- CA BWGPL LHC-FamFil-Faris-OS8709
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Emerson Faris designed and built this implement for use on his Selkirk Gardens farm, 1928-36.
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Emerson Faris designed and built this implement for use on his Selkirk Gardens farm, 1928-36.
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Professor W. H. Day, who initiated much of the work in the marsh operated the Kingwilbra Gardens beside Bridge Street. Tom Fuller Sr. was one of the workers on the marsh for the professor. Mr. Fuller recalled getting paid 17-cents an hour and then getting a rather substantial raise to 20 cents an hour. The work crew included Arthur Taylor, Jack Geddes (killed in action during the Second World War), Wilbert Mulliss, Bruno and John Carvalho, Frank Maurino, Herb Taylor, Homer and Howard Henbest, Gordon McKelvie, Bob Edney, Charles Hansford, Joe Sangdrige. In the photo, top left, A. Moffat, S. Foster, H. Taylor, Tom Fuller, A. Doan, J. Foster, W. Semenuk, B. Cudmore. Middle Row: N. Gilfin, A. West, M. Thompson, R. Smith. Bottom Row: J. Ellis, H. Ellis, Hunter, J. Sadur, M. Zlotkin.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
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A view of the Marsh Canal looking north from the 5th line bridge.
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Anna and John Sharko with celery crop in 1960.
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Mrs. Katarina Spek made the front cover of one of the Toronto newspapers after Hurricane Hazel struck. The caption reads: "Work of saving what they can from desolation of what was one of Canada's richest market gardening areas continues. Mrs. Rudolf Spek, mother of three children, including a son in the Canadian Army in Korea, has salvaged a bag of onions."
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Mechanized harvesting of onions using tractors and pallet boxes.
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Alex and Erna Hrynyk at the soda bar at their Canal Road Service Centre.
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If you have any additional information about this photo or its contents please contact the library at 905-775-3328.
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Loading harvested lettuce on the marsh. If you have any additional information about this photo please contact the library at 905-775-3328.