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• Grain Elevator at far left and the Empress of India docked in Port Dalhousie harbour

  Grain Elevator built 1853 and destroyed by fire in December of 1910 ;
• Rear View of the Simcoe Monument at Navy Hall - Niagara-on-the-Lake
• Ship Augusta and her Crew in Port Dalhousie Harbour
• Port Dalhousie
• Port Dalhousie harbour entrance
• Park in Port Dalhousie
• Lakeside Park at Port Dalhousie
• Steam ship in Port Dalhousie Harbour
• William Lyon MacKenzie - The Little Rebel
• Steam Ship passing the NS&T Railway Station in Port Dalhousie

  The Niagara, St. Catharines, & Toronto Railway & Navigation Company building in left of photo
• Steam ship Cayuga approaching Port Dalhouise harbor
• Ann Murray

  wife of Chief Justice Powell
• Ships docked in Port Dalhousie harbour

  Ship on left is Rutland Transit Company
• An Electric Streetcar travelling through Lakeside Park in Port Dalhousie, Lake Ontario in the background
• Mr. McNab

  B&W photograph
• Niagara, St Catharines & Toronto Railcar leaving Lakeside Park in Port Dalhousie
• Lock One of the old Welland Ship Canal in Port Dalhousie
• Steam ship leaving Port Dalhousie Harbour and Welland Canal entrance
• Port Dalhousie harbour
• Water Slide at Lakeside Park Port Dalhousie, lighthouse in background
• Backstage at a Show - David Webster (Left), British and Canadian actor Barry Morse, his wife Sydney Sturgess, unknown man and George Strath (Right)

  Barry Morse was the artistic director of the Shaw Festival in 1966, so the date of the photo is probably around that time. The location is probably backstage at the Shaw Festival. Barry and Sydney were identified by the Facebook Group "Niagara History and Trivia".
• Oak Hall - view of the main building

  Negative available
• Oak Hall - view of the main entrance

  Negative available
• Sod Turning - George Burkator (Left) and John Clements (Right) Both Holding Shovel
• Oak Hall - interior close-up view of ornately carved wooden door frame

  Negative available
• Girls

  Girls in the Photo: Myrtle Whittaker, Ellen Gibson, C. S. Stephen, Beck Cyers, Elsie Gray (?)
• Oak Hall - crest on back tower

  Negative available
• George Seibel
• Laura Secord

  Negative available
• Private Guy Bernard Kennedy

  Died on October 29, 1918 at the age of 22; Son of Abram and Letitia Kennedy, of Niagara Falls, Ontario
• Private Victor A. Kennedy
• Ruth McKenzie - Author of "Laura Secord: The Legend and the Lady"

  Laura Secord: The Legend and the Lady
• Beryl Tidd - Official Town Crier

  Companion to Derek Tidd
• Derek Tidd - Official Town Crier

  Colour postcard
• Cummington Square Chippawa - bandshell

  BANDSTAND
• Cummington Square Chippawa - looking west

  ROYAL BANK IDA PHARMACY BILLIARDS
• Steam ship Dalhousie City entering Port Dalhousie Harbour
• Turkey Supper

  Left to Right: L. Morningstar, Don Shanks, Bob Chagnon
• Beach at Lakeside Park in Port Dalhousie
• Maple Leaf Rubber Company in Port Dalhousie
• Steam ships docked at Port Dalhousie Harbour
• Steam ships docked at Port Dalhousie Harbour
• Steamships "Georgetown" and "W. B. Morley" in Port Dalhousie Harbour
• Charles Morrison

  Born in Stamford, Ont.
• Steam ship "Georgetown" headed into Port Dalhousie Harbour

  The Steamer "W. B. Morley" is leaving Port Dalhousie Harbour at left side of picture, to rear of the "Georgetown " ;
• Steam ship in Port Dalhousie Harbour
• Port Dalhousie harbour
• George Seibel

