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Postcard Train 55 derailed Gilford 27August1917

Postcard Train 55 derailed Gilford 27August1917

Train No. 55 derailed at Gilford (now Innisfil, Ontario) Public domain photograph of a train accident, railroad, trainwreck, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tom Thomson April in Algonquin Park

Tom Thomson April in Algonquin Park

Public domain photograph related to the history of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tom Thomson Early Spring, Canoe Lake
Tom Thomson Ice Covered Lake
Moving logs, 1917 - 15870537340

Moving logs, 1917 - 15870537340

Photographer: Reuben R. Sallows (1855 - 1937) Description: Posed image of six men and a team of horses in front of skid of logs; horses in lower right quadrant; man with reins sits midway down pile; man in fo... More

"Long Reach and Bay of Quinté, Deseronto, Ont." (2868663522)

"Long Reach and Bay of Quinté, Deseronto, Ont." (2868663522)

View of Deseronto, Ontario, looking southwest over the Bay of Quinte and Foresters' Island. A <a href="https://flickr.com/photos/deserontoarchives/3079770287/">similar view</a>, taken further to the west, is a... More

Tom Thomson Birches Spring 1917
Photo postcard of two Curtiss JN-4 aircraft. The one in the foreground has roundel insignia and number C 696. On the tail is a castle symbol, indicating that this was the training aircraft used by (9410066726)

Photo postcard of two Curtiss JN-4 aircraft. The one in the foreground...

Photo postcard of two Curtiss JN-4 aircraft. The one in the foreground has roundel insignia and number C 696. On the tail is a castle symbol, indicating that this was the training aircraft used by Vernon Cast... More

Boats in river and on land at Oakville (Ont.). 13 May, 1917 (25991219172)

Boats in river and on land at Oakville (Ont.). 13 May, 1917 (259912191...

Boats in river and on land at Oakville [Ont.]. 13 May, 1917

Postcard Wilberforce Ontario, Ontario, Canada

Postcard Wilberforce Ontario, Ontario, Canada

Postcard of Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada. Public domain scan of the vintage Ontario, Canada postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

2016.01 Military training (23950490809)

2016.01 Military training (23950490809)

2016.01 Military training

Petawawa Artillery Camp (HS85-10-32330) original

Petawawa Artillery Camp (HS85-10-32330) original

Original caption: "Petawawa Artillery Camp." Public domain photograph - World War One artillery, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aerial photograph from an album which belonged to the Cole family of Deseronto, Ontario. It shows a Curtiss JN-4 training aircraft, number C460, in flight. The aircraft carries a shamrock insignia and (5328064816)

Aerial photograph from an album which belonged to the Cole family of D...

Aerial photograph from an album which belonged to the Cole family of Deseronto, Ontario. It shows a Curtiss JN-4 training aircraft, number C460, in flight. The aircraft carries a shamrock insignia and would ha... More

David Jamieson, Ontario, Canada

David Jamieson, Ontario, Canada

Hon. David Jamieson [Speaker of the Ontario Legislature, 1915-19]

Tom Thomson Canoe Lake spring 1917
Copy of aerial photograph of Curtiss JN-4 aircraft C187, with a man (Lieutenant Ned Ballough) walking on the wing. This aircraft was one of the Royal Flying Corps' training planes, based at Camp (6148187004)

Copy of aerial photograph of Curtiss JN-4 aircraft C187, with a man (L...

Copy of aerial photograph of Curtiss JN-4 aircraft C187, with a man [Lieutenant Ned Ballough] walking on the wing. This aircraft was one of the Royal Flying Corps' training planes, based at Camp Mohawk or Camp... More

Postcards of train stations - CNR Oshawa station

Postcards of train stations - CNR Oshawa station

Postcard showing the CNR station in north Oshawa, Ontario. Public domain scan of the vintage Ontario, Canada postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old Middle Road, Ontario, Canada

Old Middle Road, Ontario, Canada

A photo of Middle Road between Toronto and Hamilton in Ontario, prior to its widening into The Middle Road. Today, the Queen Elizabeth way occupies this location.

