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Bill Boulton late installment

  • 2019-021
  • Collection
  • 1919

2019-021 Bill Boulton late installment
Collection consists of:

  • Two albums containing 654 slides, some of which are originals of existing buildings and some are copies of prints already in the collection (or not). They are numbered with prefixes that match the main Historical Society Photo Collection (001 to 016), but the numbers of the individual photos duplicate numbers in the main collection. These have been combined into the main Historical Society Photo Collection.
  • Signature Quilt made by ladies of the Sand Bay Church dated 1919 (artifact)
  • manuscript list of 319 names on the Sand Bay quilt.
  • Two sweat shirts printed with the logo of Lansdowne Continuation School (artifact). Donated to Lansdowne Historical Society by Mary Puttenham Taugher, Wolfe Island, ON.
  • Two yellow plastic fabric banners 28cm x 180 cm with blue lettering “LANSDOWNE CONTINUATION/SCHOOL REUNION”. (artifact)
  • Kodak Carousel slide projector belonging to the Historical Society.
  • eight empty slide trays for above projector.

Totem Lodge photo album The Osborn Collection

  • 2014-008
  • Collection
  • [1923-1924]

Collection consists of: -- 50 b&w photos of Totem Lodge, a privately owned summer residence on Tar Island; includes family, guests, and scenes from the 1000 Islands, including 2 photos of the home of Gordon Thing in Rochester, NY. Most are unidentified, a few have Post-It notes attached naming members of the Osborn family. These photos are possibly from the era of 1922-23.

Olivet United Church signature quilt 1925

  • 2019-023
  • Item
  • 1925

Item consists of a white cotton quilt 100" x 120" with 650 signatures embroidered in red and blue. Documentation accompanies it listing all the names on the quilt and the amounts collected from the subscribers.

Wooden plaque/trophy for RoLL School Fairs 1921 to 1927

  • 2021-009
  • Collection
  • 1921 - 1927

Collection consists of:

  • a wooden plaque with silver plated metal banner inscribed "RURAL SCHOOL FAIR", a central scroll with a medallion embossed with a farm scene, and attachments naming the schools that won the trophy each year. The winners were:
    Sweets Corners School 1921 - Sweets Corners School 1922 - Long Point School 1923 - Long Point School 1924 - Seeleys Bay School .1925 - Seeleys Bay School 1926 - Sweets Corners School 1927
  • Cast zinc attachment in the shape of a shield with crown, maple leaves and a beaver and banner with the name "LYNDHURST CONTINUATION SCHOOL". It has nail holes from being attached to a wooden plaque, and damage resulting from being removed from the plaque.

Tar Island motion pictures by William Gilbert

  • Collection
  • 1928-

Reels contain episodes depicting various events and activities such as luncheon at the Grenadier Island Golf Club, a barbeque, the playing of golf, a circumnavigation of Tar Island, the line of automobiles awaiting the Rockport ferry.

William Gilbert

Dollinger / Kavanaugh books

  • 2019-022
  • Collection
  • 1854 - 1929

2019-022 Dollinger / Kavanaugh books
Collection consists of:

  • small hardcover book “Piano-Forte Primer” by J F Burrowes, Boston, 1854, signed “Libbie Dollinger / Rockport / C. West”. [Mary Elizabeth Dollinger, born 1854, married Thomas T. Kavanaugh in 1873 and the couple lived for a while in the Kavanaugh house] Very poor condition, not complete.
  • Small softcover book “The Most Reverend Doctor James Butler’s Catechism”
    a book of Roman Catholic religious instruction, no date. Poor condition missing part of the cover page, otherwise complete.
  • newspapers from Montreal between 1919 and 1926, found in the same house, were discarded, as were the remnants of a book about coffee and tea by Chase & Sanborn, with testimonials dated 1882-83.

