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Silk bookmark reads "Belleville's WELCOME To her distinguished Son. March 12th, 1895. Hon. Sir Mackenzie Bowell, K.C.M.G. From Belleville Schools to PREMIERSHIP OF CANADA".

Two pairs of glasses made at the Canada Optical Company in Deseronto, with paper casings. Models: Lana Brown Silk and Lana Black (both made of plastic with seven diamanté stones over each eye).

Portrait of an unidentified woman.

Founding charter of the Argyll Chapter (number 159) of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of Empire, granted by the National Chapter of Canada to founding members Mary G. Ponton, Zetta S. March, Bertha H. Vermilyea, Amy I. McFee, Helen G. Wallbridge, Edith R. Hyman, Helena G. Vermilyea, Amy R. Wallbridge, Mary Lee, Mary S. Orr, Flora M. Brown.

Photographs of members of the council of the Town of Deseronto:
George E. Clement
James Sexsmith
William Irvine
James Whitton
J. M. Olliver
George Parnham
A. A. Richardson, Deputy Reeve
Frederick S. Rathbun, Treasurer
Edward Wilkes Rathbun, Mayor
Robert Irvine, Clerk
James Dryden, Reeve
J. McCollough, Assessor
George Gonyou, Chief of Police
G. E. Deroche, Solicitor
T. D. Galt
William Mellow
James Saunders

Collage of pasted 1933 topographical maps of the Bay of Quinte region, with 'Wavecrest' property identified in ink.

Postcard addressed to Miss Florence Roberts of Paris, Ontario, with a picture of the Bay of Quinte Bridge on the front. Mailed in October 1905. Signed 'Eva'.

Compliments slip from the Stover and Sager store in Deseronto, Ontario, which sold groceries, flour, feed, boots and shoes.

Photograph of five people on a wooden bridge.

A poster advertising events surrounding the planned coronation of Edward VII on 26 June 1902. The coronation was postponed when the heir to the throne became ill with appendicitis, instead taking place on 9 August.

A photograph showing the participants of a swim across the Bay of Quinte in Ontario sometime in 1925.

Included in this photo, starting in the back row: Donald Row, Morley Stork, Bub Galloway, Norman Clarke, Fred Brown, Les Smith, George Oliphant, ? Semark, ??; middle and front row: Cliff Barber, Elmer LaBarr, Jessie Barbart, George Drummond, Margaret Walker, Larry Wray, Marj McGuire, Ken Grills, George Brown.

Luggage tag for route "Local 26" of the Deseronto Navigation Company Ltd. of Deseronto, Ontario.

Aerial photograph showing the Stream building on Dundas Street West in Belleville, Ontario. The business opened in 2000.

Scanned copy of class photograph [grade 2] of boys at Deseronto Public School, c.1960.

Children identified as:
Back row: Wayne Keech, Dennis Layfield, ?, Larry Boomhour, ?, Bobby Gilligan, Barry Brummell
Middle row: ?, Paul McTaggart, Andrew Grossett, Bob Sherman, Don Armitage jnr, Terry D. Rushie, Bobby Blewett
Front row: Clayton Brant, David Foster, Philip Berry, Butch (Marshall) Claus, Bob Brinklow, Arnie Marks, Marvin Brooks

Portrait of George Hamilton Backus (1830-1904). He worked for Brown's foundry in Belleville, and was a member of City Council in 1885 and a public school trustee. He was also a member of the volunteer fire brigade and associated with the 49th Hastings Rifles. He was a member of St. John's Presbyterian Church.

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.

Photograph shows the Pasmore pharmacy at the northwest corner of St. George and Thomas Streets in Deseronto, Ontario. The owner of this property was Dr. William Pasmore.

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

Scanned copy of an aerial photograph of the Ontario School for the Deaf, looking north from Dundas Street West in Belleville, Ontario.