Innisfil Historical Society
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Purchase Agreement
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Purchase agreement for lumber between John J. Irving and B. F. Quantz from 14 March 1907 in Stroud., IHS2855
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Quantz Family
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Portrait of the first cousins of the Quantz family. Front row:(left to right) John Pratt (Crown Hill), Mary Quantz (m. Lot Smith). Back row: Olive Quantz (m. James Belfry), Annie Quantz (unmarried), Edward Quantz.
Mary, Annie and Edward were the children of Frederick and Fanny Quantz, and Olive was the daughter of John and Mary Quantz., IHS150
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Queen St. Looking West
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Little white building was the Insurance office of Mr. T. McKnight, corner of 27 and 89 highways.
Note old building to left of this office - it is Masonic Hall. New front was also put on front of Drug Store.
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Queen Street
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This is a view of Queen Street, Cookstown, looking west. Please take note of the large elm tree which was 125 years old and has since been removed. Also the overhanging roofs which were used as shelters, Town Hall belfry tower and architectural design of the buildings.
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Queen Street Looking West
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Queen street looking west. Note Hounsome's home with old verandah, also Trotter's and Barry Jebb's home. Notice the number of beautiful frosted trees.
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Queen Street, Cookstown
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Photo showing a view of Queen Street in Cookstown. The photo has been labelled as looking east; however, the distinctive architecture of the porch of the building on the right indicates that it is the former Couse's store meaning the view actually faces west. The photo shows dirt roads as well as hydro and telephone poles running along the street. A number of the buildings in the photo have changed or no longer exist.
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Queen Street, Cookstown
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Photo of Queen Street in Cookstown, likely taken in the late nineteenth/early twentieth century. The photo depicts a well dressed couple standing on the edge of the street on the left, with a horse drawn carriage in the road, facing the photographer. The distinctive architecture of the porch on the building on the right identifies it as Couse's store, located at 14 Queen Street. Poles for telephone lines and a gas street lamp are visible in the photo as well.
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Queen Street, Cookstown
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Image of Queen Street in Cookstown taken from the corner of George Street West in 1910. The photo shows an unpaved street running up the centre with houses lining either side of it. Two straight lines of young trees are also growing between the side walks and the road on either side. Telephone poles are also visible beside the trees to the right., IHS1959
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Queen Street, Looking East
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Postcard depicting the view of Queen Street looking East in Cookstown. The postcard dates to 27 December 1906.
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Queen'S Hotel Thornton
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Dalton Banting was host at a dinner party at his retirement from the Innisfil Council in 1947.
Back, left to right: Robert Sewart, (William Muir), George Squibb, John Cowan, Wilfred Stewart, Bruce Cowan, (?), Blythe McConkey, Dalton Banting, Clifford Lockhart, Robert Eldridge (Lee Banting), (Cliff Duckworth), (Joe Lennox), (Clarence Harvey);
Front, left to right: Orville Todd, Thomas Cook, Gavin C. Allan, (Donald Gunn), Gilmour Reive.
Note: The names in brackets signify they are not Innisfil people, they were relatives or friends of Mr. Banting. Others are Council members or Innisfil employees., IHS2112
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Raffled Quilt
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Geoff. Dawney holds quilt won by his daughter Suzanne. This quilt was made and donated by the Anglican Church Women to the Reunion and Bicentennial committees to be raffled off and funds used to finance the Reunion and Bicentennial activities.
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Railroad Damage From Hurricane Hazel
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Photograph from 1954 showing the aftermath of Hurricane Hazel, a devastating storm that caused major flooding in the Holland Marsh. The photo shows several men inspecting the damage to the supports for a train track following flooding near Craigvale. The image can also be found on page 159 from the Stroud Tweedsmuir History, Vol. II., IHS3382-166A
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Railway , Lefroy
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Taken at Lefroy Station. People not known.
Taken around 1900, elegantly-dressed ladies are awaiting the southbound train to Toronto. Poor roads made train travel at that time a necessity., IHS26
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Railway Hand Car
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Photo of a number of men standing on a handcar for the Canadian National Railway (CNR, later CN). Pictured in the centre is Sam Maiel, who was a section foreman for many years on the railroad between Georgetown and Barrie. Pictured second from the right is Ed Gray., IHS3226
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Railway Station Craigvale
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Craigvale railway station.
Ben Webb, loading freight
Ernie Goheen, picking up mail bags and Ted Webb
From page 4 of Stroud Tweedsmuir Histories, Vol.II
Further information is available at the Knock Heritage Site, IHS3382-4B
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Railway Station, Craigvale
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Tweedsmuir History - Vol 11 - Stroud Women's Institute
Further information is available at the Knock Heritage Site, IHS3382
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Railways-Accidents
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This train wreck occurred on the CNR line, about 1/3 of mile north of Con. 6 in Innisfil. S.H. Lot 22 Con.6 Thomas Sawyer's farm. The barn in the background owned by Ralston's. This barn was blown down completely in a wind storm July 3, 1957.
Further information is available at the Knock Heritage Site, IHS3573
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