Tourism-related materials for Deseronto
- CA ON00156 DA 2010.32
- Collectie
- c.1985-1995
File of tourism-related leaflets, flyers and correspondence relating to Deseronto, from the Town Hall. Originally in a brown file labelled ‘Tourist Information’.
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Tourism-related materials for Deseronto
File of tourism-related leaflets, flyers and correspondence relating to Deseronto, from the Town Hall. Originally in a brown file labelled ‘Tourist Information’.
Deseronto Fire Department collection
Materials relating to the Deseronto Fire Department, including photographs and press cutting and fund-raising materials.
Photograph of drawing of St. Peter's Presbyterian Church, Madoc
Photograph of a drawing of St. Peter's Presbyterian Church in Madoc, Ontario. A note on the back of the image states that the church burned down in 1873 and the house on the left was the residence of Rev. David Wishart, later owned by George Gillespie.
Letters found in former Cronk property in Deseronto, Ontario
Letters found in the Cronk house.
1) Feb 1881 draft letter to Willliam Aull from his sister, Sarah Jane Cronk (wife of Reuben)
2 & 3) Two letters from E.G. Webb, postmaster of Elkland, Tioga County, Pennsylvania to Reuben Cronk, Chief of Police in Deseronto, re a fugitive staying in the town. 28 Jan and 21 Feb 1882
4) Nov 1882 letter to Reuben Cronk from J. N. Emerson complaining about boys interrupting rehearsals at the school in Deseronto
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Printed materials relating to Deseronto in 1929, from the estate of Cecil Argue, Mayor of Deseronto in that year.
1) Green pennant with red ties, with ‘U.E.L. Come to Deseronto June 16,17,18,19’ [from the 1929 United Empire Loyalist celebration]
2) Programme for a concert at Naylor’s Theatre held on Thursday March 14, 1929
3) Merchant’s Advertising Ticket for Naylor’s Theatre, compliments of C. W. Malley, Druggist
4) Women Citizens’ League printed constitution
5) ‘Patriotic Roll’ pledge of allegiance and affirmation of abstention from alcohol, signed by seven children, including Jack West Argue (son of Cecil), Bruce Cole, Norman Purvis, Gerald Houle, Jack Galt, Jean Whitton and Vera Houle
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Green ashtray awarded at the Lucky Strikes Lanes in Deseronto, Ontario, for a bowling score of "320 & Over in 5-Pins".
The Lucky Strikes Lanes were at 358 Main Street, where Deseronto Public Library was later located.
Photographs of Deseronto town signs
Colour photographs of the town’s two original “Heart of Walleye World” fish signs and the three signs which were painted in 2006 to replace the old ones. The plywood was donated by the Town of Deseronto and the work of cutting out the fish shapes was undertaken by Tom Usher. Diane Myers painted the signs and the fish scales were done by a man called Gerry [surname unknown] who appears in the last two photographs.
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Compliments slip from Stover & Sager of Deseronto
Compliments slip from the Stover and Sager store in Deseronto, Ontario, which sold groceries, flour, feed, boots and shoes.
Digital reproductions of First World War photographs by Lewis Barker
Scans of photographs taken by Lewis Barker, a rigger at Camp Rathbun, a First World War pilot training camp to the north of Deseronto, Ontario.
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Photographs of Wardens of the County of Hastings
Photographs of Wardens of Hastings County (with some duplicates):
Three photographs of staff and councillors of Hastings County Council for:
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The Mohawk Nation Drummer was a newspaper published in the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.
Digital photographs of architectural drawings of proposed home in Deseronto
Digital images taken on April 9th, 2015, of the Langley and Burke architectural plans of a proposed house on Stanley Avenue, Deseronto, Ontario, for Edward Wilkes Rathbun, made May 20th, 1892. The original plans are held at the Archives of Ontario.
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Postcards:
Poems about Deseronto, Ontario
Photocopies of two poems about Deseronto: ‘Deseronto Causeway’ and ‘Winter Night in Deseronto’ by Douglas Alkenbrack.
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Harold McMurrich Rathbun negatives
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.
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Digital copies of photographs from Robert J. Burkitt
Ten photographs taken in and around Deseronto by the Burkitt family. Bill Burkitt ran Burkitt's Groceteria at 344 Main Street, Deseronto in the 1950s and 1960s.
2011.28 (1) Snapshot of Robert Burkitt. c.1953
2011.28 (2) George Wannamaker, the butcher in the Burkitt Groceteria, Main Street, Deseronto, Ontario, during the 1950s.
2011.28 (3) Snapshot of Tom Burkitt, c.1960
2011.28 (4) Snapshot of Tom Burkitt and Arthur Dawson taken at Camp Quin-Mo-Lac near Tweed.
2011.28 (5) Snapshot of Phyllis Twiddy Creaser and Doris Twiddy Rendell
2011.28 (6) Snapshot of Robert Burkitt taken on Main Street, Deseronto, Ontario with Chapman's Restaurant on the left and Jackson's Hardware to the right.
2011.28 (7) Photograph of Robert Burkitt taken at Deseronto Public School, Deseronto, Ontario.
2011.28 (8) Tom and Robert Burkitt, with their mother, Marjorie, outside the family's grocery store, Burkitt's Groceteria, at 344 Main Street, Deseronto, Ontario, c.1960.
2011.28 (9) Five members of the Burkitt family: Tom and Robert at the rear, Bill and Marjorie Burkitt at the front, with Jim Warder, Marjorie's father. Taken outside the Deseronto Post Office, c.1975.
2011.28 (10) Snapshot of the front of Burkitt's Groceteria, 344 Main Street, Deseronto, Ontario, c.1955.
Cole family photographs of Royal Flying Corps scenes in Deseronto
Album pages with photographs of Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force activities in Deseronto, Ontario, and some snapshots of local buildings and Cole family members.
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Notes on Deseronto’s history and a number of postcards and photographs. Includes a collection of 43 calendars from firms in Napanee, Newburgh and Selby from 1941-1970.
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Materials transferred from Deseronto Town Hall
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Digital photographs of Deseronto Town Hall
Photographs of work to install a ramp leading from Main Street to the entrance of Deseronto Town Hall.
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