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Sign reading 'Schryver's' from former Schryver drugstore at 214 Front Street, Belleville, Ontario. City directories place this business at this location from 1959 to 1964.

Photographs showing closed-off aisles and displays of non-essential items in Walmart, Belleville, after the Ontario government's stay-at-home order which took effect on April 8th, 2021 in an effort to stem the rise in COVID-19 cases in the province.

Photographs of Deseronto, Ontario dating from the 1970s to 2011, depicting a variety of Town events. They include a set of aerial photographs of the town from the 1980s; the interior of the former Home Hardware store in the Baker Block on Main Street; the O’Connor House on Main Street before its demolition; the 1989 100th Anniversary celebrations, photographs of Centennial Park and Rathbun Memorial Park; the opening of the Deseronto Public Library in its 358 Main Street location in 2001; the Ontario Provincial Police handover ceremony in 2001; an Easter Parade from the early 2000s; a Santa Parade; the 2002 New Year’s Levee; and the 2010 Olympic Flame run in Deseronto.

Most of the photographs appear to have been taken by Town staff. One envelope was donated to the Town by Irene Usher and contains photographs taken by her late husband, Tom.

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

Materials collected by Arthur Tufts (father of Marilyn Hughes), including:

• Negative of a photograph of children and staff of Tweed Consolidated School, 1932-1933
• Printed letter from Harold Walsh to the voters of East Hastings, 1 October 1937
• 'A History of St. John's United Church, Tweed, Ontario 1957-1969' by Mrs C. R. Porritt, 1967
• Printed photo directory of St. John's United Church, Tweed, Ontario, 2000
• Printed 'seniority list' of names of 266 employees of Corby Distilleris Limited at 15 September 1974, with their date of starting work
• Published history of 'Moira Lodge A.F. & A.M. No. 11 G.R.C. March 10th, 1801 to 1976' by H. S. Robbins
• Published history 'Moira Lodge A.F. & A.M. No. 11 G.R.C. Bicentennial 1801-2001' by Paul Foster

Collection of materials relating to the Canada Optical Company in Deseronto, Ontario, including:

• Typescript catalogue of glasses frames, 1947
• Postcard with drawing of outside of plant, c.1950
• Visitor book with Polaroid photographs of visitors, 1969-1974
• Photograph album of staff events and activities, c.1975-1990
• Magazine and newspaper articles about the company, 1980-1993
• Product information sheets, 1980s
• Employee benefits book, 1986
• 14 colour photographs of people and equipment at the plant, 1980s

The materials were collected by Don Simpson, former general manager of the Deseronto plant.

Two plastic bags from the Leslie's shoe store at 255 and 257 Front Street, Belleville.

A map of the City of Belleville (with Trenton inset) featured in the September 20, 1961 issue of the Ontario Intelligencer. The map features houses that were open that week for viewing. At the bottom are sponsors of the map.

A plan of a plot in the City of Belleville. Some of the buildings on site include Zellers, A and P, Reitmans. The plot is located between Dundas Street and Bridge Street. Published December 30, 1960 by Principal Investments Ltd., General Contractors.

Donated by the Belleville Public Library in 2014.

Photograph of staff of H. Corby Distilleries Limited, Corbyville, Ontario. The photograph was taken outside the distillery, with two of the company's trucks in the background.

A map of Thurlow Township featuring the addition of handwritten annotations. Concessions, railways, proprietors, businesses and locations are featured. The map extends from the Bay of Quinte in the southwest to Roslin the northeast. Circa 1950 (Bakelite plant opened c. 1948 and the Foxboro Cheese Factory closed in 1961).

Specific annotations are as follows: Halloway Grist Mill, Latta Bridge, Plainfield Grist, Saw Mill, O'Brien's Bridge, Grist Mill, Canning Factory Foxboro, Footbridge, Cheese Factory, Fairfields Bridge, Dam Corbyville, Distillery, Cannifton Dam, Grist & Saw Mill, Quarry & Substation, Round House, Brickyard, Graham's Dried Foods, Bell Telephone Lines, Hydro Power Lines, and Cement Works.

