J.H. Driffill's Drug and Book store
- CA BWGPL WEG-WWW-2016-11-16-14
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- 1862-05-29
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
Advertisement of J.H. Driffill's Book and Drug Store
South Simcoe Times
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J.H. Driffill's Drug and Book store
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
Advertisement of J.H. Driffill's Book and Drug Store
South Simcoe Times
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
Advertisement of Driffill's Hardware, Book, Stationary, and Fancy Goods House.
South Simcoe Times
Norman Coutt's Military Edition of "The Pocket Treasury"
Part of Local History Collection
"The Pocket Treasury" Military Edition. Bible verse book with gold cover that and black writing on cover, name and address information written on inside cover in pencil (presumably by Norman Coutts). Owned by Norman Coutts (1903-2002), husband of Isobel Watson Coutts. He did not go to war due to a heart murmur and was raised on Concession 4, Lot 7 in West Gwillimbury.
Karol Joyce
Part of George Jackson fonds
"A surprising number of people living in and around the Bradford area don't even know the town boasts a flourishing public library. Tell them that it's situated right across from the IGA and they'll be even more astonished. But, with a membership of better than 1,150 and still climbing, reading is obviously a popular activity in Bradford, and for that, book-lovers and those who only use library facilities now and again, can thank Library Administrator Gertrude Melbourne, assistant Amanda Kneeshaw and library secretary Susan Klop, all of Bradford."
Robert 'Bus' Culbert Collection
Part of Local History Artifacts
A collection of school books used by Robert 'Bus' Culbert. Donated to the BWGPL by Nancy Young, his daughter.
Robert Culbert
Part of Local History Artifacts
A wooden covered guest book from the Bradford Centennial Events in August, 1957.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Fifty New Books In Public Library
Part of Local History Collection
"The following very excellent new books have been added to the already good collection in Bradford Public Library. These books will be distributed to library readers for the first time on Saturday of this week."
Continues with a list of new books.
Bradford Witness
Part of Local History Collection
Article on the fear of microbes and germs in library books and paper money.
"While moralists and preachers are calling attention to the danger of the morals of Canadian children bu the yellow-covered literature, which they so easily manage to read, attention is also drawn to the danger of circulating libraries. We are told that the books often contain the deadly consumption bacillus on its dirty pages, as well as the microbes of other maladies." ...
Bradford Witness
Centennial Guest Book - Inside View
Part of Local History Artifacts
A wooden covered guest book from the Bradford Centennial Events in August, 1957.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Pat Storey Standing & Promoting Reading
Part of Miriam King fonds
Photograph from October 1992 of then Mayor Pat Storey reading. Photo taken at his business, Pro - Line Automotive and Performance. Pat Storey was the mayor of Bradford West Gwillimbury from 1991 - 1994.
Miriam King