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The building located at 30 Holland St. West (on the southeast corner of Holland and Drury Streets) has been the site of many businesses, including Bradford Travel (as seen in this photo from 1995). Many years previously, George Ogilvie, a tailor, moved to this area from Bond Head. He employed five or six cutters and seamstresses to help run his business. It occupied the first and second floors of the building. John Depew moved here years later. He ran a barbershop on the ground floor and lived upstairs with his children (Oswald, Eddie and Georgina). The two boys became barbers and Georgina was a nurse in the Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital in Orillia. Archie Hammell and his wife Minnie (Spence) opened and ran a grocery store here for a time. Gerry McTavish worked for them, and he and his wife took over the business when the Hammells retired. (1, 2)

Documents and correspondence between the Village of Bradford and other parties relating to the assessment roll and tax assessments.

Council motions relating to various by-laws, dated 1918.

Miscellaneous Bradford council notes and documents from 1918.

Bradford council notes and documents for 1918. Dates include: January 14, January 21, February 8, February 11, February 19, February 22, March 8, April 12, May 10, June 14, June 17, July 12, August 23, October 11, November 22 and December 16.

Advertisement of George Ogilvie, tailor, on Holland Street West.

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.

Oath to become a member of the Court of Revision made by Bradford Councillor George Ogilvie, signed May 22, 1918.

Declaration of Office made by Bradford Councillor George Ogilvie, signed January 14, 1918.

Declaration of Qualification made by Bradford Councillor George Ogilvie, signed January 2, 1918. Declaration confirms that the candidate fulfills the requirements to run for office.