Copy of aerial photograph of Curtiss JN-4 aircraft C187, with a man (Lieutenant Ned Ballough) 'wing walking'- standing with his arms on the top of the wing and his feet behind the back of the cockpit. (6148176720)

Copy of aerial photograph of Curtiss JN-4 aircraft C187, with a man (L...

Copy of aerial photograph of Curtiss JN-4 aircraft C187, with a man [Lieutenant Ned Ballough] 'wing walking': standing with his arms on the top of the wing and his feet behind the back of the cockpit. This air... More

198th Battalion CEF 1917

198th Battalion CEF 1917

198th Battalion, CEF at Exhibition Camp in 1917 Public domain photograph - military portrait, armed forces officer, leader, commander, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hastings County Archives HC01717 (38417554941)

Hastings County Archives HC01717 (38417554941)

"Business paper class, Ontario Business College, Belleville, Feb. 1917" Staff and students of the Ontario Business College in Belleville, Ontario.

Postcard Brooks Rapids Kearney Ontario

Postcard Brooks Rapids Kearney Ontario

Brooks Rapids, Kearney, Ontario, Canada. Public domain scan of the vintage Ontario, Canada postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Aerial view of Napanee 1917" (5492023631)

"Aerial view of Napanee 1917" (5492023631)

"Aerial view of Napanee 1917" Photograph of Napanee, Ontario, looking towards the southwest. Part of the J. Allan Smith collection.

Boats in river and on land at Oakville, (Ont.). 13 May, 1917 (25991218362)

Boats in river and on land at Oakville, (Ont.). 13 May, 1917 (25991218...

Boats in river and on land at Oakville, [Ont.]. 13 May, 1917

Toronto-Hamilton highway near Oakville, (Ont.), 24 Nov., 1917 (25478640054)

Toronto-Hamilton highway near Oakville, (Ont.), 24 Nov., 1917 (2547864...

Toronto-Hamilton highway near Oakville, [Ont.], 24 Nov., 1917

'Shawrowl color' postcard of "Bird's eye view of Deseronto from airoplane, Deseronto, Ont.', published by The Helioptype Co. Ltd., Ottawa. The photograph was taken from the Bay of Quinte, south of the (3699653922)

'Shawrowl color' postcard of "Bird's eye view of Deseronto from airopl...

'Shawrowl color' postcard of "Bird's eye view of Deseronto from airoplane, Deseronto, Ont.', published by The Helioptype Co. Ltd., Ottawa. The photograph was taken from the Bay of Quinte, south of the log pond... More

Copy of aerial photograph of Curtiss JN-4 aircraft C187, with a man (Lieutenant Ned Ballough) 'wing walking'- sitting aside the fuselage of the aircraft behind the cockpit. This aircraft was one of (6147620763)

Copy of aerial photograph of Curtiss JN-4 aircraft C187, with a man (L...

Copy of aerial photograph of Curtiss JN-4 aircraft C187, with a man [Lieutenant Ned Ballough] 'wing walking': sitting aside the fuselage of the aircraft behind the cockpit. This aircraft was one of the Royal F... More

Aerial photograph of Curtiss JN-4 aircraft number C126, taken over open fields with some stretches of water from another aircraft, whose wing is visible. The aircraft were from Camp Mohawk, one of the (7980499839)

Aerial photograph of Curtiss JN-4 aircraft number C126, taken over ope...

Aerial photograph of Curtiss JN-4 aircraft number C126, taken over open fields with some stretches of water from another aircraft, whose wing is visible. The aircraft were from Camp Mohawk, one of the World Wa... More

Hastings County Archives HC02585 (27200891428)

Hastings County Archives HC02585 (27200891428)

Reproduction by Richard Lumbers of a photograph of the store in Gilmour, Ontario, in 1917. There is a car with licence plate 51818 outside (issued in 1917) the store, with a man in uniform and a woman inside it... More

Aerial photograph of Curtiss JN-4 aircraft C187, with a man (Lieutenant Ned Ballough) walking on the wing. This aircraft was one of the Royal Flying Corps' training planes, based at Camp Mohawk or (7980472792)

Aerial photograph of Curtiss JN-4 aircraft C187, with a man (Lieutenan...

