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Black and white photograph of the Auto Mechanics shop interior in the new Vocational School building at Welland High, c. 1930.

Colour slide of a view of the auto-mechanics class at Welland High & Vocational School, August 1976. The picture is unfortunately very blurry.

Typewritten pages of an autobiography by L.D. Raymond. The text would have been handwritten sometime between 1880-1890, and was copied with a typewriter at an unknown date.

Lorenzo Dulmage Raymond was the first Crown Attorney, Clerk of the Peace,…

Two colour slides showing the automatic typesetting machine at Welland Tribune, November 11, 1963.

From the Orline Clements Memorial Collection. There are slides 13-14 of 55 of what would have been a slideshow to demonstrate the steps taken to…

Early 1990's


Opacs replaced the Card Catalogue as a new way of searching for material.
Books were now circulated in and out using the new automated system.

Two black and white photos showing famous jockey Avelino Gomez reminding us of the Fort Erie Race Track opening date on April 8, January 26, 1961. The gathering was the annual Sports Celebrities dinner in Toronto and he visited the Welland party…

Two colour slides with a back view of the Welland Public Library with the boiler room entrance and janitors work shed, May 1974.

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

Black and white photograph of a baggage car at the Welland Canal Bridge 15 swing bridge, c. 1929. Engine 8419 of the New York Central lines broke away from the cars and went into the canal leaving this car hanging several feet over the edge.

Two black and white photographs of bagpipers in the Centennial Parade, at the corner of King and East Main Streets, July 1958.

Colour slide of a group of unidentified bagpipers participating in the Rose Parade, summer 1968. The photo was taken near 195 East Main Street.

The slide was donated to the library by John H. Flett.