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Colour photographic print of Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church from across the Welland Canal. Undated.

A brief textual account describing Polish culture and heritage in Welland.

This is a chapter from the book "A brief history of the Ukrainians, Greeks, Japanese, Anglo-Saxons and Poles in Welland" by the Welland Heritage Council, c. 1978.

A complete scanned copy of The People's Press, Old Boys' Reunion Edition, August 7, 1906.

It features a sketch on the history of Welland up to 1906, and many features on prominent citizens and businesses.

This text on page 3 explains what the…

Halftone reproduction of a black and white photograph of an aerial view of the Peace Bridge linking Fort Erie (top of photograph) to Buffalo, c. 1958.

Black and white photographic print of an aerial view of the Peace Bridge connecting Fort Erie and Buffalo, c. 1960s. Captioned "The Peace Bridge, for foot, and vehicular traffic, connecting the heart of Buffalo with Canada, at Fort Erie. 7 lanes of…

Black and white photographic print, captioned "The parting of the ways," shows the corner of Church Street and Canboro Road, Fonthill, c. 1900.

Several colour and black-and-white copies of a selection of Ross Beard's paintings.

Black and white photograph of the NS&T (Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto) Railway near the fairgrounds, Oct. 6, 1909, with people getting off to go to the fairgrounds.

Black and white photograph of the new Vocational School building at Welland High, c. 1930. It was built during 1929 and 1930, and formally opened on October 22, 1930.

On page 36 of "The History and Development of Welland High and Vocational School…

We've explored the history of WPL in the 1800s, now we move onto the 1900s!
In 1910, the first consideration and negotiation for a Carnegie Library began. In 1921, The Carnegie Foundation promised the City of Welland $20,000 to provide a Free Public…