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Do you have photographs that are connected to Oakville that should be in the collection? We are always happy to accept donations of your Oakville photos. We prefer to receive originals, but are also happy to receive high resolution electronic copies (600dpi .tif files is our standard). If you bring in photos, we can look after the scanning. We can also scan negatives and slides.



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  1. The Village Inn (Postcard) - The postcard is addressed to Miss Elsie Cowan. It was given to the Oakville Historical Society from the Oakville Museum.

    1917/10/

    Record Type: Photo

    Postcard of the Village Inn
  2. The Waldie Sisters - Photographed sometime during the 1870s-1880s. Agnes Waldie married C. G. Marlatt; the yacht "Aggie" was named after her. She died in 1888.

    Record Type: Photo

    The Waldie Sisters
  3. The Waldie Sisters - Photographed sometime during the 1870s. Agnes Waldie married C. G. Marlatt; the yacht "Aggie" was named after her.

    Record Type: Photo

    The Waldie Sisters
  4. The Wass House- 451 Lakeshore Road - Photographed in 1991. William Wass (1817-1892) conducted an Action Mart, which auctioned land lots, cleared farm areas, and farming equipment. Originally from County Lincoln, England, Wass had established himself as an actioneer (Snider's Corners) by 1852. Later, he also became a land and real estate agent, and was quite successful. He is the father of Gordon H. Watts.

    1991/ /

    Record Type: Photo

    Wass House
  5. The Way We Were - Newspaper article about 85 Park Avenue house that was built by George Hughes, a carpenter by trade in 1905. The house remained in the Hughes family until 1947. The house is an example of Queen Anne cottage style. In 1978 the interior and the exterior of the house were used for scenes in a major motion picture entitled 'Lost and Found.'

    1993/ /

    Record Type: Photo

    85 Park Avenue House
  6. The Way We Were - Chisholm Street House - This article was featured in The Beaver. The house is associated with Captain John Andrew and his brother, Captain James Andrew. John probably built the house but never lived there. James, a shipbuilder, is believed to have lived in the house until 1891.

    1997/11/25

    Record Type: Photo

    Chisholm Street House
  7. The White Star, 1900 - The steamer boat named "The White Star", full of passengers sailing during the Fruit Growers Excursion. In an effort to ensure regular steamship service to Oakville, the Oakville Navigation Company was formed in 1899. The company promptly purchase the "White Star", a shalow draft steel hulled ship built in Montreal in 1897. The next year she was chartered to a Buffalo compnay and the smaller side wheeler "Richelieu" worked the Oakville run. Many complaints brought back the "White Star." Popular for church picnics from the cities, she was nicknamed the "Sunday School Boat."

    1900/08/16

    Record Type: Photo

    White Star
  8. The William Wass House c. 1878 - Located on Lakeshore Road.

    Record Type: Photo

    Sketch of the William Wass House
  9. The Willows - Residence of W.C. Commins - From the Beautiful Oakville book. Side view from the south-west corner of 8th line and Upper Mille Road.

    1897

    Record Type: Photo

    Beautiful Oakville - The Willows, Residence of W.C. Commins
  10. The Worn Doorstep - Image of a house.

    Record Type: Photo

    Houses inidentified
  11. The Worn Doorstep - Image of a house.

    Record Type: Photo

    Houses inidentified
  12. The Worn Doorstep - Located on 212 Front Street. The Worn Doorstep was built in 1870. This property has been the home to a variety of businesses. It was originally built as a paint factory in the 1870s. During the 1890s it was an electric generating plant and during the early 1920s a guest house. In 1925, Edith Brown purchased the property and opened a tea room called "The Worn Doorstep." The name was taken from a World War 1 novel by the same name.

    1991/ /

    Record Type: Photo

    The Worn Doorstep
  13. The Worn Doorstep - Located on 212 Front Street. The Worn Doorstep was built in 1870. This property has been the home to a variety of businesses. It was originally built as a paint factory in the 1870s. During the 1890s it was an electric generating plant and during the early 1920s a guest house. In 1925, Edith Brown purchased the property and opened a tea room called "The Worn Doorstep." The name was taken from a World War 1 novel by the same name.

    1980/10/

    Record Type: Photo

    The Worn Doorstep (212 Front Street)
  14. The Worn Doorstep - Located on 212 Front Street. The Worn Doorstep was built in 1870. This property has been the home to a variety of businesses. It was originally built as a paint factory in the 1870s. During the 1890s it was an electric generating plant and during the early 1920s a guest house. In 1925, Edith Brown purchased the property and opened a tea room called "The Worn Doorstep." The name was taken from a World War 1 novel by the same name.

    1991/ /

    Record Type: Photo

    The Worn Doorstep (212 Front St.)
  15. The Yellow Poppet - The shore sold various holiday (mostly Christmas) decorations and other household items. It was located on the north side of Church Street, in between Reynolds Street & Trafalgar Road.

    1980/06/

    Record Type: Photo

    The Yellow Poppet, 1980
  16. The Youth Window - Located in St. John's United Church.

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    Record Type: Photo

    St. Johns United Church
  17. The bank at Lakeside Park in Oakville - Image is from a post card of Mount Vernon. In the 1990s the summer tradition at Lakeside Park is for the Oakville Historical Society to regularly use the park for Picnic-in-the-Park.

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    Record Type: Photo

    Bank at Lakeside Park on a Postcard
  18. The grounds of the Erchless Estate - Image of trees on the grounds of the Erchless Estate.

    1980/12/01

    Record Type: Photo

    Erchless Renovation - 1980
  19. The lighthouse, adrift, pier destroyed post- 1950 - Image of a drifiting lighthouse post pier decimation off the oakville harbour.

    Record Type: Photo

    The lighthouse, adrift, pier destroyed by storm
  20. The mouth of Sixteen Mile Creek, with the Oakville Club in the background - Note Water Street as a gravel road in the foreground. 1971.

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    Record Type: Photo

    Sixteen Mile Creek

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