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Cookstown Centennial Celebration
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A series of four small photos taken during the Cookstown Centennial celebrations. The images depict couples dancing on a large dance floor dressed in period costumes. Pictured from left to right are: Lynn and Wally Smith, Lynn Smith and Dave Merchant, Carrie and Wilfred Fildey, and numerous unnamed couples at the Saturday Night Dance. The room is decorated with streamers across the ceiling, and the ladies are wearing long dresses and bonnets. The present image comes from page 6 of volume one of the Cookstown Tweedsmuir Histories.
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Cookstown Centennial Celebration
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Photo taken of an unnamed woman browsing a display of antique glassware and serving dishes as part of the Canadian Centennial celebrations in 1967. The objects are labelled and displayed on a white tablecloth. The woman is wearing a dark coat, white blouse, and glasses.
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Cookstown Central Graduation
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Class photo taken of the Cookstown Central School's graduating class in 1985. This colour photo shows a number of young ladies in colourful dresses and young men in black or grey suits standing or sitting in three rows, flanked by their teachers.
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Cookstown Central Guidelines
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Photograph of a sign using black and red text posted at Cookstown Central Public School detailing guidelines of behaviour at school. The sign reads: "At Cookstown Central we believe that students and teachers have a right to be treated with respect. Students and teachers have developed these guidelines: 1. We are friendly and helpful to others. 2. We value honesty and respect others' property. 3. We keep our environment clean and our bodies physically fit. 4. We use our best effort to learn. 5. We let others do their work without distraction. 6. We avoid rough or dangerous play. 7. We follow the instructions of teachers, parent helpers and student leaders. 8. We solve problems without hurting others." The words home, school, and community are listed at the bottom and a small "1991" is written in blue ink in the bottom right corner.
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Cookstown Central Students
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Photo taken in 1992 of Cookstown Central students gathered to watch the planting of commemorative tree for Canada's 125th Anniversary. The photo shows a number of children in shorts and t-shirts seated or standing on the lawn watching the event.
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Cookstown Continuation School
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1912 group photo of the Cookstown Continuation School's students. The photo was taken beside the school itself with the students and their two teachers arranged in two rows. The male students are all dressed in suits with ties, and the female students are wearing long sleeved blouses with long skirts. Pictured from left to right, back row: Dave McMaster, the school janitor, Jack Kell, Linda Robinson, Susie Shier, Mae Sutherland, Beatrice Marling, Edna Gallagher, Hazel Arnold, Bertha Sutherland, Olive Campbell, Luella Lewis, Roy Blackstock, Ewart Kidd, Pat Arnold, and Melville McFadden. Front row: Miss Nellie Goodall, Alpine Couse, Clifford Fisher, Olive Burling, Alma McNeily, Allie Comisky, Agnes McMaster, Elmer McLean, Ralph Davidson, and Miss McEachern. This photograph was donated by Mr. Ewart Kidd.
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Cookstown Council, 1982
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Photo from the inaugaration ceremony for the Cookstown Council in December 1982. The photo shows two women standing at a lectern on a stage with a row of men in suits seated behind them. Pictured from left to right are: Dorothy Robertson, Anne Monkman, Fred Fisher, Henry Proulx, Jim Currie, and Ken Parker.
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Cookstown Council, 1990
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Photo of the Cookstown Council in 1990 seated around a carved wooden table with the flags of Canada and Ontario visible in the background. Pictured from left to right are: Brian Ashley, Larry Wright, Reeve Edyth Brown, John Owen, and Liliane Spence.
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Cookstown Creamery
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Photo of the Cookstown Creamery building, taken in 1961. The creamery originally opened in February 1929 and was equipped with a large furnace to both heat the building and supply the steam for pasteurizing the cream. By 1930 the creamery was producing an average of 1000 pounds of butter a year, which later increased to 3000 pounds a week. In 1932, butter sold for 16 cents a pound. The creamery closed in 1951. The image here shows the white creamery building on the right surrounded by tall grass, with a road running along the left. A car is just visible on the street near the horizon line.
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Cookstown Curling Club
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Photo of the exterior of the Cookstown Curling Club, which was a cement block construction built in 1956 by local contractor Hector Smith. Volunteers, both curlers and non-curlers, helped to install the roof, septic system, tile bed, and so on. It is located on the Cookstown Fairgrounds, and features four sheets of ice, a club room, and a kitchen on the main floor with a members-only club room and lockers in the basement.
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Cookstown Curling Club
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Photo of a celebration taking place in the lounge area of the Cookstown Curling Club at an unknown date. The image shows a number of people seated around several round tables, largely with their backs towards the camera, with paper streamers decorating the ceiling.
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Cookstown Curling Club
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Group photo taken in February 1957 of several members of the Cookstown Curling Club. Pictured are John Timbers, Gene Timbers, Don Smith, Harry Davis, Frank Webb, Bill Marling, Earl Carr, and Jim Currie with Hector Smith and Harley Timbers in the very front. The picture appears to have been taken in a stairwell and the men are all wearing jackets with almost all of them wearing hats.
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Cookstown Curling Club Lounge
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Photo of four unnamed people seated in the lounge area of the Cookstown Curling Club. The three women facing the camera are all wearing name tags and seated around a table. A door and a wood-panelled wall is visible behind them. If you have more information about this photo or the people in it please "Suggest a Correction" or contact the Innisfil Public Library at 705-431-7410.
