Barber's Flowers: a history by Bob Barber
- CA ON00156 2015-09
- File
- c.2010
Bound history of Barber's Flowers in Belleville, with newspaper clippings about the family firm.
Barber, Bob
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Barber's Flowers: a history by Bob Barber
Bound history of Barber's Flowers in Belleville, with newspaper clippings about the family firm.
Barber, Bob
Two of the photographs show a Shell-sponsored baseball team, two show an H.J. McFarland truck (Gibson went on to work for McFarland).
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
Part of Lewis Zandbergen collection
Scrapbook clippings relating to local entrepreneurs and businesses from the Stirling, Ontario, area.
Part of Lewis Zandbergen collection
Three guide books:
1) 'Over the Hills of Hastings', 1923, including a sheet with two maps of Hastings County
2) Belleville Ontario industrial investment guide, 1983 [2 copies]
3) 'Bay of Quinte Region Guide Book', 1986
Livesey's Meat Market photographs
Reproduction photographs showing:
Livesey (family)
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.
Black Diamond Cheese and Belleville-Corbyville Rail line proposal
Two files retrieved by Gerry Boyce from Thurlow Township materials destined for shredding in 2005:
Township of Thurlow
Scrapbook of news clippings relating to Belleville, Ontario
Scrapbook containing news clippings from Belleville, Ontario newspapers The Daily Intelligencer and Daily Ontario relating to the Board of Trade reorganization and the purchase of the Bay Bridge.
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 Sears warehouse, Belleville, Ontario
Aerial photograph by Richard Lumbers of the Sears distribution warehouse on College Street, Belleville, Ontario, taken on its fifth anniversary.
Lumbers, Richard
Quinte's Isle of Lakes and Bays promotional booklet
Promotional booklet advertising businesses in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
Picton Gazette Publishing Company
Digital copies of Bishop's Seeds catalogues
Digital copies of Bishop's Seeds catalogues from 1950 and 1965, made from originals held by the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario. The Royal Botanical Gardens also holds catalogues for 1951, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971 ,1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 in their collection.
Bishop's Seeds
Collection consists of two items:
Ball, Frederick Harold
Day books of John McKeown, shoe seller
Day books of sales made by John McKeown's boot and shoe business on Front Street in Belleville, listing customers' names and items purchased. There are four volumes covering the following dates:
1) July 1878 - April 1882
2) April 1882 - December 1884
3) May 1894 - August 1900
4) April 1912 - October 1917
A fifth volume contains an alphabetical index to customers' names.
McKeown, John
Issue of 'Rushlight' publication with article on William Embury
Journal containing article 'On the Trail of William Embury, Lantern Maker: A Tale of Two Countries' by Mel Zaloudek. Embury worked for the W. W. Chown company in Belleville, Ontario, in the 1890s, manufacturing tinware and lanterns.
Rushlight Club, Inc.
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.
Don Kellaway collection of plans
A collection of plans and other items belonging to Don Kellaway:
1) Copy of a plan of docks in the harbour by Victoria Park, Belleville, by Charles Mott, City Engineer, 1954 (copy made in 1974)
2) File with names of owners of private docks in Victoria Harbour, Belleville,1974
3) Poster for Belleville Waterfront Festival and Folklorama, July 1987
4) Six rolled plans created as part of an inventory of waterfront parkland by the City of Belleville, July-September1987
5) Photocopies of City Hall renovation floor plans by Bel-Con Design (five plans: one for each floor), December 1987
6) 'The Ice Age: Harvesting the Ice, 1850-1950', a printed history of the Callaghan family's ice business in Belleville, 2003
Kellaway, Don
Part of Bill Hunt collection
Notes, photographs, newspaper articles, brochures and magazines in relation to buildings and businesses in Belleville, Ontario.