This album contains photographs of Canadian soldiers from World War I, the monument to Edith Cavell and a Canadian troop train.
This photograph shows William Brownscombe at his potters wheel shaping a large stone jug with a narrow neck. Another jug stands on a shelf to his left.
Brownscombe, WilliamThe fonds consists of one photograph depicting the Davidson family having a picnic at a residence in Brighton, Ontario in the late 19th century.
Walter Nichol Davidson familyItems are reproductions of photographs depicting a view of Ashburnham from the tower of St. John's Church, c.1874. The View was constructed from two James Little photographs located at Peterborough Centennial Museum and Archives. One item is a print identified as proof number 9/10; the other is a reduced copy of the View with attached legend showing the names of the buildings.
View of Ashburnham from the Tower of St. John's Church c. 1874 / James Little Photographs courtesy of the Peterborough Museum and ArchivesThis item is a photograph album with captions describing the harvesting of wild rice by Indigenous people on Rice Lake.
Sam | M. Hunter | Trudie Leggot | G. Northev | [Balsdon] | Blewett |
Aubrey | Miss Duff | [C. Hatton] | [Kelly] | Graham | Joe Laplante |
Percy | [Ned] | C. McWilliams | Don White | Dunsford | Kennedy |
Mr. Hull | P. Sherin | Joe Hill | [Labelle] | Hendren | |
[ ] Hill | F. Hill | T. Madhill | [Baker] | [Saulter] |
The fonds consists of two black and white photos of the poet Robert Frost.
Frost, RobertFonds consists of a folder of 12 sheets of photographs which show the effects of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in 1945. The 14 photographs are of individuals, and of the landscape of the area. The photographs were issued with the purpose of "calling for the issuance of a bill to protect atomic bomb survivors and calling for a total ban of atomic weapons". (Taken from the folder which encloses the photographs.) The text on the folder and the photographs is written in Japanese.
Recalling Hiroshima and Nagasaki / Issued by the Atomic Bomb Information CenterThis is a photograph of Peterborough residents representing the Fathers of Confederation during the town's Diamond Jubilee Celebration, July 1st, 1927. The names of the actors in the photograph are portrayed at the bottom of the photograph as well as the name of the person they were portraying.
Fathers of ConfederationThis item is a photocopy of a newsprint photograph and news article as well as research proposing to establish the date that the early post office acquired its tower and bell.
Peterborough Post OfficeThis photograph is of the opening of the hydraulic lift lock on the Trent Canal at Peterborough, Ontario, July 9, 1904.
Peterborough Lift LockThis photograph includes portraits of 66 male graduates and 62 female graduates of the 1912-13 Peterborough Business College graduating class. Also included in the photograph are portraits of six instructors and administrators.
Peterborough Business CollegePhotograph depicts the audience watching a performance of "Ileen Allanna" 14 March 1913 at the Opera House located on George Street in Peterborough, Ontario.
Opera House (Peterborough, Ontario)This item is a photograph of the Council members of Northumberland and Durham county from 1907. The photograph also shows counties' gaol, municipal and counties' buildings, and house of refuge. The name "B.K. Van Buren" is taped on the bottom.
Northumberland and Durham Counties council / Huston Photographer Cobourg, Ont..This item is a notebook containing photographs of the Wilson family, King Street, Cobourg. Some photographs were taken in Regina, Saskatchewan. Almost every photograph is identified by subject and photographer, and a few are also dated.
Wilson, Mrs. S.G.