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Threshing at the Faris Farm circa 1892, showing the stationary steam engine, and the barn of the era, with no foundation on the north half of lot 12, con. 5.

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.

Teachers certificate to Thomas W. Evans to teach at Coulson's Hill.

A late Victorian c. 1880 side boar with decorative work, produced in Thomas Kilkenny's Furniture factory. It is owned by his great granddaughter Ruth Booth.

Thomas Alexander Nelson (1861-1898) proprietor of the Nelson Foundry in Bond Head, pictured here with his wife, Ellen Pricella (Brown) Nelson. This sepia coloured studio photo was likely taken in the 1880's when bustles were fashionable.

The Village Inn located on the south east corner of Holland Street and Simcoe Road, prior to renovation in the late 2000s.

Mr. Coun Bal Seon, Director of Memorial Affairs with Lorraine Mantle and her mother Helen Vipond at The UN Memorial Cemetery in Busan, Korea.

Mr. Marius R. Grinius, The Canadian Ambassador to The Republic of Korea, Lorraine Mantle and Helen Vipond at The UN Memorial Cemetery in Busan, Korea. A photo of the beautiful cemetery grounds and the magnificent view.

The basket of gorgeous red roses provided by Mr. Yu-Chui Park, Ph.D., The Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs to be placed at the grave of "Lieutenant M.C. Vipond," at The UN Memorial Cemetery in Busan, Korea. The beautiful arm spray or roses, mums etc. all done in yellow tones was from David, Lorraine and Sarah Mantle.

The Roll of Honour Book at the War Museum in Seoul showing the Canadian flag and the number of lives sacrificed from Canada for peace in Korea.