Identity area
Reference code
CA ON00156 2019-086
Title
Collection of ephemeral materials
Date(s)
- 1882-1977 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
5cm of textual records
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Items purchased at an auction of ephemera in 1999 and donated to the Community Archives in September 2019 by Shirley Sutherland.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Collection of ephemeral items from Belleville, Trenton, and Prince Edward County. Includes:
File 1
- page from the Ontario Commercial College Journal, 1873
- receipts addressed to Hiram Snyder of Sidney Township, 1882-1904
- prospectus of the Belleville Business College, c.1892
- certificate and letter of recommendation from the Ontario Business College for N. B. McKibbon, 1883
- 'Poems of the Turf' printed promotional booklet for D. H. Ackrill, veterinary, 1904
- 'The Whaley-Royce Pianos' promotional flyer, not dated
- sheet of advertisements aimed at students, c.1920
File 2
- flyer for sale at Ritchie's clothes store, July 1920
- receipt from Glenwood Cemetery Company to Guy Johnson for Lot 7 in Block 369 at the cemetery, 1922
- card for Scott's Auto Bus Service, Picton and Belleville, not dated
- paper bag for Geen's Drug Store, Belleville, not dated
- negative envelope from Ed. A. Simmons drug store, Trenton
- flyer for J. Sutcliffe & Sons store sale in Trenton, not dated
- flyer for Crowe & Fairman store, Trenton, not dated
- promotional item for George H. Cobley, furniture and funeral director, Trenton
- flyer for an 87 cent sale at White's store in Trenton and Stirling, not dated
- flyer for fall and winter sale at Vandervoort's store in Trenton, not dated
- receipt from the Deacon Shirt Company [letterhead shows Coleman Street factory] to David J. White, 1925
- programme for Old Boys' Reunion, 1925
- souvenir postcard folder for Trenton, c.1930
- Firestone promotional newspaper, May 1933
- Constitution and By-Laws of the Belleville Agricultural Society, 1935
- prize draw ticket from the Belleville Fair, 1938
- Blue's Quality Foods coupons, c.1938
- One Cent Sale flyer for Rexall Drug Store, 1949
- programme for exhibition of pupils' work at the Ontario School for the Deaf, 1952
- Ontario election flyer for Norris Whitney, Progressive Conservative candidate for Prince Edward-Lennox, 1955
- Belleville fair prize list, 1960
- Belleville Agricultural Society constitution and by laws, 1960
- Quinte Driving and Riding Club race listing at the Belleville Fair, 1963
File 3
- receipt for Rockland Slate, 1878
- annual membership tickets for Mr & Mrs H. M. Reddick for the Main Street Methodist Church, Picton, 1907
- various receipts for Charlie Wycott, 1926-1927
- Platt's Marketeria, Wellington, coupons, c.1930
- invitation to the Picton Centenary and Prince Edward County Old Boys' Reunion, 1937
- Auditors' Reports for the Township of Ameliasburgh, 1937 and 1938
- Laying up of the Colours of the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, Picton, 4 Oct 1964
- Two Prince Edward County Centennial Year programmes, 1967
- programme for official opening of H. J. McFarland Memorial Home, 20 Aug 1975
File 4 (all undated)
- Wills Hardware promotional plastic ruler
- 'Choose a Career' flyer for the International Correspondence Schools, Scanton, Pennsylvania, local representative H. C. Brown, Hotel Quinte
- Moira Fuels promotional blotting paper sheets
- 3 Belleville souvenir postcard sets
- paper bag from Clint McGee hardware store, Stirling
- song sheet for the Young Men's Conservative Club, Belleville
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Newspapers in this collection were added to the relevant newspaper series.