Hunt Family Bible pages

  • 2023-016
  • File
  • 1888 - 1938

2023-016 Pages from the Hunt family Bible.
001 Photo copy of the title page from the Bible.
002 Printed page from the Bible to record the Marriage of the owners; form is blank.
003 Printed page from the Bible to record births on one side and marriages on the other. Lists only the births of Thomas Hunt, David Hunt, Henry Hunt, Mary Elizabeth Hunt, and Minerva Jane Hunt.
004 Printed page from the Bible to record births on one side and deaths on the other, listing onl the deaths of David Nicholson, Elizabeth Nicholson, Henry H Hunt sr., Charlott Hunt, Ella Hunt, Minerva Plunket, David Hunt, Henry H Hunt Jr., Thomas Hunt, Mary_____

Incidentals from the Brady House, Seeley's Bay

  • 2020-011
  • Collection
  • 1915 - 1940

2020-011 Incidentals from the Brady House in Seeley’s Bay
2020-011-A : Photos and post cards.
A-001 Post card to C. Brady Chief of Police, Seeley’s Bay, with long message from “Reuben”, dated June 10, 1916.
A-002 Embossed gilt post card with the wish “Love to Dear father”, with message “from Ed”, undated.
A-003 Embossed gilt Post card with message “To Dear Father”, undated.
A-004 Post card to Neil Brady at Seeley’s Bay from Campbellford ON with message that Mr. Stevens had a stroke that day and has not much chance for recovery, undated.
A-005 Part of an oversize post card (cut down) addressed to T M Brady at Seeley’s Bay with photo of a large group of men, some with long guns, in front of banners advertising Stevens Repeaters. Au verso an emblem from the “Amateur Championship Tournament for Stevens Repeating Shotguns, 1911.
A-006 CDV underexposed sunset photo of a man reclining beside a pot suspended over a fire beside a lake. Unidentified.
A-007 Cabinet card, horse and cutter driving down a road with split rail fences both sides and a farmhouse in the distance. Unidentified.
A-008 Cabinet card, Coleman’s Hotel in Seeley’s Bay with 6 men standing in front, a team of horses and a very early automobile, inscribed “Higginson McKinley Store, Seeley’s Bay”.
A-009 Cabinet card, a crowd standing around the wreck of a passenger train, a medical wagon at far right with red cross on the side. Unidentified.
A-010 Letter from Ontario Game & Fisheries Dept. to C. Brady, Seeley’s Bay promising a supply of Trapper’s Licenses in the next few days., 1923, with manuscript anecdotes on religion au verso.
A-011 Tintype, studio posed well groomed young man in suit and vest, seated, unidentified.
A-012 Tintype,studio posed young man in boots and big hat, unidentified.
2020-011-B : Notes about the Holiness Movement.
B-001 Small hand bill advertising a 5-day Holiness Convention in the Standard Church, Seeley’s Bay, undated.
B-002 Obituary for Ralph Horner, undated- Booklet “Holiness Movement Church Catechism for little children.
B-003 Folder listing Relious Organizations for Queen’s University (water damaged).
B-004 Booklet “Holiness Movement Church Catechism for Little Children”
B-005 Small manuscript note recording death dates for Ernie Kenny, Sister Ruben Kenny, Bro Sra Moore, including notes on hymns and ministers at their funeral services.
B-006 More notes as previous.

