Title

Main Street Effingham

Description

A W Moore general store ; single story frame building ; advertising sign above door offers "dealer, drugs, groceries, boots, shoes & dry goods and Effingham PO [Post Office] ; a horse and buggy with people in with a large umbrella in foreground of image ; a man is standing near the store entrance ; a house in background is largely obscured by the advertising sign ;

en-CA Reverse reads "Town of Pelham. The general store Effingham is thought to have been built in the middle of the last century and had a succession of owners. It is now (1985) a summer ice cream parlour. Originally a milling centre and known as Beckett's Mills or Beckettstown Effingham was never large enough to boast of a Main Street"

Identifier

http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=300716

Type

Still Image

Medium

Sepia tone postcard

Extent

13.85 x 8.55 cm

Is Part Of

Postcard Collection

Date

1985

Subject

Businesses and Stores

Pelham

Spatial Coverage

Canada - Ontario - Pelham

Source

Niagara Falls (Ont) Public Library

number

D423169

Format

Sepia tone postcard

Date Created

2008-10-25

Date Modified

2008-10-25