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The collection consists of approximately 10,000 photographic negatives of varying sizes, the majority of which are small format, as well as a selection of approximately 800 photographic prints produced by the Hamilton Public Library Local History and Archives from Superior Engravers negatives. This collection documents commerce and industry in Hamilton, and elsewhere in Ontario, from the 1930s-1950s, particularly during the years of World War II and immediately afterwards. The collection is comprised primarily of images of employees, products, facilities, and activities of Hamilton and surrounding-area businesses, including the Hamilton Bridge Works Company; Adam's Furniture Company; Wright Fruit Company; Dundas Clay Products Limited; Thomson Motors in Burlington; Steel Company of Canada (Stelco); and City Chevrolet Sales Limited. Many images document wartime activity in the various industrial plants, such as the Miss War Worker Contest of 1942. The collection also contains aerial photographs of Hamilton, as well as images of local churches and schools. In the 1980s, approximately 600 nitrate negatives were discovered and subsequently removed from the collection. Prints of many of the nitrate negatives were made and added to the Black Mount collection.