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.
Negatives and photographs of activities and buildings at the Northern Electric plant on Sidney Street in Belleville, Ontario. These items were contained in a metal Kardex filing drawer. Headings on the file sleeves include:
Erecting Gov. Towers [Negative 2019-055-001]
Dismantling & Erecting N.E. Wooden Tower [Negatives 2019-055-002 to 2019-055-019 and print of negative 2019-055-017]
Wave Guide Flexing Machine Built 1956 by N.E. Co Belleville [Negatives 2019-055-020 to 2019-055-078 and prints of negatives 2019-055-022, 2019-055-023, 2019-055-024, 2019-055-027, 2019-055-028, 2019-055-029, 2019-055-030 and 2019-055-047]
City Fire Dept Demonstration 1955 [4 negatives including 2019-055-084 and 2019-055-085]
Fire in Shopmen's Wash Rm. Partition. 1955 [5 negatives, 5 prints]
Painting Chain Link Fences 1955 Contractor Carter & Son [2 negatives]
Employee Infraction on City Parking Regulations 1955
Car Parks 1955 [Negatives 2019-055-091 to 2019-055-093]
Power House 1954 [11 negatives including 2019-055-094 and 2019-095] *Deterioration of 1947 Plant Roof Due to Negelcted Leak in Roof Membrane, 1955 [2 prints, 3 negatives]
Deterioration in West Wall & South & North Corners of 1947 BLDG. Repointed Brickwork 1955 [30 prints, 32 negatives]
Leaking Flashings [1 print]
Slippage of Roof Material on 1951 Extension Saw Tooths Corrected 1955 By Application of S.I.S. Roofing. [3 prints, 3 negatives]
1951 Extension to Plant [44 prints, 106 negatives]
Paint Shop Construction 1955 [13 prints, 20 negatives]
Shop Partitions Designed & Built in Belleville Plant 1953 [4 prints, 7 negatives]
Standard Benches Designed & Produced in Belleville Plant 1952 [1 print (labelled 'Sound Proof Booth'), 3 negatives]
Moving Pacific Brake from CN Tracks to Belleville Plant [1 print, 4 negatives]
Six black and white photographs of operations inside the Graham Food Products plant in Belleville, Ontario, taken by Rapid, Grip and Batten. Includes an image of Roy Lucas, manager.