Aerial photograph of Curtiss JN-4 aircraft C187, with a man [Lieutenant Ned Ballough] walking on the wing. This aircraft was one of the Royal Flying Corps' training planes, based at Camp Mohawk or Camp Rathbun... More

"Sergt. C. P. Devos, Canada, July 1917", shows Devos in a Curtiss JN-4 aircraft, number C603, with roundel insignia. (3328531427)

"Sergt. C. P. Devos, Canada, July 1917", shows Devos in a Curtiss JN-4...

"Sergt. C. P. Devos, Canada, July 1917", shows Devos in a Curtiss JN-4 aircraft, number C603, with roundel insignia. "A 'snap' at YMCA Toronto" Photos from an album that belonged to Christopher Paulus Devos, ... More

"Deseronto from the Air", aerial photograph of Deseronto, Ontario, taken in around 1917. The cedar mill is visible in the bottom centre of the photograph, with the car works and marine railway to the (7980847567)

"Deseronto from the Air", aerial photograph of Deseronto, Ontario, tak...

"Deseronto from the Air", aerial photograph of Deseronto, Ontario, taken in around 1917. The cedar mill is visible in the bottom centre of the photograph, with the car works and marine railway to the left of i... More

Bell family at memorial with Bell Mem Assoc

Bell family at memorial with Bell Mem Assoc

View of the dedication of the Bell Telephone Memorial, including Alexander Graham Bell, members of his family plus committee members, erected to commemorate the invention of the telephone by Bell in Brantford, ... More

Railway Station, Hearst, Ontario (1917)

Railway Station, Hearst, Ontario (1917)

Railway Station, Hearst, Ontario.

Training at the Royal Military College of Canada

Training at the Royal Military College of Canada

Deutsch: Hindernis auf einem kanadischen Trainingsparcours 1917. English: Obstacle-course training at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Français : Entraînement avec obstacles au Collège m... More

Haircut in snow, 1917 - 16261130946

Haircut in snow, 1917 - 16261130946

Photographer: Reuben R. Sallows (1855 - 1937) Description: Man sitting on stump receiving haircut from man standing behind him; both shown in profile facing right; man giving haircut wears dark clothing; man ... More

"90 CTS Hangars Camp Rathbun" (5491901875)

"90 CTS Hangars Camp Rathbun" (5491901875)

"90 CTS Hangars Camp Rathbun" Aerial photograph of Camp Rathbun, one of the Royal Flying Corps' pilot training camps near Deseronto, Ontario. The photograph was taken from the East side of Boundary Road, looki... More

"Above the clouds" aerial photograph of clouds, lake (probably the Bay of Quinte), and fields taken from a Royal Flying Corps aircraft, probably near Camp Mohawk, one of the pilot training camps near (7980486892)

"Above the clouds" aerial photograph of clouds, lake (probably the Bay...

"Above the clouds" aerial photograph of clouds, lake (probably the Bay of Quinte), and fields taken from a Royal Flying Corps aircraft, probably near Camp Mohawk, one of the pilot training camps near Deseront... More

Aerial photograph of Belleville, Ontario, taken in 1917, looking northeast. (16598963308)

Aerial photograph of Belleville, Ontario, taken in 1917, looking north...

Aerial photograph of Belleville, Ontario, taken in 1917, looking northeast.

Postcard Train 55 derailed Gilford02 27August1917

Postcard Train 55 derailed Gilford02 27August1917

Train No. 33 (?) derailed at Gilford (now Innisfil, Ontario) Public domain scan of the vintage Ontario, Canada postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tom Thomson Woods in Winter

Tom Thomson Woods in Winter

Public domain photograph of mountains, winter, snow, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photo-postcard of crashed aircraft (number C-149) at Camp Mohawk, Royal Flying Corps training camp near Deseronto, Ontario, with a number of military personnel surrounding the nose of the plane. (2696013363)

Photo-postcard of crashed aircraft (number C-149) at Camp Mohawk, Roya...

Photo-postcard of crashed aircraft (number C-149) at Camp Mohawk, Royal Flying Corps training camp near Deseronto, Ontario, with a number of military personnel surrounding the nose of the plane. 1917-1918.

Four aircraft in front of a hangar building, probably at Camp Rathbun, near Deseronto, Ontario. (24235791491)

Four aircraft in front of a hangar building, probably at Camp Rathbun,...

