"Little Funeral Director"
Delores Gardner, aged about four, dressed for Halloween as a funeral director (her father's profession). She is sitting in a chair on the veranda of her parent's house at 122 Green Street, Deseronto, Ontario.
Photograph loaned for scanning by Delores Freeman (née Gardner), October 27, 2010.
c.1940
2010.26(3)
1937 Cadillac LaSalle ambulance
Scanned copy of a photograph of the Deseronto Fire Department's ambulance, a 1937 Cadillac LaSalle. The vehicle has now been repainted as a US Army ambulance and is currently owned by David Bosco, who lives in France and who provided this photograph.
David Bosco
2010.11.01
Bay View Ranche
Copy of a photograph of Bay View Ranche, the Rathbun family's experimental farm to the north of Deseronto, Ontario, now Fingland's Farm. The large brick house on the left of the shot burnt down in around 1906. In the centre are horse stables and a cookhouse. To the right is the farm manager's house, which is still standing today.
Photo loaned to the archives by Brad Fingland and reproduced here with permission.
c.1900
2009.25(2)
Cathie Murphy
Photograph of Cathie Vick (née Murphy), aged about four, on Main Street, Deseronto, Ontario. The photographer was looking to the south and the pump house and waterfront can be seen behind the child.
Loaned by Cathie Vick for scanning,
1940s
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Delores and Evan Gardner
"Delores & Daddy"
Delores and Evan Gardner outside their home at 122 Green Street, Deseronto, Ontario. Evan Gardner was a funeral director in Deseronto between 1932 and 1949, initially at this address, and later at 78 Centre Street.
Photograph loaned for scanning by Delores Freeman (née Gardner), October 27, 2010.
c.1940
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Delores and Evan Gardner
"Delores & Daddy"
Photograph of Delores and Evan Gardner. Evan was a funeral director in Deseronto, Ontario, between 1932 and 1949. His first premises were in Green Street and he later moved to the property at 78 Centre Street, north of the Post Office.
Photograph loaned for scanning by Delores Freeman (née Gardner), October 27, 2010.
c.1940
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Deseronto Fire Department vehicles, 1979
Deseronto Fire Department's 1937 fire truck and van.
One of a series of photographs from a trip to Ottawa by the Deseronto Fire Department in 1979.
From a collection of images relating to the Fire Department, donated by Ealaine Lawlor of Deseronto, Ontario.
1979
Deseronto Fire Department, 1979
Deseronto Fire Department's 1937 fire truck and van, with members of the Fire Department and their families.
Ralph and Ealaine Lawlor, Clayton and Doris Moon, Bev and Vern Boomhour, Don and Muriel Kimmett, Maxine and Grant Ventor
One of a series of photographs from a trip to Ottawa by the Deseronto Fire Department in 1979.
From a collection of images relating to the Fire Department, donated by Ealaine Lawlor of Deseronto, Ontario.
1979
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Deseronto Fire Department, c.1960
Copy of a photograph of members of the Deseronto Fire Department in front of their fire truck, outside the Fire Hall in Edmon Street, Deseronto, Ontario. An accompanying note gives the names of the firemen as: Captain Jim McVicker, Percy Knight, Don Hubble, Bennie Brant?, Grant Venton, Don 'Buff' Whitton, Don Kimmett, Ralph Lawlor, Jack Hamilton, Mitch Roebuck, Vern Boomhour, Al Fraser, Frank Tinney.
2011.02 (2)
Deseronto firemen, 1979
Snapshot of five firemen on the 1937 Deseronto Fire Department fire truck, at a parade in Ottawa. The men are: Ralph Lawlor (Fire Chief), Clayton Moon, Vern Boomhour, Grant Venton and Don Kimmett.
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