Alice Baker Collection
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- Damage to Train Tracks After Hurricane Hazel
- Photo of the devastation caused to railroad infrastructure north of Cookstown following Hurricane Hazel in October 1954.
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- Damaged Railroad Tracks
- Photo of a young man standing on a portion of railroad track, surveying the damage caused to the rail bridge after Hurricane Hazel hit Cookstown in October 1954.
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- Dan Harris and William Harris
- Portrait of two gentlemen. Dan and William Harris, seated. Original caption, written by Alice Baker, reads: "Dan Harris, First Cousin; William Harris, our Dad"
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- Daureen Baker and Mary Lou Baker
- Portrait of two young girls, Daureen and Mary Lou Baker, dressed smartly beside a white stucco building.
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- Don Monkman's (House and business)
- White stucco bungalow with cars and tow truck on property; large car dealership sign and gas pumps
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- Doris Mapes
- Woman standing in garden
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- Doris Mapes
- Photo of Doris Mapes sitting in the grass in front of a brick building, likely a school.
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- Duncan, Verlie, and Edith McIntosh
- Portrait of Duncan McIntosh with wife Verlie (née Harris) and daughter Edith.
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- Dunning's Garage burned, 1962
- Picture showing smoke and charred rubble from a fire that destroyed the Dunning family's garage (next to the Jebb family's garage). The fire was strong enough to warp a lamppost on the street.
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- East Side of St. John's Anglican Church, Cookstown
- View of St. John's Anglican Church from the east (taken from the cemetery) with people milling about.
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- Edney's after renovation
- Photo of a two-storey brick house showing converted garage, upper and lower Porches, Verandas, chimneys
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- Edward Taggart
- Photo of Edward Taggart standing in front of a military vehicle with "157th Simcoe Battalion C.E.F." painted on the side at the Barrie Armoury. The caption on the photo indicates he was killed on 11 September 1918.
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- Edyth Brown's Speech for Alice and Norman Baker's Anniversary
- Speech delivered by Reeve Edyth Brown on the occasion of Alice and Norman Baker's 60th wedding anniversary.
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- Elmer Graham (House)
- Lovely brick house with dormer and elegant porch
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- Elmer Trumbley
- Young man in winter costume
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- Elward Spindloe, Mary and Tom Trumbley
- Portrait of three people: Elward Spindloe, Mary Trumbley, and Tom Trumbley, standing outside of a brick house.
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- Ethel Ney
- Head shot of a woman, Ethel Ney, wearing a cloche hat, with dark hair
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- Eva McMahon (note fur muff)
- Elegant woman standing under a tree wearing winter clothing and fur muff
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- Excavator Installing Pipes for Water Works
- Picture of an excavator beginning the digging process for the installation of town water pipes in Cookstown, 1962.
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- Family photo of mixed generations in black & white
- Picture showing different generations of people standing in front of an old house with picket fence. Included in the photo are: John Thompson (seated), Bob Taggart, Mrs. John Thompson, Mary Taggart, and Ettie Taggart
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- Family portrait of mixed generations in sepia (2)
- Picture includes different generations of a family: Standing: Wellington Thompson, Annie Thompson (Walhalla, North Dakota, USA) , Annie Spindloe (Cookstown); Sitting: Thomas Trumbley, Mary Trumbley (Cookstown), Wally Beaird (Alliston); Wellington, Annie and Mary are brother and sisters; Wally is half-brother. Wellington had 10 boys and 1 girl. Mary Thompson was grandmother to Alice Baker. Thomas Trumbley was Mary's second husband (first husband was Clarke Taggart).
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- Fire Hall, King St., N.
- Cookstown Fire Hall, stucco building with simple two-bay garage
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- Fire engine in front of Pring's
- Photo of a tree-lined street with vintage fire trucks parked in front of Pring's.
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- First fire hydrant in Cookstown, 1962
- Snowy yard with Cookstown's first fire hydrant, 1962.
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- Float from Bradford in parade, 1958
- Very decorative float featuring young ladies in dresses and many flowers, advertising "Bradford The Vegetable Garden of Canada" in the 1958 parade celebrating the Cookstown Agricultural Society's Centennial.
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- Float in Santa parade, 1977
- Shows vintage truck with snowman in the back
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- Float in Santa parade, 1977
- Distant photo of people on a float and people walking
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- Float in the 1976 Santa Parade
- Colour photo of a truck pulling a large wagon with people on it
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- Flooding Across from Fred Draper's
- Severe flooding of a country property located across from the Fred Draper property, with the house visible in the centre. The flooding was caused by Hurricane Hazel, which struck in October 1954.
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- Flooding East of Cookstown
- Severe flooding across roadway east of Cookstown following Hurricane Hazel in October 1954.