Alice Baker Collection



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Cecil & Mary Nevil (House)
Large two-storey white stucco house with wrap-around porch, dormer and landscaping
Cecil Taggart
Photo of Cecil Taggart standing in front of the bandstand at the Barrie Armouries.
Celebrating 61 years of marriage
Article, with photo, about Alice and Norman Baker's 61st wedding anniversary on July 21, 1990. Written by Susan Stein.
Cenotaph and mortar gun
Front view of the Cookstown cenotaph and mortar gun, with a ring of stones surrounding the gun and some wreaths visible at the foot of the cenotaph, taken in 1961.
Certificate of marriage between Lorne Harris and Sarah Shank
Certificate of marriage, dated 5 December 1942 in Cookstown, for Lorne Cecil Harris and Sarah Elizabeth Katharine Shank. The certificate was issued on 28 November 1942 and was witnessed by Frederick Shank and Joyce Young. Rev. Blevin Atkinson performed the ceremony in Cookstown. Denomination is listed as Anglican.
Chopping Day Procession in Cookstown
Cookstown street on chopping day, with a procession of people on horseback, with stores and a vintage car visible. The photo was taken from behind the procession.
Christmas Article written by Norman Baker
Article written by Norman Baker about Christmas as a child, no date provided.
Clarke Taggart
Portrait of Clarke Taggart, born in 1845 and died in 1905. This photo was taken in 1885. Clarke Taggart was Mary Thompson's first husband, grandfather to Alice Baker.
Collapsed Culvert
Photo of a culvert that collapsed north of Cookstown after Hurricane Hazel in October 1954.
Collapsed Road West of Cookstown
Photo of a section of road west of Cookstown that collapsed after Hurricane Hazel hit in October 1954. A crowd of onlookers stands at the edge of the collapse, surveying the damage.
Completed water tower 1962
Finished water tower with "Cookstown" sign and ladder, 1962.
Cookstown Agricultural Society Centennial Parade
Group of people riding on a float in vintage dress. Pictured are: Muriel Smith, Lil Cook, Ann Monkman, Lena Lund, Olive Parker, Marj Hansen, Keatha Riley, Laura Meyes, Alice Baker, and Cathy Monkman.
Cookstown Agricultural Society Centennial Parade
Picture showing a yellow tractor pulling a float with the Ontario flag and bagpipers.
Cookstown Agricultural Society Centennial Parade - Dawn Brown
Photo of a float with a sign that reads: "Home and School, Essa No. 9" (partially obscured). The float includes Dawn Brown and children in period costume.
Cookstown Agricultural Society Centennial Parade - Institute float
Women's Institute parade float towed by a tractor, showing people in period costume on the float with onlookers lining the street.
Cookstown Agricultural Society Centennial Parade - Walter Beatty
Parade float showing people in period costume, including Walter Beatty on banjo.
Cookstown Anglican Church
Full view of St. John's Anglican Church, Cookstown, Ontario
Cookstown Cenotaph - New
Photo of the Cookstown Cenotaph when it was first built. It is a stone monument with a plaque inscribed with the names of local soldiers who died in World War I. The photo shows a number of Remembrance Day wreaths at the base.
Cookstown Continuation and Public School
Large brick building with many windows in a treed property,
Cookstown Hydro Transformer Station
Transformer station in detail in Cookstown
Cookstown Post Office
Front view of the Cookstown Post Office in 1960.
Cookstown Post Office [Modern]
Photo of the post office in Cookstown, a modern brick building with large expanse of windows in the front, beside a clapboard building.
Cookstown Pump House 1962
Photo of the pumphouse in Cookstown with a sign on the fence reading: "Ontario Water Resources Commission: Waterworks Project No.58-W.28 for the Village of Cookstown. Consulting engineer Frederic Alport O.B.E.; General Contractor Wylie Construction-Brampton"
Cookstown St. John's Anglican Church
Large red brick church showing side view, with cemetery in foreground
Cookstown Train Station in winter
Cookstown Train Station in the winter, with a man waiting beside the platform.
Cookstown Train Station, with grain elevator
Photo of the Canadian National Railway train station in Cookstown, with an old car sitting out front and a grain elevator visible in the background.
Couse's store, Hopper's store, Rankin's shop, Watson's store
Shows one side of street full of stores and shops. Rankin's shop was demolished in 1978. [Name on building reads Cookstown Market]
Crowd at Cookstown Agricultural Society Centennial, 1958
Picture showing a large crowd at the fair, with Ferris wheel and tents in the background, featuring Norman Baker in the front centre of the crowd.
Crowd of Onlookers at Collapsed Road
Photo of a section of road west of Cookstown that collapsed after Hurricane Hazel hit in October 1954.

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