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Looking east down Holland Street East in Bradford.

Looking north west up Holland Street East in Bradford. The Town Hall is on the right of the street at 61 Holland St E.

Looking west at the corner of Holland Street East and Dissette Street from the parking lot of the Bradford GO Station.

Holland Street looking east towards the Barrie/Simcoe Street intersection. Kilkenny Furniture is on the left side, and the Queen's Hotel is the most visible sign on the right.

This is a picture of Holland Street looking west when it was just a dirt road. Notice the trees that used to line the street. The white building on the right was the post office and up to 1915 was home to the first library in town. The dark building beside it was a laundry .

Notice how while there are cars parked on the street, others are still using horse and carriage.

George Ogilvie , whose business can be seen here, was a merchant tailor in Bradford. He employed 6 to 8 people at a time. He was also a Councillor, on the Model School Board, on the Public Library Board, and on the Board of the Agricultural Society.

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."

This is a picture of Holland Street looking east when it was just a dirt road. Kilkenny Furniture was located at the corner of Moore and Holland Streets. To the right of it is J.A. Webb's Meat Market, Ernest Snow's Saddlery, and Davey's Butcher Shop.