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2
Item
n.d.

Material consists of one photograph of Buckingham Palace in London, England [n.d.].

Item
30 Apr. 1996

A two hour interview with Bryan Mercer on Hamilton Gay Life from 1969 to 1980. Included in the video were Michael Johnstone, Anne Hill and Mary Cahill (behind the camera).

Bruce William New fonds

CA ON00131 01120
Fonds
1993 - 1995

The fonds consists of three computer typed manuscripts written by Bruce New. The first manuscript is entitled "Down to the Pub" a memoir of the Gown and Gavel Pub former located at 24 Hess Street South in Hamilton. The second manuscript titled "...and so it came to pass.." is a collection of short entertainment. The third manuscript titled "On the Bus" recounts bus experiences in the city.

New, William Bruce

Bruce Family fonds

Fonds
1832-1927

The fonds consists of papers, sketches, drawings, and photographs associated with William Bruce and his son William Blair Bruce. Series one is William Bruce and series two is William Blair Bruce.

Bruce Duncan

10-17
Item
n.d.

Part of Hamilton Naturalists' Club fonds

Material consists of one coloured photograph featuring Bruce Duncan, President, 1984-1986, [photographer unknown].

Brookes, Ivan S.

Fonds

The fonds consists of Ivan Brookes’ unpublished manuscript for Hamilton Harbour 1826-1901, two Stelco anniversary booklets: The 25th Milestone: A Brief History of Stelco the Steel Company of Canada Limited 1910-1935 and 50th Anniversary Issue Stelco Flashes 1910-1960 and a scrapbook of images used in the manuscript.

Broadsheets

CA ON00131 00962-9
Series
n.d.

Part of Hamilton Poetry Centre fonds

Series contains copies of poetry broadsheets.

Brantford Roofing Company Ltd.

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Item

Part of Superior Engravers collection

Item is an image of a display of Brantford Roofing Company Ltd. products.

Superior Engravers

Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway

10-HPL_01182_1_32022206676609_1
Item
1908

Part of Michael Johnstone Postcard Collection

Colourized image of the Brantford and Hamilton railway tracks.

Braid Room – General Room

CA ON00131 2-HPL_01135_91l
File
October 4, 1957

Part of Hamilton Cotton Company Limited

Photograph by Jacques Tessier

Bradwardine, Manitoba

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Item
1910

Part of Michael Johnstone Bank of Hamilton Postcard Collection

Image of the town of Bradwardine, Manitoba.

Bowling Banquet Christmas 1996 - Nick Mawer (right)

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Item
1996

Part of Michael Johnstone fonds

Bowling Banquet Christmas 1996 - Debbie Jones

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Item
1996

Part of Michael Johnstone fonds

Bowling Banquet Christmas 1996

01179-11-11.4-HPL_01179_11_25_32022212615914_215
Item
1996

Part of Michael Johnstone fonds

Bowling Banquet Christmas 1996

01179-11-11.4-HPL_01179_11_25_32022212615914_216
Item
1996

Part of Michael Johnstone fonds

Bowling Banquet Christmas 1996

01179-11-11.4-HPL_01179_11_25_32022212615914_219
Item
1996

Part of Michael Johnstone fonds

Border design for a card or address

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Item

Part of Bruce Family fonds

Gold leaves around outside with an arrangement of blue and red flowers and buds.

Books by William Blair Bruce

CA ON00131 02-4 - 1
File
? - 1907

Part of Bruce Family fonds

"Minnesutstalling W. Blair Bruce Konstakademlen" 1907
"Exposition Retrospective de L'oeuvre de W. Blair Bruce" 1907

Books and pamphlets

CA ON00131 00952-2-10
Series
ca. 1904-2003

Part of Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE) fonds

Series consists a bible, and various books and pamphlets, including informational pamphlets about flag anniversaries and commemorative flag-raising; souvenir and commemorative pamphlets; a catalogue of photograph and painting reproductions offered by the IODE to schools for educational use; meeting minutes for annual national meetings, and a record of post-graduate scholarship holders for 1920-1940.

Book Manuscripts

1
Series
1860

Part of Thomas McIlwraith fonds

Series consists of two original draft manuscripts written by Thomas McIlwraith. The first manuscript is for the "Birds of Ontario" [n.d.], which is a concise account of every species of bird known to have been found in Ontario, along with a description of the nests and eggs. The second manuscript is the "Birds Observed in the Vicinity of Hamilton" [1860].

Bob Bratina Show on CKOC

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Item
29 Mar. 1989

Part of Michael Johnstone fonds

Board Meeting

CA ON00131 00919-6-5
Item
2006

Part of Iroquoia Bruce Trail Association fonds

Material consists of one coloured photograph of a board meeting for the Iroquoia Bruce Trail Association that took place at the home of Laurel Boatman in June of 2006. Members in the photograph are not identified.

Board Meeting

CA ON00131 00919-6-4
Item
2006

Part of Iroquoia Bruce Trail Association fonds

Material consists of one coloured photograph of a board meeting for the Iroquoia Bruce Trail Association that took place at the home of Laurel Boatman in June of 2006. Members in the photograph are not identified.

