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: Belle Ewart Ice House Workers; Photo of a group of Belle Ewart Ice House workers seated on some scaffolding with another on a horse directly in front of them. Pictured from left to right - Back Row: C. Mullett, Scotty McKenzie, Harry Porter, George Baxter, unknown, H. Ferrier, and unknown. Front Row: three unknown, John Ferrier, unknown, with a Mullett son on the horse., IHS29

: Belle Ewart Ice Loader; Photo of the mechanized ice loader and conveyor used by the Belle Ewart Ice Company to transport large blocks of ice from Lake Simcoe into ice houses for storage or directly onto train cars for shipping. The photo shows two large side-by-side structures with numerous men visible at the base of the conveyors, directing the ice blocks with long poles, as well as a man at the top of each structure to help reposition blocks that may have shifted on their way up. The Belle Ewart Ice Company was the first of three large companies that used Lake Simcoe to supply ice to homes throughout Ontario and some of the northern United States., IHS60

: Belle Ewart Public School - 1926 - 1975; Belle Ewart Public School - S.S. #5. The school was built in 1926, the addition was 1952, it was closed in 1975. See, IHS3509andIHS3510

: Belle Ewart Public School - S.S. #5; Belle Ewart Public School - S.S. #5, 1926, addition 1952. It was closed in 1975 on the opening of the Killarney Beach School. Presently it is the property of Branch 547 of the Royal Canadian Legion. The right hand side was the old school in 1926. The left side is the two room addition. Due to a sudden influx of students, the Belle Ewart School Board who had not joined the School Area Board #1, had to provide a fourth classroom in the Baptist Church. The next year this idea was abandoned and a two roomed school opened in the Community Hall, for a total of five classrooms. After the passing of Provincial Legislation making a Township the smallest unit of administration in 1965, Belle Ewart became part of the area board., IHS3509

: Belle Ewart Shoreline; Aerial view of Belle Ewart and its shoreline on Lake Simcoe, looking north from the ice house. A number of houses are visible behind the trees along the shore., IHS2141

: Belle Ewart Station Master'S House; The former home of the Belle Ewart Station Master for the Ontario, Simcoe, and Huron Railroad. It later became the home of Jean Crosby located on Arnold Street, near Goldie. According to D.M. Lemmon of Shanty Bay, it was once further south and nearer to the railway track, which no longer exists., IHS423

: Ben Morris At The Barber Shop Of His Father Benson Morris; Ben Morris at the barber shop of his father Benson Morris in Lefroy, IHS 4396

: Benjamin F. Quantz Family; Benjamin Franklin Quantz (front left), born August 16, 1854, died May 19, 1935. Mr. Quantz arrived in Innisfil in 1868, N 1/2 Lot 12, Con. 10. His wife Adeline Elizabeth Marsh, (front right), daughter of Judge and Mrs. Robert Marsh of Richmond Hill, born November 24, 1977, died December 21, 1928. Standing are their daughter Adelene and son Cuthbert (Bert)., IHS3940

: Benjamin Franklin Quantz; Benjamin Franklin Quantz, August 16, 1854 - May 10, 1935. Born on Lot 13, Conc. 2, Markham Township. Farmed on the North Half of Lot 12, Conc. 10 from (circa) December 1879. Married Adalene Marsh, January 14, 1856 - December 21, 1928. He was the son of George Arthur Quantz and Margaret Linklater., IHS3043

: Benjamin and Annie Webb; Mr. Benjamin and second wife Annie Morrison. First wife Annie Amelia Black died in 1918. Children were Arthur, Herbert, Oswald, Annie, Alvin, Edgar, Morley, Lloyd. Some of this information was taken out of the daily Journal. Webb, Mrs. Benjamin Webb, Annie Webb, Annie Morrison Costumes and clothing, IHS1574

: Bennett'S Beach; Photo of Bennett's Beach on Lake Simcoe. The photo shows a low rock wall built along the shoreline to protect the cottages that are near the shore and just visible in the background. There are a number of trees behind the wall hanging out over the water., IHS466

: Bert And Ev. Coleman; Bert and Ev. Coleman at work - inside the post office.

