.

Two editorials from the Welland Tribune about Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight. The first file appeared in the May 26, 1927 edition, and the second file in the May 31, 1927 edition.

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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Article from the Welland Tribune concerning the local reaction to the JFK assassination in Dallas, from the November 23, 1963 edition of the Tribune, the day after the event.

A report of Thomas Adams on survey of Welland's city conditions, August 5, 1921. For a biography of town planner Thomas Adams see this link.

Reproduction of a report of the first survey for the Welland Canal, from William Hamilton Merritt to Major Hillier, c. 1823.

It consists of two letters from William Hamilton Merritt to Major Hillier, dated June 2, 1823 and September 22, 1823,…

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