- CA BWGPL LHC-BraPh-OS9863
- Item
- 1946
Part of Local History Collection
Addy & Auke Ellens
Part of Local History Collection
Addy & Auke Ellens
Part of Local History Collection
Photograph of a daughter of Joseph Martin (1873-1946) and Elizabeth Martin (nee Spiers) (abt. 1883-unknown) feeding turkeys outside the Martins' barn.
Joseph was the son of Thomas Martin (1840-1919) and Elizabeth Martin (nee Lee) (1850-1936). Elizabeth Lee was the daughter of Thomas Lee (1794-1868) and Ann Lee (nee Graham) (abt. 1825-1903).
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Part of Local History Collection
Notices about the flooded marshland
Bradford Witness
Part of Local History Collection
Municipality : West Gwillimbury
Community : Holland Marsh
Lot : 8
Concession : 3
Description : A flooded field facing north east from Hwy. 400 after Hurricane Hazel (Oct. 15, 1954). In the foreground is the service road that runs beside Hwy. 400 between Hwy. 9 and the Canal Road. Bags of harvested onions are stacked in the field.
Rob Watson
Part of George Jackson fonds
"Mary Novosad uses an old wooden wheelbarrow to carry two bushels of potatoes from her garden in Bradford. This is a time of hard work as she and her husband, Steve, grow several types of vegetables behind their Morris Road home."
Bradford Witness
Part of Local History Collection
Photograph of logs being hauled on the farm of Joseph Martin (1873-1946) and Elizabeth Martin (nee Spiers) (abt. 1883-unknown).
Joseph was the son of Thomas Martin (1840-1919) and Elizabeth Martin (nee Lee) (1850-1936). Elizabeth Lee was the daughter of Thomas Lee (1794-1868) and Ann Lee (nee Graham) (abt. 1825-1903).
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Part of Local History Collection
Loading hay on the Lloyd farm.
Hay collection at the Lloyd Farm
Part of Local History Collection
Even the children 'pitched' in and helped with the harvesting of the sheaves of grain.
Part of Local History Collection
Loose hay on the way to storage on the Faris farm. The way hay was handled before the pick-up baler arrived in the 1940's.