: Bert Marwood; Bert Marwood (W.H.G.in his Cadet Uniform). He fought and died in the first World War of 1914 - 1918. Location Fisher Store, Cookstown, now known as the Chestnut Inn., IHS1767

: Bert Mccracken As A Child; Bert McCracken is feeding the chickens at the home of his aunt and uncle, Bob and Jean Warnica. The winter supply of wood in the background was cut from the woodlot (SH lot 27, Conc. 12) where Bert and his wife Barbara now reside. Further information is available at the Knock Heritage Site, IHS3898

: Bertha Allan; Bertha Allan at one year old. Later married to Thomas Frazer., IHS802

: Bertha And Eva Allan'S Friends; Bertha and Eva Allan's friends. From left to right: Bertha Allan, Isobel Lucas (on swing), Eva Allan, and Regina Lucas. The picture was taken at John Lucas's farm on the 5th Line, east of Highway 11., IHS812

: Bertha And William Atkinson; Bertha (Stewart) and William Atkinson, IHS3698

: Bertha Atkinson And Her Niece; Photo of Bertha Atkinson (later Stewart, 1895 - 1992) and her niece Verna Murray in front of the Baxter family home., IHS980

: Bertram Wright; Photo of Bertram Wright seated in the snow and leaning against a wall on which a number of raccoon pelts have been mounted after a successful "coon" hunt. His snowshoes and rifle are propped beside and in front of him, and a black dog is curled up to his left., IHS3406

: Bessie (King) Cameron; Portrait of Bessie Cameron (née King), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. King of Holly. Mrs. Cameron was a teacher at Codrington Street School in Barrie for 21 years. She taught at Holly from 1937 to 1952 and taught for a total of 45 years. She also taught at Port Stanton, Jarratt, Northbrook and retired in 1973. She was the provincial convener of goodwill committee for the Federation of Women's Teachers of Ontario for four years. She later married Reginald Srigley., IHS2102

: Bessie Hunter; Left - Bessie Hunter (McQuay) and Torrance Hunter (twin children born on NH Lot 3, Concession 9). Mother Mrs. William Hunter (seated). Her sister, Catherine Young (standing) just before Catherine left for a trip to Scotland. Catherine was born in Canada after her parents and older brothers and sister came here from Scotland. Costumes., IHS551

: Beth Huddleston; Beth Huddleston. From Page 107 of the Stroud Tweedsmuir History, Volume 11., IHS3382-113

: Bethel George Sawyer; Bethel George Sawyer, first cousin of Mrs. Edna Allan and second cousin to Miss Kay Allan and Mrs. Eva (Allan)Reid., IHS767

: Bethesda 1936 - Entrance To High School; Entrance class to High School (Grade V111), Lillian Prince, teacher (back) Left to right: Clara Copeland, Maurice Gallaugher, Helen Hillock., IHS2726

: Bethesda Church Sunday School; Group photo of a Sunday School class in front of Bethesda Church in 1912. Included in the photo are Etta Ross, Beulah Ross, Dell Evans, Harold Smith, and Alvin Smith, but several students are unknown. The children are dressed formally and the leafless tree in the background indicates that the photo was taken in spring or autumn., IHS1962

: Bethesda School; Bethesda School on the North Half of Lot 6, Concession #3, SS #2., IHS542

: Bethesda School - 1893; Bethesda School: Back Row: Ogle Moir, T. Black, Heyward Grose, Leslie Smith, G. Rigget, Bert Fisher, ____, Edward Cooper 2nd Row: B. Grose, Ethel Cooper, Winnifred Campbell, Ida Smith, Florence Cooper, Will Ross (Teacher), Addie Ross, Hattie Rainey, Eva Cooper, Annie Cooper, Edgar Moir 3rd Row: Herb Ross, Cyrus Smith, Edna Cooper, Wilma Davidson, Ida Rainey, Joe Cooper Bob Sutherland, Frankie Grose, Gertie Cooper, Maggie Mullin (?) Front Row: Cedric Davidson (became a lawyer and was an Alderman in Toronto for years), Emma Cooper, Norval Grose, Fledda Cooper, Walter Grose, Effie Grose, Annie Sutherland, Ethel Sutherland, Carrie Moore., IHS3786

: Bethesda School 1913; Bethesda School Pupilis 1913: Back row left to right: Teacher Miss Ethel Hamilton, Beulah Ross, Iva King, Etta Ross, Etta Slight, Edith Robinson Second row left to right: Harold Smith, Dell Robinson, Jim Allen, Elinor Morton Front row left to right: Dave Cousins, May Allen, George Morton, Mildred Ayerst, Mabel Morton, Bessie Cunningham, Alvin Smith., IHS1136

: Bethesda School 1914; Bethesda School SS #2, 4th line #5 sideroad, teacher Mabel Irving. As they come zig-zag left to right: Alvin Smith, Alfred Baxter, Bessie Cunningham, Grace Nelson, May Allen (Thompson), Lucille Ayerst, Lorraine Davidson, Eileen King, Mildred Ayerst, David Cousins, George Morton., IHS1138

: Bethesda School 1916; Front row: Alvin Smith, Bessie Cunningham, Edith Cunningham, May Allen, second to left back row, Mildred Ayerst, Lorene Davidson, _____, Lucile Ayerst, _____, _____, _____, Boy at the extreme right at the back is unknown., IHS2646

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