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Colour photograph of the mural "Tell Me About the Olden Days" by Dan Sawatzky, c. 1991.

Painted in 1988 by Dan Sawatzky of Chemainus, BC, at 225 East Main Street, 50' X 20'.

The mural illustrates the arrival of immigrants in Welland about 1910,…

Black and white photograph of employees cutting rope for grummets at the Plymouth Cordage Company, c. 1940s. The man on the right is identified as Allen (Chick) Fishleigh.

Three black and white photographs of an employee forming grummets at the Plymouth Cordage Company, c. 1940s.

Black and white photograph of an employee pre-stretching grummet at the Plymouth Cordage Company, c. 1940s.

Black and white photograph showing combined grummet making operations at Plymouth Cordage Company, c. 1940s.

Black and white photograph of a grummet inspection by government inspectors at Plymouth Cordage Company, c. 1940s.

Black and white photograph showing bags of grummets ready for shipment at Plymouth Cordage Company, c. 1940s.

Black and white photograph of employees unlaying rope for shell grummets at Plymouth Cordage Company, c. 1940s.

Black and white photograph showing employees assembling grummets at Plymouth Cordage Company, c. 1940s.

Black and white photograph of Plymouth Cordage Company's grummets on artillery shells, c. 1940s.