Board Meeting

CA ON00131 00919-6-6
Item
2006

Part of Iroquoia Bruce Trail Association fonds

Material consists of one coloured photograph of a board meeting for the Iroquoia Bruce Trail Association that took place at the home of Laurel Boatman in June of 2006. Members in the photograph are not identified.

Blackie, Santa and M. Payne

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Item
1943

Part of Jimmy Lomax fonds

Material consists of 1 black and white photograph of nurse Mary Elizabeth Blackwood and nurse M. Payne standing outside the hospital with Santa, 1943.

Bird Records

3
Series
1882-1970

Part of Hamilton Naturalists' Club fonds

Series consists of detailed observations and daily journal records of birds and their nesting patterns in Hamilton, Ontario. The data was predominantly collected and recorded by Hamilton ornithologists Thomas McIlwraith (1824-1903), and George W. North, who was a member of the Hamilton Naturalists’ Club. Also included in this series are bird records from Kenneth C. McIlwraith and J. Harvey Williams, as well as Christmas Bird Count Censuses, and a report on the Ontario Nest Records Scheme.

Biographical papers about William Blair Bruce

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Item

Part of Bruce Family fonds

Bibles

CA ON00131 01038-1
Series
1876

Part of George Webb fonds

Series consists of one Holy Bible, which contains details about the Van Sickle family of Lynden; and two pocket-sized prayer books, containing select readings from the BIble.

Better Heating Limited

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Item

Part of Superior Engravers collection

Item is an image of Better Heating Limited, which was located at 132-134 York Street on the north side between Bay Street North and Caroline Street North. The president of the company was George E. Gray and they sold warm air furnaces and stokers, McClary air conditioning systems, dustop filters, oil burners, etc. They also offered sheet metal factory maintenance. They appear in the city directories at this address from 1946 to 1955.

Superior Engravers

Bertram Hooper and Wentworth Chapter records

CA ON00131 00952-9
Subfonds
1944-1985

Part of Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE) fonds

The subfonds consists of minute books, and war service records.

Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire. Wentworth Chapter

Bernie and Elaine Hughes Collection

CA ON00131 01110
Collection
1960-2001

The fonds consists of records and artefacts belonging to Elaine & Bernie Hughes and includes the following series: artefacts, audio, personal, photographs, publicity and scrapbooks.

Bequests, Endowments and Funds

7
Series
1936-2000

Part of Hamilton Naturalists' Club fonds

Series consists of material related to raising funds for the Club,
such as donation and legacy brochures, as well as documentation regarding the Townsend Bequest, and draft policy statements governing future bequests, endowments and funds. This series also includes a file on R. Owen Merriman, the founder and first president of the Hamilton Bird Protection Society. The file contains correspondence pertaining to the raising of funds to erect a memorial sculpture in honour of the founder, as well as a portrait of Merriman. This file also contains photographs and a postcard image of the memorial sculpture, which was created by Elizabeth Holbrook, and located in the Rock Gardens of the Royal Botanical Gardens.

B.C. Parker, manager of Woodstock Grafton’s.

CA ON00131 03-HPL_01134_12s
Item

Part of Grafton & Co. Ltd.

Barry Cherriere

10-14
Item
1990s

Part of Hamilton Naturalists' Club fonds

Material consists of one coloured photograph featuring longtime Club member Barry Cherriere, [photographer unknown].

Barony Drag

Item
7 Aug. 1994

Part of Michael Johnstone fonds

Barony of Hamilton-Wentworth "The Campers" event at The Windsor Hotel. Video of drag performances for the Barony of Hamilton-Wentworth.

Banner and Office Pictures Spring-Summer 1983 - Banner

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Item
1983

Part of Michael Johnstone fonds

Banner and Office Pictures Spring-Summer 1983

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Item
1983

Part of Michael Johnstone fonds

Banner and Office Pictures Spring-Summer 1983

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Item
1983

Part of Michael Johnstone fonds

Banner and Office Pictures Spring-Summer 1983

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Item
1983

Part of Michael Johnstone fonds

Bank of Hamilton, Wingham, Ontario copy - 2

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Item
1907

Part of Michael Johnstone Bank of Hamilton Postcard Collection

Image of the Bank of Hamilton building in Wingham, Ontario.

Bank of Hamilton, Wingham, Ontario

05-HPL_01183_1_32022206677912_1
Item
1907

Part of Michael Johnstone Bank of Hamilton Postcard Collection

Image of the Bank of Hamilton building in Wingham, Ontario.

Bank of Hamilton, Unknown Town

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Item
1906

Part of Michael Johnstone Bank of Hamilton Postcard Collection

Image of the Bank of Hamilton building in an unknown town.

Bank of Hamilton, Swan Lake, Manitoba

04-HPL_01183_1_32022206677607_1
Item
1913

Part of Michael Johnstone Bank of Hamilton Postcard Collection

Image of the Bank of Hamilton Building, in Swan Lake, Manitoba.

Bank of Hamilton, Selkirk, Ontario- Copy 2

05-HPL_01183_1_32022206677896_1
Item
1912

Part of Michael Johnstone Bank of Hamilton Postcard Collection

Image of the Bank of Hamilton building in Selkirk, Ontario.

