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Bradford, the Ontario Junior Lacrosse Champions, 1902.
Back Row, left to right: W.L. Campbell, W. Ward, E. Jackson, Geo. Bell, G.G. Green, W. Turner, J. Curry, N. Strong.
Middle Row: Roy Hill, H. Heffernan, R. Manning, Dr. L.H. Campbell, Geo. Stewart, N. Stibbs.
Front Row: H. Wilkinson, Jas. Webb, Dave Ellerby, Fred Coombs, J. Farrell, R. McKinstry, H. Graham.

Bradford won the same championship title in 1904 and 1905.

A view of the Marsh Canal looking north from the 5th line bridge.

Joe Wood was the the principal of Bradford District High School during 1953.

S.S. #5, West Gwillimbury, Bond Head School. Teacher was Irma Burton.
Back Row, left to right: George Brown, Audrey Cameron, Alice Shaw, Irma Burton (teacher), Harold Webb, Harold Thompson, Don Wilson, Lorne Harvey.
Middle Row: Jean Reynolds, Marie Wilson, Mary Brown, Mary Mellon, Wilma Hansford, Dorothy Bentley, June Duncan, Bud Brown, Jim Thompson.
Front Row: John Preece, Bill Breedon, Clark Shaw, Joe Reynolds, Art Preece, Wilson Stoddart, Stewart Reynolds.

S.S. #5, Bond Head School. Teacher was Edna Ball.
Back Row, left to right: Clark Thompson, Marion Thompson, Golda Hansford, Edna Ball (teacher), Josephine Orr, Jack Breedon, Al Harvey.
Middle Row: Jim Bentley, Don Wilson, Jean Reynolds, Marie Wilson, Dorothy Bentley, Audrey Cameron, Fred Switzer, Harold Webb.
Front Row: Jim Thompson, George Brown, Bud Brown, Art Preece, Bill Breedon, Ken Aspden, Lorne Harvey.

S.S. #5, Bond Head School, 1934. Teacher was Edna Ball.
Back Row, left to right: Elmer Barker, Unknown, ? Copeland, Edna Ball (teacher), Unknown, Lorne Barker.
Middle Row: Bill Murray, Al Harvey, Dorothy Copeland, Paddy Clarington, Eileen Dixon, Dewitt Bentley, Unknown, Art Webb.
Front Row: Herb Barker, Jack Breedon, Lorna Dixon, Kathleen Clarington, Jim Bentley, Jean Bannerman, Freddy Switzer.

S.S. #5
Back Row (l-r): Reta McLean, Annie Copeland, Isobel Noble, Dorothy Stone, Teacher Miss Janet McLeod, Cladwyn Burton, Edna Webb, George Gummerson, Clarence Clark, Bill Watt, Joe Noble.
Middle Row (l-r): Jack McLean, Allan Gould, Earl Hemphill, Elmer Bentley, James Watt, Wilmot Bentley, Russell Webb, Victor Cummings, Unknown, Harry Gosley, Unknown.
Front Row (l-r): Unknown, Mabel Copeland, Myrtle Gosley, Amy Copeland, Beatrice Webb, Ina Webb, Lenore Webb, Olive Reynolds, Ann Watt, Helen Clark, Raymond Hurr.

Loading harvested lettuce on the marsh. If you have any additional information about this photo please contact the library at 905-775-3328.

The office for Thompson Smith's Mill, Amsterdam. Robert Collings, Geo. Taylor, Miss Scott, Mrs. W. McKinstry (Ida Collings), Jas. Spence (Seated), Jack Davey (standing), James Scott, Sam Scott, Jack Busby, Tommy Mulligan.

Thompson Smith was a Toronto man who participated in the incorporation the Rama Lumber Transport Co. and who opened up a lumber mill in Amsterdam (near Bradford). The exact date of opening is unknown, but it was sometime between 1858-1869. The mill was a steam mill and many of the logs cut were shipped along the Holland River. Smith's mill was eventually one of many in the area during the late nineteenth century.