2020-011-C: Photos from the Brady House retained by Keith Sly for study and identification.
C-001 Cabinet card, boy standing by a firewood pile beside a puddle full of ducks, inscribed au verso “This is Eddie and the ducks.” Probably Ed Brady, who was the last occupant of the house.
C-002 CDV, bust of young man in suit and bow tie, inscribed “Cornelius Brady”.
C-003 2.5 x 4” print of a man mounted on black leatherette. Unidentified.
C-004 undersized post card of a little girl on grassy hillside, unidentified.
C-005 fragment cut from a Cabinet card, showing a young boy among a group (cut off). Unidentified.
C-006 Post card, a baby in christening dress, inscribed au verso “Thos. A C Brady/ 8 mos 4 days/ Taken July 28/29”
C-007 CDV in square format, 3 little girls, unidentified, from S M Brown studio Picton.
C-008 Snapshot, Couple with 2 children and a parent in front of a house.
C-009 CDV, Toddler in a dress,unidentified, wrapped in sheepskin, photographer H E Paige, Gananoque.
C-010 Cabinet card, 4 deer hung by the heels, and 5 men with guns, posing in a side yard in a town, unidentified.
C-011 Cabinet card, toddler standing in a wicker chair, unidentified,
C-012 Small cabinet card, woman in black with puffy sleeves, unidentified.
C-013 Small cabinet card, woman in black with puffy sleeves, unidentified.
C-014 Small cabinet card, 4 young women with family similarities, unidentified, inscribed au verso “To Aunt Maggie from Mamie”. Keith Sly’s note “standing right Etta Rule?”
C-015 Cabinet card, 2 men and 3 women, mixed generations, unidentified.
C-016 Cabinet card, baby in a white dress on a wicker chair, unidentified, photographer Funnell, Gananoque.
C-017 Cabinet card, baby in very long dress on velvet upholstered chair, photographer D A Weese & Co, Kingston.
C-018 Cabinet card, baby in white dress, unidentified, photo by D A Weese & Co, Kingston.
C-019 Cabinet card, bust of young man, unidentified, photo by A B Munroe, Gananoque.
C-020 Cabinet card, young woman head & shoulders, unidentified, photo by Bell & Son, Kingston.
C-021 Cabinet card, bust of bearded man in suit, unidentified, phot by Richmond, Campbellford.
C-022 Cabinet card, bust of young couple, unidentified, photo by Bonnycastle, Campbellford.
C-023 Cabinet card, bust of young man, unidentified, photo by Bell & Son, Kingston & Perth.
C-024 Cabinet card, baby and toddler in dark clothes, inscribed au verso “BRADY”, photo by Weller, Holley N.Y.
C-025 Cabinet card, baby in white dress, inscribed “BRADY”, photo by Johnson, Watertown N.Y.
C-026 Cabinet card, woman seated, inscribed “BRADY”,, unidentified, photo by Scofield, Utica N.Y.
C-027 Cabinet card, woman standing, inscribed “BRADY”, photo by Scofield, Utica N.Y. (one corner chewed).
C-028 Cabinet card, woman standing in dark dress, inscribed “BRADY”, photo by Scofield, Utica N.Y.
C-029 Cabinet card, woman seated, inscribed “BRADY”, photo by Scofield, Utica N.Y.
C-030 Cabinet card, man head & shoulders, unidentified, photo by Scofield, Utica, N.Y.
C-031 Cabinet card, man standing, inscribed “BRADY”, photo by Scofield, Utica N.Y.
C-032 Cabinet card, man standing, inscribed “BRADY”, photo by Forsyth, Flint, Mich.
C-033 Cabinet card, man head & shoulders, inscribed “BRADY”, photo by D J McIntyre.
C-034 Cabinet card, Woman head shot, inscribed “BRADY, photo by Gurley & Harris, Utica N.Y,
C-035 Cabinet card, couple head & shoulders, inscribed “BRADY”, photo by D A Parker, Plessis N.Y.
C-036 Cabinet card, woman head & shoulders, inscribed “To Neal Brady”, photo by George Lamson, LaFargeville, N.Y.
C-037 Cabinet card, man & woman standing, inscribed “BRADY”, photo by T S Harke, Watertown N.Y.
C-038 Cabinet card, baby in white dress sitting on a sheepskin, inscribed “BRADY”, photo by Gray, Watertown, N.Y.
C-039 Cabinet card with ovel border, young girl in white dress and hair bow, inscribed “BRADY”, photo by George Lamson, LaFargeville N.Y.
C-040 CDV, civil war soldier in long coat, unidentified, photo by Johnson & Williams, Broadway opposite the 5th Ave. Hotel, N.Y.
C-041 Cabinet card, young woman head & shoulders, unidentified, photo by Kelly”s, Kingston.
C-042 Cabinet card, oval bust of middle-age couple, inscribed au verso “BRADY”, unidentified, photo by Angley, Watertown N.Y.
C-043 Cabinet card oval bust of young man, unidentified, photo by Bonneycastle, Campbellford.
C-044 Cabinet card, two babies in white dreses, probably twins,
with note by Keith Sly “possibly Grace and Gladys Brady, daughters of Richard & Lucy Brady, born 1904”, photo by George Lamson, LaFargeville N.Y.
C-045 Cabinet card, hunter kneeling with mounted deer trophy and camping gear, inscribed au verso “BRADY”, photo by George Lamson, LaFareville N.Y.
C-046 Cabinet card, couple, she seated he standing in WW1 army uniform, unidentified.
C-047 Cabinet card, couple seated with toddler in white, unidentified.
C-048 Cabinet card, group of three girls and 2 younger boys, probably sibblings, unidentified, photo by A.A. Ludbrook, Verona Ont.
C-049 Cabinet card, bust of young man, unidentified, photo by Ford, Kingston Ont.
C-050 Cabinet card in folder with glascene sheet, middle aged man with beard, unidentified, photo by Pittaway Studio, Ottawa
C-051 Cabinet card in Art Nouveau folder with glascene sheet, inscribed au verso “To Uncle and Auntie from Maudie”, photo by Andrews, Hamilton.
C-052 Cabinet card, young man seated, unidentified, photo by Murray & Son, Brockville.
C-053 Cabinet card, well dressed young couple, probably a wedding photo, unidentified, by Morrow, Hamilton, Ont.
C-054 Cabinet card, bust of young woman, unidentified, possible the same person in C-047, photo by Murray & Son, Brockville.
C-055 Cabinet card, bust of young man, unidentified, photo by Murray & Son, Brockville.
C-056 Cabinet card in folder, bust of man in WW1 uniform, inscribed “A B enlisted July 7/15”, photo by The Brewer Studio, Calgary, Alta.
C-057 Cabinet card, oval bust of young man, in folder with glascene sheet, unidentified, photo by Pratchett and Johns, Saskatoon, Sask.

