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To the leader of these men of vision, Professor W.H. Day, this memorial has been erected, with the Tourist and Industrial Committee of Simcoe County Council presenting the plaque and municipalities represented on the marsh area contributing the cairn, and today, May 27, 1956, is being unveiled.

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

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.

Copy of an ad in the Bradford Witness for T. Kilkenny and Sons that appeared in November of 1882.

Soldiers in front of Queen's Hotel on Holland Street, taking a break on their long march to Fort York for their winter dwelling and training. The soldiers were stationed at Camp Borden, but lack of shelter and proper living conditions forced nearly 5000 troops to march from Barrie to Toronto in October 1917.

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."

Looking west up Holland Street West from the intersection at Barrie Street.

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.

Looking west up Holland Street East in Bradford towards Barrie/Simcoe Street intersection.

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