Bank of Hamilton, Selkirk, Ontario

05-HPL_01183_1_32022206677888_1
Item
1912

Part of Michael Johnstone Bank of Hamilton Postcard Collection

Image of the Bank of Hamilton building in Selkirk, Ontario.

Bank of Hamilton, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

03-HPL_01183_1_32022206677409_1
Item
1910

Part of Michael Johnstone Bank of Hamilton Postcard Collection

Bank of Hamilton, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Bank of Hamilton, Orangeville, Ontario - Copy 2

05-HPL_01183_1_32022206677870_1
Item
1908

Part of Michael Johnstone Bank of Hamilton Postcard Collection

Image of the Bank of Hamilton Building in Orangeville, Ontario.

Bank of Hamilton, Orangeville, Ontario

05-HPL_01183_1_32022206677862_1
Item
1907

Part of Michael Johnstone Bank of Hamilton Postcard Collection

Image of the Bank of Hamilton Building in Orangeville, Ontario.

Bank of Hamilton, Ontario and other unknown towns

Part of Michael Johnstone Bank of Hamilton Postcard Collection

This series contains postcards depicting Bank of Hamilton branches in the province of Ontario not in the city of Hamilton, and unidentified towns.

Bank of Hamilton, Morden, Manitoba

04-HPL_01183_1_32022206677599_1
Item
1910

Part of Michael Johnstone Bank of Hamilton Postcard Collection

Image of the Bank of Hamilton building in Morden, Manitoba.

Bank of Hamilton, Moose Jaw, Manitoba – 3

04-HPL_01183_1_32022206677565_1
Item
1909

Part of Michael Johnstone Bank of Hamilton Postcard Collection

Image of the Bank of Hamilton building, in Moose Jaw, Manitoba.

Bank of Hamilton, Moose Jaw, Manitoba – 2

04-HPL_01183_1_32022206677557_1
Item
1910

Part of Michael Johnstone Bank of Hamilton Postcard Collection

Image of the Bank of Hamilton building, in Moose Jaw, Manitoba.

Bank of Hamilton, Moose Jaw, Manitoba - copy 3

04-HPL_01183_1_32022206677581_1
Item
1909

Part of Michael Johnstone Bank of Hamilton Postcard Collection

Image of the Bank of Hamilton building, in Moose Jaw, Manitoba.

Bank of Hamilton, Moose Jaw, Manitoba - copy 2

04-HPL_01183_1_32022206677573_1
Item
1909

Part of Michael Johnstone Bank of Hamilton Postcard Collection

Image of the Bank of Hamilton building, in Moose Jaw, Manitoba.

Bank of Hamilton, Moose Jaw, Manitoba

04-HPL_01183_1_32022206677540_1
Item
1909

Part of Michael Johnstone Bank of Hamilton Postcard Collection

Image of the Bank of Hamilton building, in Moose Jaw, Manitoba.

Bank of Hamilton, Minnedosa, Manitoba

04-HPL_01183_1_32022206677532_1
Item
1910

Part of Michael Johnstone Bank of Hamilton Postcard Collection

Image of the Bank of Hamilton building in Minnedosa, Manitoba.

Bank of Hamilton, Miami, Manitoba

04-HPL_01183_1_32022206677524_1
Item
1911

Part of Michael Johnstone Bank of Hamilton Postcard Collection

Image of the Bank of Hamilton building in Miami, Manitoba.

Bank of Hamilton, Manitoba

Part of Michael Johnstone Bank of Hamilton Postcard Collection

This series contains postcards depicting Bank of Hamilton branches in the province of Manitoba.

Bank of Hamilton, Hamilton

Part of Michael Johnstone Bank of Hamilton Postcard Collection

This series contains postcards depicting the Bank of Hamilton building in downtown Hamilton.

Bank of Hamilton, Fordwich, Ontario

05-HPL_01183_1_32022206677854_1
Item
1910

Part of Michael Johnstone Bank of Hamilton Postcard Collection

Image of the Bank of Hamilton building in Fordwich, Ontario.

Bank of Hamilton, Dunnville, Ontario

05-HPL_01183_1_32022206677847_1
Item
1910

Part of Michael Johnstone Bank of Hamilton Postcard Collection

of the Bank of Hamilton building in Dunnville, Ontario.

Bank of Hamilton, Delhi, Ontario

05-HPL_01183_1_32022206677813_1
Item
1911

Part of Michael Johnstone Bank of Hamilton Postcard Collection

Image of the Bank of Hamilton building in Delhi, Ontario.

Bank of Hamilton, Brantford, Ontario

05-HPL_01183_1_32022206677805_1
Item
1909

Part of Michael Johnstone Bank of Hamilton Postcard Collection

Image of the Bank of Hamilton building in Brantford, Ontario.

Bank of Hamilton, BC, Alberta and Sask.

Part of Michael Johnstone Bank of Hamilton Postcard Collection

This series contains images of Bank of Hamilton branches in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan.

Bank of Hamilton - 6

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Item
1907

Part of Michael Johnstone Bank of Hamilton Postcard Collection