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Newspaper clipping reproduction with a photograph of the Empire Cotton Mills baseball team, c. 1923.

Top row, from left to right: Lloyd Upper; Percy DeGraw; Ed Dennis; Freddie Ellsworth; illegible; George Garner; Percy Brasford; Tommy Jones,…

Newspaper clipping reproduction with a photograph of the Empire Cotton Mills baseball team, c. 1922, called the top team in Welland for a number of years.

Front row, from left to right: Jack Garner; O'Sullivan, mascot; MacKay. Centre row, from…

Newspaper clipping reproduction with a photo of the Welland Atlas Steels baseball team, considered the most powerful baseball team to ever represent Welland. They won the 1944 Ontario Senior A baseball championship going over the London Majors.…

Newspaper clipping reproduction showing the National Textiles baseball team, c. 1942, who were the first Welland baseball team to win a senior Ontario championship.

Front row, from left to right: Jack Goss; Eric Cowie; Vic Goberis; Wray Upper,…

Newspaper clipping reproduction with a photograph of the Welland Hockey Club, c. 1904, when they won the OHA group 15 championship.

Front row, from left to right: Clarence 'Tat' Morin; George Cutler; William H. Brittin; Charles Coulson; William D.…

Newspaper clipping reproduction of a photo of the Welland Hockey Club from 1903.

Front row, from left to right: W. D. Ross; Jimmy Kilty; Bill McAuliffe. Middle row, from left to right: A. W. Harcourt; W. H. Brittin; G. A. Peart. Back row, from…

Newspaper clipping reproduction of an Evening Tribune article from March 5th, 1954. It shows old buildings at the corner of East Main Street and Hellems Avenue that were to be demolished. It also states that the most remembered spot was Fowler's…

An article from the March 22, 1930 edition of the Welland Tribune about James Wilson, who had died that day. The article describes how he was the oldest Welland resident at the time at 109, his history with slavery, escape into Canada, and then…

An obituary from the October 3, 1905 edition of the Welland Tribune and Peoples Press about Burr Plato, who died September 27, 1905. He was an escaped slave who fled to Niagara through the Underground Railroad. In 1886 he was elected councillor for…

An obituary from the June 2, 1903 edition of the Welland Tribune and Peoples Press about Charles Davis. He was an escaped slave from Maryland who settled in Niagara Falls, then part of Welland County. It states he was a respected and prominent…