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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 Marmora Township in Hastings County showcasing the mining industry in Eastern Ontario. Concessions and lots are numbered. Plan number E. O. 67 from the Ontario Department of Mines, issued on October 1, 1953. Scale: 1:30,000.

Booklet produced at the time of the closure of the Corbyville plant of Corby's Distilleries, containing a history of the Corbys and photographs of employees and site buildings and vehicles.

"Sidney Township, Map # RL32532." A "Plan showing a survey of a Gas Pipe Line Right of Way though Lots # 20 to 29 inclusive, Concession 3, Township of Sidney, County of Hastings." Surveyed in 1958 by Marshall, Macklin & Monaghan, O. L. S Scale: 1 inch = 400 ft.

Donated by Walter I. Watson, P. L. S.

A "Map of Canada - Exclusive of Northern Regions - Indicating Main Natural Resources." Map revised in 1936. Published by the Department of Mines & Resources (Canada). Scale: 100 miles to 1 inch.

A newspaper article pertaining to an open house held at the Hinde and Dauch Paper Company plant in Trenton.

Clara McGuinness discusses her life in Lonsdale and Deseronto.

An original map produced for the Seymour Power & Electric Co. Limited, concerning proposed transmission lines within the Township of Murray. However, the map also features railways, roads, mills and land boundaries. Circa 1910. Scale: 50 chains = 1 inch. Map composed by Smith, Kerry and Chace Engineers located in Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver.

Donated by David Pershick.

An original map produced for the Trenton Electric & Water Co. Limited, concerning proposed transmission lines within the Township of Sidney. However, the map also features railways, roads and land boundaries. Circa 1910. Scale: 50 chains = 1 inch. Map composed by Smith, Kerry and Chace Engineers located in Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver.

Donated by David Pershick.

A map of northern Hastings County detailing different types of mineral occurrences, see Legend. Published in 1943 by the Ontario Department of Mines. Scale: 1:120,000. The map includes parts of Quebec and USA, in relation to the region. It was produced to "accompany report by Jas E. Thomson in Vol. LII Ontario Department of Mines, Annual Report, 1943."

Donated by the Ontario Department of Mines, April 1, 1965.

A Geological Map of the Madoc Gold Region, 1866. Geological data on map was taken principally from the reports of the Geological Survey of Canada. Secondly, by information and facts obtained on the spot by gentlemen engaged in the gold fields. What follows is a description of the general geological character of the area.

Author: Henry White, P.L.S. Published by G. B. Ware, 16 Toronto Street, Toronto, Ontario.

A map showing, primarily, the depth of the Moira River within Belleville, Ontario. Together with a written report, it proposed a channel to the New Ferry Slip. Major streets and some lots are also labelled. By John D. Evans, P.L.S. on April 28, 1881 or 1887. Scale: 66 feet : 1". Note the interesting colouring at dimmed edges.

Donated by the Col W. N. Ponton Estate.

A map of a town plot at the mouth of the Trent River in the Newcastle District. The map features numbered lots, present streets and water ways. Scale: 1 inch = 2 chains. Originally surveyed by F. P. Rubidge, D.P.S., in 1834. This copy was issued September 23, 1926.

Photocopy of an article by Stella-Marie Brown, a student at Napanee Secondary School, on the history of the Marlbank Cement Plant, written for an essay contest sponsored by the Lennox and Addington Historical Society and published in The Tweed News on 23 August 1978.

Staff of Shannonville Canning Ltd., Shannonville, Ontario, in September 1938.

