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Port Nelson Post Office

Caption: "Sorting The Mail - Postmaster A. E. Brown and his assistant, Mrs. J. Mackay, are seen at the wicket of the Port Nelson post office which serves a growing community. The small office is located in Nelson Township on Number 2 Highway and is called as a bus stop."

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Dominion Rubber Factory at Port Dalhousie

Caption: "Highway Through A Factory - The Ontario Street Road, one of the village's most heavily travelled streets, runs through the old Dominion Rubber factory, once a hive of industry but now used mostly for storage."

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Church of Christ at Jordan

Caption: "New Church - This is the Church of Christ, at Jordan, opened in January of this year. The congregation has been established well over a century. Much of the building work was done by volunteer work of the members."

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Upper Ball's Falls at Jordan

Caption: "Jordan Beauty Spot - This is the upper Ball's Falls on the Twenty Creek a short distance south of Jordan village. About one-quarter mile to the north is the lower Ball's Falls where the water plunges over an 80-foot cliff into the ravine."

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Sisters In Charge Of Post Office

Caption: "Sisters In Charge Of Post Office - Miss Julia Forsyth, left, has been on the staff of the post office at St. George for 46 years. On June 10, of this year, she will have completed her twenty-sixth years as postmistress. For 20 years before receiving that appointment, she was an assistant to C. P. Keefer. Her sister, Miss Agnes H. Forsyth, seen with her, has held the position of assistant to the postmistress for 25 years. Daughters of the late John and Elizabeth Forsyth, the sisters were born at St. George, still residing in the same home."

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Lovely Old Home

Caption: "Lovely Old Home - This is the Ball homestead, at Ball's Falls, on the escarpment just south of Jordan. It is now owned and occupied by C. M. Ball. A company of British soldiers was stationed at Ball's Falls during the War of 1812 to protect the near-by mill which was supplying flour for the troops."

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St. Ann's Cemetery

Caption: "St. Ann's Pioneers Rest Here - Burials in the historic old St. Ann's Cemetery date back to 1797, perhaps even earlier than that. One little monument bears this inscription: "In memory of Ann, daughter of John and Charity Kennedy, who died February 10, 1797, aged six years, 11 months, and 10 days." A column marks the burial place of the Rev. D. W. Eastman, father of the Presbyterian Church in the Niagara and Gore districts, who died in 1865 at the age of 87 years."

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Wright Fruit Company

File consists of photographs of Wright Fruit Company, established in April 1927 by chief shareholders, Solomon Wright and Percy Wright. Wright Fruit Company carried on a wholesale and commission business originally from 25 York Street, with other facilities at 77 MacNab Street North and 31 York Street in Hamilton. Facilities included climate-controlled ripening rooms for items such as tomatoes that arrived green and took up to two weeks to ripen enough for sale.

Hamilton Pure Milk Dairies Limited

File consists of photographs of horses and carts from The Pure Milk Company, established in 1901 with John Milne, a manufacturer and politician, as president. Prior to the advent of Pure Milk Company, various small operators handled the distribution of dairy products in Hamilton. Milne and other businessmen played on public fears of contaminated milk to ensure support for Pure Milk, which had the capital to acquire the latest machinery and technology for sterile processing.

McLaren Motor Sales

File consists of images of McLaren Motor Sales Limited 70 John Street North location and used car department and General Motors factory branch at 175 King Street West.

Firth Brothers Ltd.

File consists of photographs pertaining to Firth Brothers clothing store, located at 106 James Street North, where Norman F. Firth began his clothing business in 1909, including a photograph of a tailor and another of an exhibit booth at the 1949 Hamilton Industrial Fair held at the Hamilton armouries.

Hobbs Glass Limited

File consists of images of the "Kitchen of Tomorrow" Eaton's display for Hobbs Glass Limited, which was located at 51-53 John Street South.

Superior Engravers Limited

Item is an image from Superior Engravers used in the production of etchings for printing posters or newspaper and magazine advertisements.

