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Looking Back Over the Century - Fire of 1871 and Holland Street businesses
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The Bradford Witness decided to release a series of articles from local townspeople on the history of certain events in Bradford and West Gwillimbury's time. This week, the Fire of May 25, 1871, and the businesses which rebuilt on Holland Street after the fire, is the topic.
Bradford Witness
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The article accompanying this photograph gives a quick history of Moore Bros. Store, run by A.J. and F.W. Moore. The store came to Bradford in 1901, and was located just west of the Central Hotel on Holland Street. The Moore Brothers had patented the "Marvel Acetylene Gas Generator", a machine for those without electricity hook-ups.
Edmund Garrett
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View of The Country Store in the early 1990s.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
The Country Store and Marshland
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View of The Country Store and residences backing onto the Holland Marsh in the early 1990s.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
The de Peuter Building... Long history, new focus for building on Holland St. West
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Article on the upgrades to the dePeuter building at 113 Holland St W., operating a decorating business.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Times
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The article accompanying this photograph gives a brief biography of Andrew Thompson and a photograph of their residence. Andrew Thompson ran Thompson's Hardware on the southwest corner of Holland Street and Simcoe Road. This store was formerly Driffill's Hardware where Thompson was a partner.
Edmund Garrett
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Photograph of the remains of the Thompson's Hardware business sign. See Related Descriptions to see the business in the early 1900s.
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W. Davey Butcher Shop. W. Davey is the man standing in front of the shop with the apron on. It later became Webb's Butcher Shop. He is the one sitting on the carriage. It then became Pezzanitti's Meat Shop until a few years ago. The shop was located on the north side of Holland Street, west of Barrie Street.
Mary Hillary
W. L. Campbell Drug Store During Wartime
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A photograph of W. L. Campbell Drug Store with flags in the window during wartime, taken by Lewis (Lew) Campbell in 1944.
Luanne Campbell Edwards
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A photograph of the window at W. L. Campbell Drug Store, taken by Lewis (Lew) Campbell in 1938. Buildings that burned down in a fire during the 1950s can be seen in the window’s reflection.
Luanne Campbell Edwards