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Cookstown Fair Grounds
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Photo of the Cookstown Fair Grounds in 1912. Pictured in the photo on the left is the grandstand, with the drill hall in the middle, which was also called the exhibit hall and Reed's Dance Hall. The building on the right was the Judges' Stand for Standardbred horse races. The Hall was used for dances with Johnny Gilheeney's All Girls Orchestra. A large crowd is pictured in front of the stands with horse drawn carriages and buggies in the foreground.
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Cookstown Fairgrounds Entrance
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Photo of the Cookstown Fairgrounds entrance in 1973. The fairgrounds, located in the north-east quarter of the town, held the first fair in September of 1909, although fairs had been held in Cookstown since 1858. The fairgrounds themselves consisted of covered bleachers and a race track with additional sheds and a grandstand being built in later years. In 2006 the land was sold to the Town of Innisfil to facilitate building the Cookstown branch of the Innisfil Public Library. This colour image shows the stone entrance gates flanking the dirt road leading into the fairgrounds.
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Cookstown Fairgrounds Gates
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Photo of the gates erected at the entrance to the Cookstown Fairgrounds in honour of the centennial of the fair in 1958. The gates are made of stone, and a car is parked between them.
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Cookstown Fire Hall
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Photo of the exterior of the Cookstown and Area Fire Hall's two garage bays. The building was constructed on King St. in 1957 and fire hydrants were installed in the village in 1963.
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Cookstown Jail
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Photo of the exterior of Cookstown's lock-up, which was constructed in 1877 as a second class jail containing three cells and a toilet room. The idea for the lock-up was originally proposed in 1865 and was granted $200 by the County Council towards its construction in 1868. After the railroad was built in Cookstown in 1879 the lock-up received an additional $400 to help contain transients who came in and out of town via train. The building went unused for a number of years as criminals and transients were taken to the Barrie jail. The deed to the building was eventually given to the municipality, and later traded to George Caldwell. The building was then rented for storage at a cost of $40 a year. By 1973 local residents began a movement to have the building designated as an historic site but high costs to bring it up to building codes meant the building fell into disrepair. By 1983 the building was entirely dismantled. The photo shows a single chimney and two boarded windows on either side of the front door. The building is surrounded by trees that have lost their leaves.
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Cookstown Lacrosse Club, 1898
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Group photo of the Cookstown lacrosse team as Simcoe District Champions, C.L.A., 1898. The men are pictured in rows wearing similar turtleneck shirts, some with sleeves and some without, with lacrosse sticks arranged in front of men seated in the front row. Pictured from left to right, back row: President W.J. Phillips, Vice-President Rev. J. McKee McLennan, Field Captain A. MacDonald, and official Referee Dr. J.J.D. Banting. Third row: Captain J. Agnew, D. Norris, A. Brown, Dad Jerrett, A. MacRae, and R.L. Banting. Second row: E. McKinstry, Secretary Dr. A. MacKay, and C. Morrow. Front row: W. Wright, H. Ross, H. Leadlay, and R. Donnell.
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Cookstown Lacrosse Team
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Group photo of the Cookstown Lacrosse team in an unknown year. The players are wearing matching white striped turtleneck shirts with the letters C L C across the chests. The two reclined players in the front row are holding lacrosse sticks. Players included in the photo are Harry Leadlay (centre), the Hon. James S. Duff, and W.J. Findlay second from the left in the back row.
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Cookstown Lacrosse Team
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Group photo of the Cookstown Lacrosse Team in an unknown year. The team members are all wearing matching dark shirts with a large "C" on the chest, and most are wearing light coloured shorts. Pictured from left to right, standing in the back row: unknown, B. Griffith, J. Agnew, Roy Coleman, F. Donnell, H. Leadlay, Ted Ross, Lou Sherman, and Frank Coleman. Seated on the ground in the front row: Bill Wright, Ike Pollock, H. Donnell, W. Cook, Eddie White, Milt Sherman, and Ivan Coleman.
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Cookstown Ladies
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Photo of a group of ladies in Cookstown posing in front of the home of Dr. and Mrs. J.H. Miller on 34 Queen Street. The photo was taken in September 1937. Pictured from left to right are: Mrs. Miller, Mrs. McCuish, Mrs. Tom King, with "sweet" Mary Miller standing on the verandah behind them. The women in the photo are all wearing long dresses with Mrs. McCuish in an eye-catching patterned dress. Tragically, Mary died shortly after in July 1928 at age 21. Her father, Dr. Miller, was the local dentist.
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Cookstown Main Street
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Photo taken on Cookstown's Main Street looking east from the railway tracks on an unknown date. The image shows a dirt road running along the left side of the photo with a series of houses and trees along the right. There is a gas powered streetlight visible directly in the foreground, and a young boy in a hat stands on the porch of the first house, with white siding and dark trim.
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Cookstown Map - South East Quadrant
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Hand-drawn map depicting streets and lots with the names of some lot owners in the south east quadrant of Cookstown. The map includes Church Street, William Street, Hamilton Street, Cook Street, and Albert Street, and identifies the section further south as West Gwillimbury.
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