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.

A reproduction of a pre-1949 aerial view photo located in a tourism advertisement book. The booklet advertises Quinte's cruising waters extending from Trenton to Adolphus Reach.

Promotional booklet advertising businesses in Prince Edward County, Ontario.

A map showing a plan for the Belleville Harbour. The total area stretches from south Front Street to the Ponton Plan. Published by John T. Ransom on May 19th, 1947. The map features field notes of survey of lands, marshes and Bay of Quinte waters. Scale: 1':100'.

Collection consists of two items:

• Digital copy of a photograph of the Redi-Heat building on Mill and Water streets in Deseronto, taken by Frederick Harold Ball in 1938
• Financial statements for the Redi-Heat Electrical Appliance Company, 1946, prepared by W. S. Stone, Chartered Accountant, of Belleville, Ontario

A "Map of the Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland" published by the Copp Clark Co. Ltd. of Toronto in 1945.

The map served dual commercial and educational purposes. It advertises for a chocolate company with slogans and images: "Neilson's, The best chocolate bars in Canada [and] Neilson's Jersey milk chocolate - The best milk chocolate made." On the top right corner, an inscription writes that the map was for rural, underprivileged schools and was not to be removed from such locations.

This fonds contains one folder of family records, twenty-seven folders of invoices from the following businesses:

• W.M. Davies Pork Packers and Provision Merchants of Toronto, 1917
• Dominion Sugar Companies Limited of Chatham, 1917
• S. Domenico, Wholesale Fruit Merchants of Belleville, 1912-1917
• Eby-Blain Limited, Wholesale Importing and Manufacturing Grocers of Toronto, 1916-1917
• Grand Trunk Railroad System, 1917
• R.B. Hayhoe & Company Importers of Teas and Coffees, Confectioners Supplies of Toronto, 1917
• H.J. Heinz Company of Toronto, 1916-1917
• Hodgens and Roberts Limited Tobacconists, Scales and Roberts Company Limited Tobacconists of Toronto, 1917
• L.P. Hughes Flour and Feeds, Seeds, Rolled Oats and All Kinds of Breakfast Cereals of Belleville, 1917
• Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario – Central Ontario System-Trenton, 1917-1918
• P.C. Larkin and Company Tea Merchants of Toronto, 1917
• S.B. McClung, Paints, Oils, Glass, etc. of Trenton, 1917
• W.E. Mayhew – Trent Valley Mills of Trenton 1916-1917
• William Patterson and Son Company of Belleville, 1916 to 1918
• Wm. Rennie Company Limited Seeds of Toronto, 1916-1917
• George A. Robertson and Son Limited, Wholesale Groceries of Kingston, 1908-1917
• John Sloan & Company of Belleville, 1917
• Swift Canadian Company of Toronto, 1917
• Telfer Bros. Limited of Toronto, 1917
• Trenton Garage, 1916 1917
• White and Company Limited Fruit, Produce and Fish of Toronto, 1917
• Dalley Products Limited of Hamilton, 1917
• W.J. Crothers Company of Kingston, 1917
• R.B. Cooper of Belleville, 1917
• Belleville Creameries, 1917
• Belleville Cider and Vinegar Company, 1917
• Bell Telephone of Trenton, 1917
• Armstrong and Paffard of Toronto, 1917

There is also: one folder containing pages from a ledger, one cash book volume, one folder of sales slips with a sales slip book, and one folder of receipts, orders and correspondence.
There is a folder containing land deeds and personal papers.

Five photographs:
1) Interior of J. J. Haines shoe store at 230 Front Street in Belleville, c.1920
2-5) Photo-postcards of flooding on Bridge, Coleman and Front Streets in Belleville, 1936

Two postcards:

1. Trenton High School (duplicate of 2017-27-19 https://www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc/38551591382/ )
2. H. C. Pitcher & Son buildings on Pitchers Road, Frankford, Ontario (online at https://www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc/52962542235/ )