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Colour slide of the ribbon cutting at the opening of the renovated library, November 15, 1975.

The slide is part of a photographic record of 600 images to document the construction work undertaken to expand the Carnegie building in 1974 and 1975.…

Black and white photograph of the sod turning ceremony for the Welland County General Hospital on Third Street, July 1958. A billboard says "The Site of New Welland-Crowland Hospital." Mayor Armour McCrae is seen speaking. Taken as part of the…

Three black and white photographs showing the new north annex for the Welland County Courthouse, c. 1953.

Black and white photograph showing dignitaries laying the cornerstone for the Welland County Library building at 650 South Pelham Road in Welland, July 21, 1954.

From left to right: G.H. Hamilton, Mary Alvin, Reeve Hugh Summers, and county Warden…

Two black and white photographs of the official opening of the Welland County Library building, October 20, 1954. From left to right: Librarian Keith Crouch, Deputy Chairman George F. Broadley of Fort Erie, County Warden Claude Brewster, Dr. C.F.…

Complete scanned copy of the 35-page booklet titled "The Centenary of the Welland Canal" by Ernest Alexander Cruikshank, published in November 1924 by the Tribune-Telegraph Press.

It celebrates and examines the origin of the first Welland Canal…

Black and white halftone photograph of rock being blasted while constructing the fourth Welland Canal, c. 1920. From the booklet "Welland Ship Canal (Under Construction)" by the Department of Railways and Canals.

Black and white halftone photograph of land being reclaimed with excavated material during construction on the Welland Canal, Section No. 5, c. 1920. From the booklet "Welland Ship Canal (Under Construction)" by the Department of Railways and Canals.

Black and white halftone photograph of the Hydraulic Suction Dredge "Primrose" working on the fourth Welland Canal, c. 1920. From the booklet "Welland Ship Canal (Under Construction)" by the Department of Railways and Canals.

Black and white halftone photograph showing heavy rock cutting on site of Flight Locks, Section No. 3 for fourth Welland Canal construction, c. 1920. From the booklet "Welland Ship Canal (Under Construction)" by the Department of Railways and Canals.