Names supplied:

Back row: Nellie Howard, Maggie Brant, Maggie Maracle, Mae Hill, Ethel Bardy, Georgina Rupert, Edna Maracle, Beatarice Brant, John Weese, ?, Mac FitzGerald, Lena FitzGerald, Edna Fuller, Harold Burtt, Mavis John, ?, Beatrice Smart, ?, Blanche Hill, Ivan Hill, Cora Maracle, Harold Elmy, Mr. Rightmyer, Tommy Howard and Percy "Diner" Howard

Second row: Marjorie FitzGerald, Dorsey Brant, Josie FitzGerald, Ethel John, Lydia Marion, Winnifred Maracle, Julia Maracle, Lydia Maracle, Kathleen Louis, Sadie Maracle, Gladys Brant, Eva Burtt, Anita Goodfellow, Stella Breadman, ?, Mrs Burtt, Winnie Howard and Marjorie Brant

Third row: Vincent Bardy, Madeline Spencer, ?, Pearl Brant, Leola Brant, Evelyn Noye, Muriel Hill, Alice Dow, Marjorie Elmy, Marion Hill, Reta Conley, Edna McCarthy, Helena Sager, Maggie Hill, Bertha Reed, Flossie ?, and Helen Fuller

Front row: Austin Fuller, Ross Brant, Clifford Hill, Eugene Maracle, Lorne Maracle, Harry Uens, ?, William Hill, ?, Carmon Spencer, Laural Burtt, Gerald Louis, Blake Cook and Roy Sager

File contains printed materials:

1. Fifth Appeal from the Belleville Cheese Board Patriotic and Red Cross Association requesting farmers to donate a day's milk on 21 June 1918 for the Red Cross, 8 June 1918 [3 copies]
2. Belleville Cheese Board of Trade flyer about the Eastern Ontario Dairymen's Association annual meeting and exhibition of 1919, 24 September 1918
3. Booklet on 'Improved Methods of Marketing Cheese', 1923
4. Board of Trade Journal volume 13, number 7, Summer 1923

Photograph of staff at Plant Number 5 of the Canada Cement Company Limited, Point Anne, Ontario.

Names provided by Jackie Gilbert (formerly Hull):
Back row: Peter Stalkovistch; Bud Doxtator; ?; Mr. Roluf; Franklin Bennett; Phil Loft; Mr. Basisty?; Walter MacDonald; Joe ?; Earl Wilson?; Mr. Moslo Sr; Leonard MacDonald; Reg File; Mike Basisty?; Charles Dedore; W. Akey; Joe Sutherby; ?; ?; Bill Insley; Cummings?; Murney Carter; ?; Mr Logue; ?; ?; ?; ?; ?; ?; ?; John Maher; ?; ?; ?
Second row: Daly Cummings; Sedore ?; ?; ?; Ned Campbell; Johnnie Bennett; Sam Belack; Mr. Pitt; Tommy Bennett; Raymond Bailey; Peewee; Mr. Gurnick; Mr. Horewood; Mr. Conly; Bert Lloyd; Mr. Rosebush; Bill Gray; ?; Mr. Deforge; ?; Art Whitehead; ?; ?; ?; Tom Bowler; Sonny Legate; Stan Luffman; Chester Shepherd; ?; Mr. Bonokowski; ?; ?; Dell McConnell; Mac McKay
Third row; Jimmy Sero; ?; Chuck Lloyd; Josh Maracle; Bill Hull; Maurice Bradshaw; ?; George King; Percy Akey; Hep Payne; Ralph Payne; Dorothy King; Mr. Gaulin; Mr. Hamilton; ?; J. H. Legate; George Armstrong; Pete Hart; Herb Scholar?; Fred Clark; Mr. Brown?; John McConnell; ?; Mr. Jenkins; Joseph Huck; ?; Elijah Brent; ?; Walter Hull
Front row: Peter Moslo; Earl Deforge; Jack Insley; Mike Yosepanko; Murney Green, jr; Jack Whitehead; Murney Green, sr; Dorothy Goodfellow; Dorothy Bennett; Evenlyn Loft; ?; Marion Deforge; Euretta Juby; Gertrude Payne; Lena Hull; Irene Derushie; Mary McTurney; Madeline Bennett; Mrs Bailey?; Mrs. Gurnick; Mrs. ?; Milton Bowers; Bill Juby; ?; ?; ?; John Zurgee

Photograph of the Canada Cement Company Plant Number Five at Point Anne.