Children of Riggs School, Madoc (S.S. #13) circa 1920. Top row, seventh child is Cecil Willis. Second row, seventh child is Elizabeth Jane Willis. Bottom row: third child is Bert Willis, sixth child is Edward Willis, last child is Oliver Willis. School was at the NE corner of Riggs and Pigden Roads in Madoc Township.
Harry Harrington and Joyce Dunk outside Cecil Willis and Frances WIllis's grocery store at 27 Front Street, Trenton, Ontario, circa 1943. Harry was Frances's father.
Photograph album of Stuart Hilton Plante's time as a member of the Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force stationed at Camp Mohawk near Deseronto, Ontario.
A red and white quilt made in 1894 by the Steady Gleaners, a group of women affiliated with the Presbyterian Church of the Redeemer, Deseronto, Ontario, possibly with the aim of raising funds for missionary work. This quilt may have been made for such a purpose. The signatures of the women in the society are embroidered onto the squares of the quilt.
The names on the quilt are: F.M.R. Bella Smyth Mrs Wm. Gamble Florence A. Davis Mrs F. S. Rathbun Alice McGault Mrs C. E. Ravin Mrs J. W. McCaw Mrs G. Genge Mrs Wm. Mitchell Mrs R. J. Craig, President Mrs Frank S. Hall [Bessie] Annie Hill Mrs McCoy Mrs F. H. Sims Mrs J. D. Dulmadge Mrs J. Douglas Tillie Maxwell Mrs D. Dant Miss Mary Huff Mrs G. Gordon Ella Pegan Mrs G. A. Grant Mrs Joe Hopper Mrs Wm. Geney Gertrude R. Craig Aggie Elliott Mrs Mackie Mrs A. D. Macintyre I. Thornton Mrs C. Forrester Mrs R. Anderson Ira B. Anderson L. Smyth Mrs R. Geddes Mrs F. McMaster Mrs J. M. Denmark Mrs A. G. Knight Mrs J. Buter Clara McClain Mrs C. Bennett Mrs J. T. Garmon
Scanned copy of a photograph of Dr. Joan Bronskill (1924-1978), who spent most of her career as an entomologist at the Entomological Research Institute in Belleville, Ontario. She was well known for her support of the arts in Belleville, being a founder of the Quinte Ballet School, a member of the Belleville Theatre Guild, and a charter member of the Quinte Arts Council.
Twelve digitized copies of films previously donated to the Hastings County Historical Society by Pat Isaacs and Stan Else.
Films donated by Pat Isaacs of Roslin, Ontario:
Parades with the Shriners, family events including children feeding a captive bear, aftermath of a fire at Robertson Block on Main Street, Belleville, Ontario, in 1954, the exterior of the Shrine Club in Belleville, a fire at a vehicle collision, a military parade and a track and field day. [running time: 15:19] https://youtu.be/J-9GAcoP6TA
Parades, including one at the Shannonville Fair and one on Front Street, Belleville, Ontario, and footage of family events and gatherings, c.1955 [running time: 13:28] https://youtu.be/_aJ5b29fzqQ
General Motors picnic at Silver Lake, 14 June 1948 (including sports and games); speed boat races at the Government Dock, Belleville (with brief glimpse of City of Belleville ship); and the fire that destroyed Trudeau Motors on 20 December 1948 [running time: 12:02] https://youtu.be/geFPx2Auxi8
Family vacation in Florida, with footage of the James Melton Autorama museum, the Sandy Shores Motel in Miami Beach, boat trips, pelicans, Zane Motel, Spook Hill road sign, orange trees, women in Victorian clothing in gardens, c.1953 [running time: 10:54] https://youtu.be/ZvjGzMUaqEY
Animals and birds in a zoo and a visit to Ireland and Paris, c.1955 [running time: 4:06] https://youtu.be/ESe_Ay9rQc4
Vacation in California, parades with the Shriners, family scenes, an event at the opening of the Kinsmen outdoor pool in Belleville, Ontario, with a band and a synchronized swimming display, crowds at the railway station for the royal visit to Belleville, Ontario in 1951 [running time: 13:29] https://youtu.be/Wa_Z6SMApNU
Family cabinet card and tintype photographs, c.1860-1920
Staff and students of Grier Street School, Belleville, 1905 and original and copy of two 1908 Grier Street school photographs (the copy was published in the Intelligencer), both including Howard Aselstine
Snapshots including several of Aselstine buses in Belleville, 1910-1940
Second World War ration books for Howard and Mae Aselstine and Dorothy Aitchison (their daughter, mother of Jane Bond), 1940s
Photograph album with pictures of Aselstine buses, 1890-1935
Newspaper clippings relating to the Aselstine bus business, 1965-1971
Typescript and hand-written notes on the history of the Aselstine business
Copies of photographs taken outside 183 John Street North in Belleville, Ontario, showing three different Studebaker Commander cars. In the early 1950s this house was owned by George (1890-1965) and Mary Edith Harron (1891-1994).
Photographs, printed materials, certificates, newspaper clippings and administrative records relating to the education of nurses in Belleville, Ontario.
Belleville General Hospital. School of Nursing Alumnae Association