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Two scans of photographs of Adelia Leslie, a graduate of the Belleville General Hospital School of Nursing, and her classmates. Also her copy of the commemorative volume 'Belleville General Hospital School of Nursing 1893-1970 and Edith Cavell Regional School of Nursing 1968-1974'.

Reports and publications relating to Northern Electric and their Belleville operation. Includes:

• 'Northern News', 14 Mar 1955
• Résumé for W. J. Needham Throop, 1965
• 'Look What's Going On in Belleville' publication, 26 October 1970
• 'Look What's Going On in Belleville' publication, 25 January 1971
• 'Northern Electric now...and the future' publication, 1974
• Proposal for Business Systems to assume responsibility for the office service function, 1980
• Suggestion Plan Manual for the Subscriber Switching Division, 28 January 1983
• Certificate of membership in the Telephone Pioneers of America for W. J. Needham Throop
• Nortel Belleville 50th Anniversary publication, 1997

Other items:

• Four postcards of the Ontario School for the Deaf; Front Street and United Empire Loyalists monument; Bay Bridge; Moira River, c.1940s
• Belleville McFarlands decal, 1959
• Promotional card for Dixie Inn Barbeque on Bridge Street West in Belleville, owned by George A. De Vuyst, c.1959
• Belleville-Trenton directory published by F & N Directories, 1962-1963

Photograph of a young, bearded man, taken by Margaret Christie of Madoc, Ontario.

Two photographs:

1. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 155th O.S. Battalion at Barriefield, July 6, 1916 . A cropped version of the same image is available online here: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/155th_Battalion%2C_Barriefield%2C_July_6%2C_1916._No._498_%28HS85-10-32556%29.jpg
2. Unidentified military unit standing on a large parade ground in an unnamed city, with a water tower in the background carrying an advertisement for Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. This image has been scanned and is available online at https://www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc/35460399302/

Six loose coloured postcards showing:

• Front Street, Belleville, Ontario
• Aerial View of R.C.A.F. Station, looking South, near Belleville, Ontario
• Moira River, Belleville, Ontario
• General Hospital, Belleville, Ontario
• Albert College, Belleville, Ontario

• Dominion Entomological Building, Belleville, Ont.

  A fold-out 'Souvenir of Belleville' set of postcards produced by Valentine-Black Ltd., Toronto. They depict:

• Post Office, Quinte Hotel, Churches, Armouries, Belleville, Ontario
• Church of St. Michael the Archangel (R.C.)
• St. Thomas' Church (Anglican) Belleville, Ontario
• Bridge Street United Church, Belleville, Ontario
• Front Street looking North, Belleville, Ontario
• Front Street, Belleville, Ont. looking North
• Moira River looking North from Victoria Park, Belleville, Ontario
• Bridge St., bridge over Moira River, Belleville, Ontario
• Main bldgs., Belleville General Hospital
• Hotel Quinte, Belleville, Ontario
• High School, Belleville, Ontario
• Albert College, Belleville, Ontario
• Main bldg., Ontario School for the Deaf, Belleville, Ont., Canada
• Club House, Quinte Golf and Country Club, Belleville, Ont., Canada
• The Armouries, Belleville, Ont., Canada
• War Memorial, Belleville, Ont., Canada

Etching of Church Street in Belleville, Ontario, looking south with the Tabernacle and St. Michael's churches on the left and right of the image, respectively. The McCurdy house is visible on the right of the image. Also a news clipping of a 'Time Capsule' from the Intelligencer, featuring the same image.

Promotional calendar for Houston's (building supplies) of 75 St. Paul Street, Belleville, Ontario. The 'Barely Covered' image on the calendar was originally painted by R. James Stuart.

Digital photographs of pages of a scrapbook containing circulars about individuals suspected of crimes or escaped convicts, submitted by police departments across North America to the Toronto Police Service.

Photograph by T. V. Little of Ottawa showing John Bracken, Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party shaking the hand of George H. Stokes, Progressive Conservative MP for Hastings South at Mr. Bracken's farm near Ottawa. A note attached to the photograph states that both men's birthdays were June 22nd, which was also John Bracken's wedding anniversary.

Two scrapbooks of materials relating to Elmer Sandercock's political career as a Progressive Conservative MPP and newspaper clippings and family photographs relating to Elmer and Ethel Sandercock's time as superintendents of the Hastings County House of Refuge in Belleville, Ontario. Framed photograph of attendees of the 15th Annual Convention of the Association of Managers of the Homes for Aged and Inform, 1934.

Three sheets of paper used for wrapping pound weights of 'Alpha brand Creamery Butter, First Grade' produced by Alpha Dairies Limited of 57 Cannifton Road, Belleville, Ontario. The dairies are listed at this address in the 1949 Vernon's directory of Belleville.

Colour photographs of the Norris Whitney bridge under construction between Rossmore and Belleville, Ontario and aerial photographs of Belleville, Wellington, Picton, Tweed, Stirling and the open pit mine at Marmora. Photographs of aircraft, including a replica of the 'Spirit of St. Louis', which visited Belleville in 1977 or 1978.

Photographs taken by members of the Muir and Woodhouse families.

Photograph of the Hastings County Historical Society's 'Archives Angels' volunteers, standing on the front steps of the Hastings Heritage Centre at 154 Cannifton Road North, Cannifton, Ontario. From left to right, the people included are: Luella Parkhurst, Gerry Boyce, Marion Fisher, Katharine Mills, Lois Foster, Mary Jane Throop, Bill Kennedy, Bobby-Jo Morris and Marney Black.

Collection comprises:

• album with 128 photographs of family scenes taken by Hannah Harrison of 64 Emily Street, Belleville, Ontario
• mounted photograph of the house at 64 Emily Street, c.1900
• photograph of six young women in naval costumes (Hannah Harrison bottom right), c. 1910
• Methodist Church annual ticket for 1902-1903 in the name of Hannah Harrison
• Canadian National Railways passes for David Harrison, blacksmith, 1935-1942
• 'Happy Birthday Sweetheart' card addressed to Hannah Harrison, 1939
• Wharf Street Debating Club membership card in the name of D. Harrison, 1941
• photographs of Hannah Harrison holding a baby, c.1970.

Scanned copies of negatives and one photograph taken by staff of the Ontario School for the Deaf (now Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf). They include photographs of children taking part in classes, sports and activities at the school. The photograph shows City Hall in Belleville, Ontario, decorated for the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in May 1939.

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

A series of negatives of properties in Belleville, Ontario, taken by members of the Belleville Camera Club on behalf of the Historic Structures Committee of Hastings County Historical Society. Also a file containing a list of the houses in 'Area C' of Belleville (from the east side of Front Street to East Hill) which were to be photographed.

Photographs relating to the career of Leonard Fry, who was a member of the 34th Belleville Field Artillery and an employee of the Grand Trunk Railway and Canadian National Railway. Includes aerial view of the roundhouse in Belleville at the end of the Second World War, March 18, 1939 edition of 'Saturday Night' magazine and a souvenir edition of Canadian National Magazine with photographs of the 1951 royal visit.

Staff and students of Queen Victoria Public School, Belleville, Ontario.