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A photograph of the mausoleum at Old Ridgeway Cemetery in Ridgeway, Ontario. There are a few stone in front and a couple on top of the mausoleum. One of the stones on top of the mausoleum reads "Dell".
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This a photograph of the "Coloured Cemetery" in Fort Erie, Ontario. The graves are those of African Americans who settled in the area in the 1800s.
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A photograph of a few of the gravestones in the Homer Cemetery under the Garden City Skyway in St. Catharines, Ontario.
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This is a photograph of the "Coloured Cemetery" in Fort Erie, Ontario. The graves are those of many of the African Americans that settled in the area in the 1800s.
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A photograph of the Port Weller West Cemetery on Jarrow Road. The graveyard was used by both the Hostetter and Cook families.
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A photograph of the Haynes cemetery located near the Thompson Products plant off of St. Paul Street West in St. Catharines, Ontario. There are seven members of the Haynes family buried there including Adam Haynes (buried 1814).
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A photograph of the one and only grave located in a field off Read Road in Port Weller Harbor area. The stone is "guarded" on each side by a spiked iron fence. The stone is for William S. Servos who died at the age of 51 on 21 January 1862.
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A photograph of the burial grounds on Ontario Street behind Lincoln Motors Ltd. in St. Catharines, Ontario. The cemetery is home to 81 graves and was used from 1887 to 1905 to bury the deceased from the Industrial Home that once operated on the land. These graves are of those that had no one to claim their bodies and were buried with markers of metal rods with their names inscribed on metal tags.
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A photograph of the May burial ground on Ontario Street in St. Catharines, Ontario. The surrounding farm is set to become a residential subdivision, but the graveyard will remain protected. The cemetery includes the stone for William May (buried 1827) of the Butler's Rangers who died sometime around his 90th year. There are other family members of the May family and neighbours buried at the site. The burials range from 1805-1841.
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A photograph of Dino DiCienzo and Dino Jr. as they find out that their Maple Leaf Village will be the home for the new Casino Niagara in Niagara Falls, Ontario for at least three years.
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A photograph of the construction at the Casablanca Motor Hotel in Grimsby, Ontario. The hotel is being changed to a truck stop by Sipco Oil.
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A photograph of the construction in Grimsby to create a truck stop at the Casablanca exit. The location is that of the Casablanca Motor Hotel with a projected cost of 2.1 million dollars.
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A photograph of St. Catharines Parks and Recreation foreman Jack Reuvekamp as he looks over the Lakeside Park carousel leather and wood organ. The instrument is over 100 years old uses two roll paper self playing mechanisms to control the organ.
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An aerial photograph of Lakeside Park and surrounding area (including parking lot) in Port Dalhousie, Ontario.
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A photograph of Sergeant David Jones as he yells out commands to the Canadian Women's Army Corps while they are at Camp Niagara in Niagara on the Lake, Ontario.
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A photograph of the exterior of the new Canadian Tire store at the Grantham Plaza on Scott Street in St. Catharines, Ontario.
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A photograph of the Jordan Train Station as it moved to a new residential location. The trains no longer stopped in Jordan, Ontario as of 1975, so the station was purchased and moved in 1976. The building was moved to nearby land and converted into a residential property.
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A photograph of the second Grimsby train station in Grimsby, Ontario. This station was eventually destroyed by an electrical fire in 1994.
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A photograph of a Bullet Nosed Betty train as it heads back to Niagara Falls after a a trip outside Welland, Ontario.
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A photograph of the St. Catharines CN station as renovations create an enclosed building instead of open air sides.
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A photograph of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Linwell Hall, in St. Catharines, Ontario at the corner of Queenston Street and Eastchester Avenue.
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A photograph of the cornerstone ceremony at the Home for the Blind in St. Catharines, Ontario (Eastchester Avenue and Queenston Street)
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A photograph of Alderman R.M. Johnston (right) welcoming the Canadian National Exhibition sports department manager George Duthie and Toronto Controller Allan Lamport, chairman of the CNE sports committee. The officials of the CNE were visiting Port Dalhousie Yacht Club in preparation for the marathon swim to take place during the CNE, starting from Port Dalhousie.
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A photograph of Mrs. Bob Welch with national president Edward Elliott of St. Catharines, Ontario. The annual show of the African Violet Association of Canada was held at the United Church Hall on Welland Avenue in St. Catharines, Ontario.
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A photograph of the Acres International building in Niagara Falls, Ontario.