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Superior Engravers Limited

Files consists of a photograph from Superior Engravers used in the production of etchings for printing posters, or newspaper and magazine advertisements.

Life Savers & Beech-Nut Sale Company Limited

File consists of photographs of vehicles from Life Savers & Beech-Nut Sale Company Limited, located at 225 Sanford Ave S. Life Savers Limited first operated in Canada at Prescott, Ontario, in 1916. In 1932, Life Savers bought out the Beech-Nut company of Canada, and the two companies amalgamated and began production in Hamilton in 1932. The original factory was at the corner of Cumberland and Sanford Avenue. A new building was erected in 1951 and was the only Life Savers plant in Canada, which produced millions of boxes of candy annually. In 2004, after more than 80 years of candy-making history in Hamilton, production of the candy ended.

Crawford Cartage

Files consists of photographs of vehicles from Crawford Cartage, located at 171 Bay Street North.

Meakins & Sons Limited

File consists of photographs of product displays from Meakins & Sons Ltd., 125 Wellington Street North, Hamilton.

Goodale Transport Limited

File consists of photographs of staff and vehicles from Goodale Transport. Once located at 72 Napier Street and under the administration of president Edward Goodale, Goodale Transport originated with one truck in 1921 when Arthur Edward Goodale drove the single truck himself and undertook city delivery work. By July 1922, a second truck was added and by the fall of that year, out-of-town transporting began. Goodale Transport was incorporated in 1928 and, as business thrived, Edward Goodale became active in the Automotive Transport Association of Ontario. By 1936, Goodale Transport offered daily service between some eighty-two points using thirty motor units and nine trailers and, in addition to the head office in Hamilton, had branches in Brantford, Galt, Guelph, Kitchener, Woodstock, Toronto, London, Niagara Falls, Stratford, St. Catharines and Welland. The company had forty-nine employees, forty-seven men and two women. On March 1, 1936, Goodale Transport Limited moved into their new headquarters in the Northside Storage Building at Bay and Mulberry Streets.

General Motors Products of Canada

File consists of a photograph of showroom windows for General Motors Products of Canada, 68-72 John Street North, which are painted with signs for Oldsmobile automobiles, and photographs the interior of the General Motors building situated at George and Bay Streets, which was completely renovated in 1936 with a two-story addition that ran 138 feet along George Street. Seven houses were demolished to make room for the new L-shaped structure. Shortly after this renovation, the business changed its name to Hamilton Motor Products.

G.V. Clancy Limited

File consists of photographs of vehicles and facilities of G. V. Clancy Limited, a broom manufacturing company, which was operated by George V. Clancy and located at 18 Haymarket Street, just south of Beckley Street off John Street South. The manufacturing company at this location appears as Walter Woods Ltd. in the city directory for 1943, after which point it appears under the Clancy name from 1944-1950.

Russell T. Kelley Limited

File consists of photographs of employees at Russell T. Kelley Limited, an advertising agency named after the agency's founder, Russell T. Kelley, who opened the first office at Main and MacNab in 1913. The company later moved to Main Street, and then to the stone building at Main and Walnut Streets, the former home of Col. Dr. George Rennie, Hamilton's chief coroner.

Mac's Garage

File consists of images of Mac's Garage located at 1068-1072 Barton Street East.

Wright Fruit Company

Item is a photograph of workers inside the Wright Fruit Company storage facility displaying bananas.

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Wright Fruit Company

Item is a photograph of the exterior of the Wright Fruit Company building at 25 York Street.

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Wright Fruit Company

Item is a photograph of a fleet of trucks belonging to the Wright Fruit Company and eight employees standing beside them.

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Wright Fruit Company

Item is a photograph of a driver and truck of Wright Fruit Co. Limited stationed outside the entrance to the building.

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Wright Fruit Company

Item is a photograph of a Wright Fruit Company truck and driver in front of the company building.

