Blank cheque for the Royal Canadian Bank
- CA ON00156 2023-032
- Item
- 1870s
Blank cheque for the Royal Canadian Bank
This fonds contains one folder of family records, twenty-seven folders of invoices from the following businesses:
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.
Waldorf, William H.
Fleming family collection of Ivanhoe materials
Clements, William
Fan from Sinclair's Dry Goods store
Fan made of card with a wooden handle, advertising Sinclair's Dry Goods and Ladies' Garments. The store was on Front Street in Belleville, Ontario. The text on the back of the fan reads "Compliments of Sinclair's Dry Good and Ladies' Garment, Belleville, Ontario, the store where you get quality, style, service and economical prices. We invite your patronage. We study the wants of our customers and sell only standard high-grade goods". On the front of the fan is a drawing of a woman sewing a Union flag.
Sinclair's Dry Goods
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.
Postcards of Trenton High School and H. C. Pitcher & Son, Frankford
Two postcards:
Digital copy of a photograph of Pasmore's pharmacy in Deseronto
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.
Fairbairn, James
Digital photograph of miniature Quinte Fuel Coompany coal scuttle
Photograph of a ‘Quinte Fuel Co.’ promotional miniature coal scuttle. The company was listed in the Deseronto telephone directory in 1919 (with the telephone number 44, as on the scuttle). It was still in existence in the 1970s.
Mounted photograph of a "Rexall Week" promotional window display at John Spottiswood McKeown's drugstore, 271 Front Street, Belleville, Ontario, c.1920. Photograph taken by Robert McCormick of Belleville. The display features a range of Rexall products, including: Liver Salts, Rubbing Oil, Baby Laxative, Rexall Orderlies, Celery & Iron Tonic, Beef Iron & Wine, Cherry Bark and Dyspepsia Tablets.
McKeown was born in Belleville in 1871. He was the son of John McKeown senior (a boot and shoe merchant) and Mary Bullen. He married Caroline (Carrie) Lingham on October 5th, 1898 and they had one daughter, Helen, born in 1901. In 1921 the family were living at 16 Alexander Street, Belleville, with a maid called Florence Parks.
McKeown's Drug Store was at this location in Front Street from c.1915 to the late 1960s, when it was taken over as The Coach Room, part of Woodley's Furs. This photograph was found by members of the Woodley family in the basement of the building.
McCormick, Robert
Photograph of the interior of a shoe store and photographs of 1936 floods in Belleville
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
Materials collected by Arthur Tufts (father of Marilyn Hughes), including:
Tufts, Arthur Herman
Collection consists of two items:
Ball, Frederick Harold
Canada Optical Company collection
Collection of materials relating to the Canada Optical Company in Deseronto, Ontario, including:
The materials were collected by Don Simpson, former general manager of the Deseronto plant.
Canada Optical Company
Quinte's Isle of Lakes and Bays promotional booklet
Promotional booklet advertising businesses in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
Picton Gazette Publishing Company
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.
Alpha Dairies Ltd.
Photograph of staff of H. Corby Distillery, Corbyville, Ontario
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.
H. Corby Distillery Company Ltd.
Deseronto Town Hall photograph collection
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.
Plastic bags from Leslie's shoe store, Belleville, Ontario
Two plastic bags from the Leslie's shoe store at 255 and 257 Front Street, Belleville.
Leslie's Shoes
Digital aerial photograph of Stream plant in Belleville
Aerial photograph showing the Stream building on Dundas Street West in Belleville, Ontario. The business opened in 2000.
Digital photograph of former sign at 214 Front Street, Belleville
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.
Fedor, Kim