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A white lace tablecloth.

A metal measuring tape, marked "Made in the U.S.A."

Part of a collection of woodworking tools and items owned by Walter Reeves and Joseph Mark (Mark was original spelling before it changed to Marks). Reeves was Bradford Town Constable and Mark was a railway worker. Donated by their grandson, Bill Marks.

One large green metal spoon with rust damage.

Main street (Holland Street West) Bradford looking east. The white building in the foreground is the original post office and library building.

From the Bradford Witness newspaper:
"A Public Library of over 2,500 volumes, in the Post Office building, with the postmaster [H. S. Broughton] as librarian, is fairly well patronized by the reading public."

When this photo was first printed, the negative was flipped (so the fence would be on the right side of the photograph). We have corrected the photograph here to show how the house was meant to look.
Dorothy (Reeves) Marks is in front of the house, located at 89 Holland Street East. Additions have since been added on to the house, and the trees no longer exist.

Document noting the induction of Walter A. Reeves into the Simcoe Masonic Lodge.

Four metal measuring spoons, bound with a leather string: 1/4 tsp, 1/2 tsp, 1 tsp, 1tbs.

A wooden and metal bench plane. It would be used for shaping wood or smoothing a wood surface in woodworking/carpentry.

Part of a collection of woodworking tools and items owned by Walter Reeves and Joseph Mark (Mark was original spelling before it changed to Marks). Reeves was Bradford Town Constable and Mark was a railway worker. Donated by their grandson, Bill Marks.

A metal horse bit. Heavy deterioration in the form of corrosion.

One metal handheld juice squeezer. Item would be used to squeeze out the juice from citrus fruits (eg. oranges, lemons)