Boat Reconstructed by W.E. Simmons
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The article accompanying this photograph gives a quick history of W.E. Simmons, boat and launch builder of Bradford. He was a boat builder in Hull, England before landing in Bradford by June, 1905.
The photograph features E.A. Collings' boat prior to its launch.
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Greenview Farm was the residence of Richard H. Crake, wheat farmer, and covered 212 acres in 1906. It was located on the "Bond Head Rd.", or Highway 88 near Sideroad 10. It was first the Tyrwhitt Farm, owned by Colonel Tyrwhitt of Bond Head, before Crake bought it in 1903. Crake farmed here until 1914, when it was sold to F. Smelser. He was known to the town as Dick Crake.
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View from the Holland River Rd
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This photograph is a view of Bradford from the Holland River Road, or what is now Canal Road.
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This event took place at the Bradford Town Hall, sometime before or during World War I.
Please contact the Bradford WG Public Library (905-775-3328) if you have any additional information about this photo or its contents.
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The Canal Bank Lunch and Garage on the south west corner of the north canal bank and Simcoe road, owned by the Hrynyks
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An old time postcard featuring Bradford Public School. This photo is from the Bradford Womens Institute Scrapbooks.
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This high school was located on Queen Street in Bradford. This is a picture taken soon after the building was constructed in 1892 as the trees and bushes surrounding the school are still quite small. The first head master was S. Arthur Marling. This building burned down in 1924.
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A bow-string bridge at Line 5 commonly known as the Kinsley Bridge because Wilfred Kingsley lived on the farm on the north side was built in 1921.
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The Campbell House (west view) located at 33 John St East. The house was built in 1900.
Hockey Stick Factory - Ash Tray souvenirs
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Photograph of hockey stick ashtrays from the Hockey Stick Factory in Bradford. A puck sits in the centre of the sticks. These were owned by Bruce Davey and Marg Davey, former workers of the Factory.
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