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Wright Fruit Company

Item is a photograph of a cooling machine outside the door to a cooling compartment at the Wright Fruit Company storage facility.

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Wright Fruit Company

Item is a photograph of a cooling machine at a Wright Fruit Company storage facility.

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Meakins & Sons Limited 1952

Item is an image of a display of painting products by Meakins & Sons Ltd., 125 Wellington Street North, Hamilton.

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Life Savers & Beech-Nut Sales Co. Ltd.

Item is an image of 15 company vehicles on the lawn of Life Savers & Beech-Nut Sale Company Limited, at 225 Sanford Ave S. Models sit atop 3 of the vehicles.

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McLaren Motor Sales Ltd.

Item is a photograph of the showroom at McLaren Motor Sales Limited, 70 John Street North, Hamilton.

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McLaren Motor Sales Limited

Item is a photograph of the used car department and General Motors factory branch at McLaren Motor Sales Limited, 175 King Street West, Hamilton.

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McLaren Motor Sales Ltd.

Item is a photograph of the showroom at McLaren Motor Sales Limited, 70 John Street North, Hamilton.

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Oldsmobile showroom (John St. N., Hamilton, Ont.)

Item is an image of the showroom windows of General Motors Products of Canada, 68-72 John Street North, which are painted with signs for Oldsmobile automobiles. Top left is an advertisement for neighboring car dealership, Sellens & Dotzenrod Ford Sales & Service,74-78 John Street North.

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Lloyd's Glass Co.

Item is an image of the storefront of Lloyd's Glass Company, 380 King Street East.

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Lloyd's Glass Co.

Item is an image of a street view of Lloyd's Glass Company, 380 King Street East.

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Shoe Clinic Ltd.

Item is a photograph of the storefront of the Shoe Clinic Ltd. at 55 King Street East.

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Shoe Clinic Ltd.

Item is a photograph of the interior of the Shoe Clinic Limited at 55 King Street East.

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Glendale Dairy

A Glendale Dairy truck. The dairy was owned by Veevers & Sons in Bartonville.

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Hamilton Signs

Item is a photograph of a Russell T. Kelley blossom float and sign from Hamilton Signs, 211 Main Street East.

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Jim Marshall Florist

Item is a photograph of Jim Marshall Florist store at 376 Cumberland Avenue. Fencing is by Stelco Fences.

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Sovereign Potters Ltd.

Item is a photograph of Sovereign Potters Limited (1933-1973), located at 282 Sherman Avenue North. Sovereign Potters Limited was formed in 1933 by W. G. Pulkingham and Alfred Etherington with the financial support of a group of local businessmen, and was one of Canada's largest manufacturers of fine porcelain and earthenware. Operations began on a modest scale; however, with the outbreak of war the company boomed, supplying army china. At its peak in 1946 and 1947, it employed about 450 people. On July 1, 1947, the company was purchased by British dinnerware manufacturer Johnson Brothers (Hanley) Ltd. In 1952, W. H. Hall was sent by the parent company to become president of its Canadian operations. It continued to manufacture dinnerware until 1958 when it concentrated on the production of ceramic wall tiles and decorated blanks sent out from England. The company underwent a name change (H. & R. Johnson (Canada) Ltd.) and a new address at 15 Biggar Avenue.

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Wentworth Radio & Auto Supply Co. Ltd

Item is a photograph of the east end branch of Wentworth Radio & Auto Supply Co. Ltd., founded by Herbert Slack, located at 179 Ottawa Street North, Hamilton.

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Liberty Women's Wear 1946

Item is an image of display windows of Liberty Women's Wear clothing store, which was located at 129 King Street East, Hamilton. After being on business for a number of years, Liberty Women's Wear opened a new store at the King Street East location in March of 1919. They advertised "High-class goods at popular prices." They imported sample models from New York and had them copied by Canadian workmen, thereby avoiding the high price of the imported styles and paying no duty. Liberty Women's Wear last appeared in the city directory at this address in 1967.

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