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Architectual drawings for a proposed Masonic Temple at Victoria Avenue and Pinnacle Street, Belleville

2004-11
Documento
25 July 1938

Plans and external elevations of a proposed Masonic Temple in Belleville (not built), with notes by Paul Foster on the history of the plans (1999).

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Collection of early photographs of unknown origin

2008-11
Coleção
1840-1900

Procer, Cameron Law Firm Collection

2009-08
Coleção
1826-1949

Approximately 1,800 documents created and or collected by the Procter, Cameron law firm and its predecessors in the course of its daily activities. Includes deeds, mortgages, insurance policies, estate papers, business and personal contacts.

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Digital photograph of plaque commemorating Simpson's Tavern

2021-062
Item
30 July 2021

Plaque commemorating Simpson's Tavern, put up by the Hastings County Historical Society on Front Street, Belleville in 2017.

Text reads: "In 1797 James and Margaret Simpson had a small log tavern at the southeast corner of this intersection. In 1799 they built a frame tavern which became the hub of Meyers' Creek for political rallies, military recruitment, training and courts-martial, Masonic lodge meetings and social gatherings. After James died in 1802, Margaret continued the business and was the first woman granted a tavern license in Midland District. In 1820 Margaret build a frame Georgian-style inn on the northeast corner of the intersection. It was sold in 1825 to the Wallbridge family and was demolished in 1973."

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Negatives from Madoc Public Library

2021-063
Coleção
c. 1900s-1910s

The collection contains 8 glass negatives depicting group portraits of men, women and children in farmland and indoor settings. There are also images of farmhouses.

Stirling Historical Society railway collection