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Photographs taken by photographers in Belleville, Picton and Trenton, mostly of unidentified subjects.

Photographs taken during the construction of the Community Archives space inside the Belleville Public Library building. Include photographs of the former location of the Community Archives at 154 Cannifton Road, Cannifton, and the physical move of archival materials and shelving from the old building to the new facility.

Tintypes and photographs taken or collected by members of the Lazier family of Belleville, Ontario. There are 10 tintypes, all showing groups of two or more young men. The other photographs were taken in Belleville between 1900 and 1975.

Photographs of Belleville Soroptimist Club outings and leaflet about the Soroptimist International Association.

Members of the Belleville Memos hockey team, 1954-1955
Back row: Claude Tice, Vern Goyer, Hub Macey, Ted Degray, Jack Wade Red Doran, John Mockerr, Jerry Hyde
Middle row: Art Charleton, Peter Jones, Davey Jones, Frank Betioll, Doug (Knobber) Day, Bob Wilson, Drury Denyes
Front row: Tony Parisi, Keith MacDonald, Edwin Duncan, Bruce Smith, Erwin Duncan, Doug Hull, Don (Turk) Barclay, Doug Murray

Photographs:

1. Ambrotype photograph of four houses on the west side of the Moira river in Belleville, c.1860
2. City of Belleville Chemical Fire Engine Group, 1882-1883
3. Front Street (looking south) decorated to welcome home the men who fought in the North-West Rebellion, 1885
4. Front Street (looking north) decorated to welcome home the men who fought in the North-West Rebellion, 1885

Four photographs of St. Mark’s Church, Deseronto, Ontario:
1) Interior of church, taken by A. V. Richardson of Deseronto, early 20th century
2) Exterior of church, taken from Dundas Street, looking northwest, early 20th century
3) Interior of church, looking towards the altar, c.1940[?]
4) Exterior of church, taken from Dundas Street, looking north, dated December 1976

Two digital photographs of the demolition of the Edith Cavell Residence at Belleville General Hospital, Belleville, Ontario.

Photograph taken at Camp Barriefield, Ontario.

A group of glass negatives associated with Herbert 'Burt' Rathbun (1861-1897) and his family.

Photographs found in Deseronto Town Hall, dating from the 1970s to 2011, depicting a variety of Town events. They include a set of aerial photographs from the 1980s (some duplicates), photographs of Centennial and Rathbun Memorial Park, the opening of the Deseronto Public Library in its 358 Main Street location in 2001, the 2010 Olympic Flame run in Deseronto, an Easter Parade from the early 2000s, a Santa Parade, the OPP handover (2007?), interior of the Home Hardware store in the Baker Block, 1989 100th Anniversary celebrations, 2002 New Year’s Levee, the O’Connor House before demolition.

Some were taken by Tom Usher (donated by Irene Usher), others are of unknown provenance: probably taken by Town staff.

Two negative-holders with annotations by Harold McMurrich Rathbun for negatives he took between 1907 and 1914, with loose negatives from 1920-1940. Most of the photographs were taken in and around Deseronto, Ontario, but they also include photographs taken on a journey by rail to Alberta in 1907.

Photocopy of a photograph of John Freeman (1836-1905) and his wife, Ann Naphan (1824-1923). At one time they owned the Arlington Hotel in Deseronto, Ontario.