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The Beginning of Santa Claus

Material consists of 2 black and white photographs of Jimmy Lomax in his early twenties playing Santa Claus for a few children, 1964.

The Beginning of Santa Claus

The material consists of 1 coloured photograph of Jimmy Lomax in his early twenties dressed as Santa Claus and visiting children, 1964.

The Beginning of Santa Claus

The material consists of 2 coloured photographs of Jimmy Lomax lounging on a sleigh with a cigarette in his hand, 1967.

Text in French dialect

Dragon upper right side, flowers down the side across the bottom and top. Two gold lines for a frame. Versal blue “O” with gold background. Carolingian hand.

Take Off

Material consists of 1 black and white photograph entitled, "Take Off," featuring the Lomax family (Jimmy, Susan and Ryan), packing for their trip to Disney World. Photograph taken by the Hamilton Spectator, January 9, 1981.

Taits Optometrists, Ltd.

Item is a photograph of a room in Taits Optometrists, Ltd., 44 James Street North, office of Dr. Joseph George Tait (-1963).

Superior Engravers

Superior Engravers Limited

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

Superior Engravers

Superior Engravers collection

  • CA ON00131 00766
  • Collection
  • 1930-1953

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.

Superior Engravers

Strathcona

Screw (propeller) steel freighter steamer measuring 249 x 42 x 21, 1,882 tonnage, built in 1900 in Dundee, Scotland by Caledonia Shipbuilding and Engineering Company. The ship carried cargo such as grain, rails and ore. The file contains a certificate of British Registry, a transcript of register for transmission to Registrar of Shipping, Hamilton, Ontario, as well as correspondence from the Inland Navigation Company Limited, and the Customs House, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, to the Registrar of Shipping, Hamilton, Ontario.

Straight line border with small curves inward

Straight line border with small curves inward, two in the middle of the border line and one at the bottom margin. Line curves outward at top with swirls of blue leaves and two red flowers on either side. Two gold semi-circles on the inside at the bottom on each corner of the border.

St. Elizabeth Chapter records

This subfonds consists of minute books and scrapbooks pertaining to the activities of the St. Elizabeth Chapter, as well as records of military service, some of which include photographs, for relatives of members of the St. Elizabeth Chapter.

Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire. St. Elizabeth Chapter

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."

Murdoch, Bruce, 1895-1966

Spring in Twiss Woods

Material consists of one coloured photograph entitled, "Spring in Twiss Woods," featuring Club members Art Runnells and Ron Hepworth. Photograph taken by Club member Phyllis Morrow, May 1981.

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.

Superior Engravers

Soldiers' Aid Commission, Hamilton Branch fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1917-1925

The material in the fonds consists of four volumes of administrative records pertaining to the Hamilton Branch of the Soldiers' Aid Commission. Two of the volumes are attendance books, including an undated book listing all the soldiers who attended dinners hosted by the Soldiers Aid Commission upon returning from overseas, as well as a meeting attendance book. There are also two volumes of meeting minutes for the Ontario Minutes Soldiers' Aid Commission, Hamilton Branch, dated December 1916 to October 1921, and November 1921 to November 1928.

Soldiers' Aid Commission

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."

Murdoch, Bruce, 1895-1966

Shoe Clinic Ltd.

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

Superior Engravers

Shoe Clinic Ltd.

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

Superior Engravers

Ship Registration Records

Series consists of ship registration records pertaining to 34 vessels that sailed through the Port of Hamilton. The documents include builder’s certificates and ship surveys describing the size, type, dimensions and means of propulsion for each vessel, along with ownership and registration papers, bills of sale, mortgage papers, legal papers and correspondence, shipwrecks, strandings and collision reports, telegrams and memorandums, as well as general correspondence written to and from the Registrar of Shipping from various government departments, companies and individuals, regarding transfers of ownership, ship name changes, purchases and sales, as well as inquiries into the fate of particular vessels.

Ship records

Series consists of the records of the convenor of the H.M.C.S. Suderoy VI (1944). The chapter adopted this ship, which was a minesweeper during the war, and sent shipments to the crew during the year. There is a list of crew members with their age, ranking, date of birth and province of origin noted, and a record of what was sent to them.

Scrapbooks

Series consists of scrapbooks, including a scrapbook with excerpts from The Wood Duck (1961-1965, and 1998), the journal of the Hamilton Naturalists' Club, documenting the formation of the Bruce Trail Association and the Iroquoia Bruce Trail Club. One scrapbook also contains brochures and unused Iroquoia Bruce Trail Letterhead.

Scrapbooks

Series consists of scrapbooks, which contain newspaper clippings, photographs, letters, invitations and other material pertaining to the activities of the Municipal Chapter. The scrapbook for 1901-1996 includes a photograph of Fonthill (168 Jackson St. W.) and information about the opening of the new headquarters (1938); photographs from a reception in 1957 for Ellen Fairclough, the first female Canadian Cabinet Minister; and a report about IODE founder Margaret Polson (Mrs. Clark Murray). The scrapbook for 2007-2012 includes photographs from annual meetings.

Scrapbooks

Series consists of scrapbooks containing textual records and photographs pertaining to the activities of the 67th University Battery Chapter. The scrapbook for 1975 includes articles that pertain to the activities of other chapters as well.

Scrapbooks

Series consists of 4 scrapbooks. The two earlier scrapbooks contain information from when the Club was called the Hamilton Bird Protection Society and include newspaper articles, correspondence, photographs, meeting announcements, and programs for lectures and events. The third scrapbook contains information on the sanctuaries held by the Club, and photographs of the Spooky Hollow and Short Hills Wilderness Sanctuaries. The fourth scrapbook contains mostly newspaper articles of press coverage on the Hamilton Naturalists’ Club.