  George Seibel - Second from the right
• Port Dalhousie harbour and surrounding buildings
• Elizabeth Merriam Putnam

  aged 102 years, 10 months and 6 days old
• Bishop Strachan
• Chief Fireman S. C. Thomson (On Desk) & Chief Fireman Dave Kemp (Seated)
• Port Dalhousie beach at Lakeside Park
• Lakeside Park in Port Dalhousie
• Sunbathing at Lakeside Park Port Dalhousie
• Beach at Lakeside Park in Port Dalhousie, lighthouse in background
• Chief Fireman Dave Kemp
• Relaxing at the Beach at Lakeside Park Port Dalhousie
• Lakeside Park in Port Dalhousie

  The Beach and Lake Ontario are just behind the trees in the background ;
• Entrance to Port Dalhousie Harbour

  Rutland Transit Company Ship in foreground ;
• Lock One of the old Welland Ship Canal in Port Dalhousie
• Port Dalhousie and the harbour
• Port Dalhousie and the harbour
• Mr. Morphy (?)

  Negative available
• Water Slide at Lakeside Park Port Dalhousie
• George Keefer, Esq. - First President of the Welland Canal Company
• Sports field and carousel at Lakeside Park Port Dalhousie

  A distance view of the park ; the outer perimeter houses many small buildings ; large crowds of people are wandering around the park ; the carousel is in the centre (background) ;
• Lakeside Park in Port Dalhousie
• Sports field at Lakeside Park Port Dalhousie

  Electric Streetcar right side of photo ;
• Beach at Lakeside Park in Port Dalhousie, lighthouse in background
• Sports field at Lakeside Park Port Dalhousie
• C. S. Stephen - Taken in New York

  Base Hospital 20, World War I; Clara (?) photo of a man exists with note "Clara Stephen's father NF Ont."
• Ships in Port Dalhousie Harbour
• Port Dalhousie Harbour from the foot of Lock Street
• Tug Boat J. D. Schofield docked in Port Dalhousie Harbour
• Beach at Lakeside Park in Port Dalhousie
• Reverend Percival Mayes - 4th President of the Lundy's Lane Historical Society (1951)
• Ridgeway - Audrey Marr, Beeshy's China Shop
• Captain Benjamin D. Foulois, Commander

  B&W photograph
• Major General Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe

  No. C 111307
• Judging Baked Goods

  Right - Mrs. Lindsay holding plate
• Niagara Falls Hydro Electric Commission

  B&W photograph
• Elizabeth Simcoe

  B&W photograph of a sketch
• Mayor O'Laughlin (Niagara Falls New York), and James Allan (Niagara Parks Commission)
• William Kirby (1817-1906)

  Author - Annals of Niagara (1896); reprinted 1972
• Mel Swart in the Sandy Swamp

  " x 8.25" B&W photograph
• Herb Pew - Captain of the Yacht Athena
• Pierre Berton
• William Hamilton Merritt

  The man who dreamed up the first Niagara Suspension Bridge, also planned and promoted the first Welland Canal
• Guy Carleton
• Mrs. Lindsay
• Steam ship "Dalhousie City" pulling into Port Dalhousie Harbour
• Rowers on Twelve Mile Creek in Port Dalhousie
• Sports field at Lakeside Park Port Dalhousie
• Paul Natals (Left) at the Father Joseph O'Brien Centre
• Lakeside Park in Port Dalhousie
• Yacht Club at Port Dalhousie
• Peninsula Orchestra performing at LaMarsh Room Niagara Falls Public Library Victoria Ave

  CITY CENTENNIAL
• City of Niagara Falls MacBain Community Centre construction begins

  CONSTRUCTION COMMUNITY CENTRE LIBRARY NEW MONTROSE MACLEOD ROAD RD
• City of Niagara Falls MacBain Community Centre construction - walls being put in place

  CONSTRUCTION COMMUNITY CENTRE LIBRARY NEW MONTROSE MACLEOD ROAD RD