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A book plate with black calligraphy style writing, one of many done by Ian Reid.

"Ian Reid was a resident of West Gwillimbury before Bradford amalgamated in 1991. He live on the 11th line of WG. He was a very popular citizen, always dressed in his Scottish kilt and accessories for anything festive or celebrative. In town, he recited 'Ode to a Haggis' on Robbie Burns Day in one of the local pubs at the time, which I attended. He was known in the library as the Patron who did all the calligraphy for our book plates. If any family made a donation to the library in the form of a memorial, or just purchasing books for the library, Ian Reid graciously on his own time made these book plates which are prominently displayed in the books..." (See sources)

Blank catalogue card from the Bradford Public Library.

A rectangular yellow magnet from BWG Public Library with contact and resource information on it. Magnet is from when the library was at 100 Holland Court.

A newspaper article detailing the history of the Bradford Public Library.

Shelf lists of Bradford Public Library memberships on top of the card catalogue. The card catalogue still is in the library in the Bill & Erica Marks Archive room.

The manual checkout at the Bradford W.G. Public Library. Photo taken just prior to computerization.