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Bradford Marble Works, ad in November issue of the South Simcoe Times, 1869.

This 1882 Bradford Chronical Ad displays a lucrative business at Middleton Corners.

Advertisement for George Palmer's store of Watches, Jewelry, Clocks, Fancy Goods, Guns, and Toys.

Advertisement for G. Sachs' Iron and Tin Working services

Advertisement for Dr. James Allen's practice on Holland Street. See the Related Description for a view of his storefront.

A stooke loader and crew at the Crake Farm on Highway 88 and the 10th sideroad. The wagon was pulled by horses down the field and stooked grain was put on the conveyor and loaded on wagons. Cliff Crake is the 5th man on the left in the back row.

Photograph of the Convent demolition

Armson - Wood House on the south half of Lot 5, Concession 7. William Armson came to West Gwillimbury in 1820 and was granted a 200 acre piece of land (Lot 5, Con. 7). The home pictured was built of mud brick by the Armson family. Robert Wood bought it in 1881 and it was still in the Wood family in 2004. This photograph is thought to have been taken around 1890.

Left to Right: Joe Reynolds, Joseph Wood Sr.(Joe's grandfather), Addison with the dog (young child in front), Jean W. (child) with Ada, Robert W. (Joe's father), William Wood (in Mrs. Joseph Wood's arms), Susan Wood (Mrs. Russell Stone), Alex on the horse.

Article on the blessing and opening of the Holy Martyrs Roman Catholic Church. Article describes the event.

Sketch of the Rev. Featherstone Lake Osler (1805-1895), who was the first resident clergyman in West Gwillimbury. Rev. Osler was born in Falmouth, England, and left for Bond Head with his wife, Ellen, in 1837. He was an Anglican minister who looked after parishioners spread out over 240 square miles (of Simcoe County). He set up the Anglican Church in Bond Head, which still has a pew from his era in the church.