Dan Roantree

  • 2022-003
  • Item
  • 1909 - 1940

A – Class photos:
A - 001 –cabinet photo, b&w, 17.5 X 22.8 cm: [elementary school students in dark clothing, w two unidentified female adults] on verso: Nov 16 1909 Austin Putnam
A - 002 –cabinet photo, b&w, 17.5 X 22.8 cm: [elementary school students, girls in light dresses, some boys w ties, w two unidentified adults]
A - 003 –photo, b&w, glossy, 21.5 X 28 cm [1940s] Seeley’s Bay Public School,[8-12 yr-olds, front row boys barefooted]; on verso, [3 individuals identified as:] Jack Coleman, Orvin Martin, Hazel Simpson
B – School Yearbook:
B - 001 – School Yearbook of 24 pages, representing 27 students, the school’s first yearbook: Garnet and Gold / Seeley’s Bay Continuation [Secondary] School / 1929-1930

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School Inspector's Attendance reports

  • 2022-014
  • Collection
  • 1941 - 1944

A001 Aggregate Attendance of Pupils of Lansdowne Continuation School January, 1943 to December, 1943; Principal Hazel J. Little
B001 Aggregate Attendance of Pupils of Lansdowne Continuation School (Grade B) January 1st. to December 22nd 1944; Principal G.A. Kemp
C001 Aggregate Attendance of Pupils of Lyndhurst Continuation School January 1st to December 22nd, 1944; Principal Loretta Leiterman
D001 Aggregate Attendance of Pupils of Seeley’s Bay C. School, January 1st, 1044 to December 22nds, 1944; Principal Wm. J. Lonergan.
E001 Application for County Grants, Lansdowne Continuation School Grade B, dated February 10, 1944 and January 27, 1945(For the year 1944).
F001 Application for County Grant, Lyndhurst (Grade A) Continuation School, dated January 11, 1945(For the year 1944).
G001 Application for County Grants, Seeley’s Bay (Grade B) Continuation School, dated January 22, 1945 (for the year 1944)
H001 Letter from County Clerk Wm. Jelly regarding which municipality the pupils live in and the answer from Mr. T.J. Webster, March 1944
I001 Letter from Counties Clerk Wm. Jelly regarding salary of teacher and the answer from Mr. T. J. Webster, March 1945

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