Scrapbooks

Series consists of scrapbooks containing articles, letters and photographs, documenting the activities of the Princess Margaret Rose Chapter or pertaining to Princess Margaret Rose.

Scrapbooks

Series consists of two scrapbooks compiled by Elaine Hughes. Scrapbooks contain photographs, publications, personal letters, greeting cards and newspaper clippings.
One scrapbook focuses on material related to the music and career of Elaine and Bernie Hughes, up until his death in 1981. The other scrapbook contains material mainly related to the music and careers of Elaine Hughes and Smiling Bill McCormack.

Scrapbooks

Series consists of two scrapbooks containing correspondence such as letters and certificates of appreciation, letters of donation, thank you cards and cards of congratulations, newspaper clippings, as well as some photographs, all pertaining to Operation Santa Claus. One of the scrapbooks also contains a ribbon and a button from Branch No. 163 Mt. Hamilton Legion, that Jimmy Lomax had visited.

Scrapbooks

Series consists of scrapbooks, which include photographs, newspaper clippings and other material, documenting the activities of the St. Elizabeth Chapter and highlighting important events, such as the 50th and 60th anniversaries of the chapter.

Scrapbooks

Series consists of scrapbooks, which contain photographs, letters, newspaper clippings and other material, documenting the activities of the Paardeburg Chapter. Series includes a scrapbook containing information about parcels sent by the chapter to Hamilton soldiers overseas; a scrapbook dedicated to the history of the chapter; and scrapbooks documenting chapter anniversaries and activities, including a scrapbook from the Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin Chapter dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Paardeburg Chapter.

Scrapbooks

Series consists of a scrapbook of photographs and newspaper clippings that document the activities of the Right Honourable Stanley Baldwin Chapter of the IODE. The scrapbook was presented to the Stanley Baldwin Chapter by the Paardeburg Chapter as a memento of their 35th anniversary on February 13th, 1973.

Scrapbooks

Series consists of scrapbooks, the contents of which include newspaper clippings, photographs, letters, and other material pertaining to the activities of the General Allenby Chapter. The scrapbook for 1935-1948 includes articles from 1919 and 1924, as well as an autographed photograph of Edmund Allenby. The scrapbook for 1949-1960 includes a record of past regents and life members of the chapter. The 25th and 50th anniversaries of the chapter are also documented in the scrapbooks.

Scores and Standings

This series contains scorebooks, league standings and player batting averages. This series contains scorebooks, league standings and player batting averages. Scorebooks cover the years 1935 to 1946, 1949 to 1990 and 1995-1996.

Santa's Workshop

Material consists of 4 coloured photographs of Jimmy Lomax as Santa Claus posing with various individuals at Santa's Workshop, December 1969.

Santa's Little Helper

Material consists of 1 coloured photograph of a small child helping Jimmy Lomax, dressed as Santa Claus, put on his black boots. Photograph taken by the Hamilton Spectator, July 25, 1981.

Santa's Castle at the Centre

Material consists of 11 black and white photographs of Jimmy Lomax as Santa Claus at Santa's Castle at the Centre, 1968.

Santa with various individuals

Material consists of 1 black and white photograph of Jimmy Lomax as Santa Claus with Stevie Townsend. Reverse side of photograph says, "Santa Claus with love Stevie, Christmas in July," n.d.

Santa with various individuals

Material consists of 15 coloured photographs of Jimmy Lomax as Santa Claus with unidentified individuals, n.d.

Santa with various individuals

Material consists of 6 coloured photographs of Stevie Townsend with Susan, Ryan and Jimmy Lomax, Christmas 1980.

Santa with various individuals

Material consists of 6 coloured photographs of Jimmy Lomax as Santa attending Stevie Townsend's birthday party, n.d.

Santa with various individuals

Material consists of 4 coloured photographs of Jimmy Lomax with Santa and elves Elaine Statt and Jackie Burns, n.d.

Santa with various individuals

Material consists of 1 coloured photograph of Curt, with Jimmy Lomax as Santa Claus. Writing on the reverse says, "Best wishes, Curt, Santa, 1972."

Santa with various individuals

Material consists of 1 coloured photograph of Santa (Jimmy Lomax), with Michelle Richardson, December 22, 1984. [Upper right corner of photograph torn off].

Santa with various individuals

Material consists of 7 coloured photographs of Jimmy Lomax as Santa Claus with Stevie Townsend and the Townsend family, 1980s.

Santa with various individuals

Material consists of 1 coloured photograph of Jimmy Lomax as Santa Claus with Chris Charlton, New Democratic Party M.P.P. Message written on the photograph, "Jimmy, thanks for everything you do to bring joy and hope to children of all ages. But just let me say: Santa, I can explain! With my very best wishes for a Merry Christmas," n.d.

Santa with Mr. and Mrs. Claus

Material consists of 4 photographs featuring an unknown individual as Santa and Mr. and Mrs. Claus (Jimmy and Susan Lomax), n.d.

Santa Visits to Institutions and Organizations

Material consists of 8 coloured photographs of Jimmy, Susan and Ryan Lomax dressed as Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus and Santa Junior, making a holiday visit to a nursing home, n.d.

Santa Visits to Institutions and Organizations

Material consists of 5 coloured photographs of Jimmy Lomax as Santa Claus making a Santa visit, 1970. Some photographs have writing on the reverse side identifying individuals.

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