Four aircraft in front of a hangar building, probably at Camp Rathbun, near Deseronto, Ontario.

Hastings County Archives HC01975 (38873494721)

Hastings County Archives HC01975 (38873494721)

Note on back reads: "Early settlers - Billie Flint McCumber and his wife Harriet Parks (of the Fuller [Huntingdon Township, Hastings County, Ontario] area) from photo loaned by Charles Irvine, Ivanhoe, Nov. 1965"

People standing on a bridge which has partially collapsed into a river. (7980756829)

People standing on a bridge which has partially collapsed into a river...

People standing on a bridge which has partially collapsed into a river. Part of an album of Royal Flying Corps photographs which belonged to the Hobbs family. [Oshawa Community Museum & Archives reference: A001.6.60]

Aerial photo looking SE over Bay of Quinte, with another Curtiss JN-4C Canuck, C131, taken through wire braces of photographer's JN-4. (7980492557)

Aerial photo looking SE over Bay of Quinte, with another Curtiss JN-4C...

"Bay of Quinte" Aerial photograph looking southeast over the Bay of Quinte, with another aircraft, C131, in the foreground, taken through the wire supports of the photographer's aircraft. The aircraft were fro... More

Ontario Sessional Papers, 1918, No.47-49 (1918) (14583495169)

Ontario Sessional Papers, 1918, No.47-49 (1918) (14583495169)

Identifier: n08ontariosessional50ontauoft (find matches) Title: Ontario Sessional Papers, 1918, No.47-49 Year: 1918 (1910s) Authors: ONTARIO. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Subjects: Publisher: Contributing Library:... More

AGB and Memorial Assoc2

AGB and Memorial Assoc2

View of the dedication of the Bell Telephone Memorial, erected to commemorate the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, in the summer of 1874. Note that Bell later o... More

Bell Memorial, Ontario, Canada

Bell Memorial, Ontario, Canada

Alexander Graham Bell standing in front of the Bell Telephone Memorial, erected to commemorate the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell in Brantford, Ontario, Canada in the summer of 1874.

GTR plans for Orillia Station - Public domain portrait drawing

GTR plans for Orillia Station - Public domain portrait drawing

Original blueprint drawings for the GTR Station in Orillia, Ontario. From Library and Archives Canada, NMC 96816. Extracted from a pdf emailed to the uploader by Parks Canada.

Reproduction of a postcard showing the barracks at Camp Rathbun, one of the Royal Flying Corps' First World War training camps near Deseronto, Ontario. (3722801812)

Reproduction of a postcard showing the barracks at Camp Rathbun, one o...

Reproduction of a postcard showing the barracks at Camp Rathbun, one of the Royal Flying Corps' First World War training camps near Deseronto, Ontario.

"View of Ontario 2000ft" Aerial photograph showing two Curtiss JN-4 aircraft (C131 and C126) flying over open farmland, probably near Camp Mohawk, one of the World War I Royal Flying Corps pilot (7980508676)

"View of Ontario 2000ft" Aerial photograph showing two Curtiss JN-4 ai...

"View of Ontario 2000ft" Aerial photograph showing two Curtiss JN-4 aircraft (C131 and C126) flying over open farmland, probably near Camp Mohawk, one of the World War I Royal Flying Corps pilot training camps... More

Ontario Sessional Papers, 1918, No.47-49 (1918) (14583474439)

Ontario Sessional Papers, 1918, No.47-49 (1918) (14583474439)

Identifier: n08ontariosessional50ontauoft (find matches) Title: Ontario Sessional Papers, 1918, No.47-49 Year: 1918 (1910s) Authors: ONTARIO. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Subjects: Publisher: Contributing Library:... More

Petawawa Artillery Camp (HS85-10-32330)

Petawawa Artillery Camp (HS85-10-32330)

Original caption: "Petawawa Artillery Camp." Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Main Street, Deseronto (3024568725)

Main Street, Deseronto (3024568725)

"Main St. looking West, Deseronto, Ont." Postcard from the Heliotype Co. Ltd, showing Main Street next to the Bank of Montreal [now the Town Hall]. A drawing of an aircraft has been added to the photograph by ... More

Photograph of Curtiss JN-4 aircraft C187 in flight, with a man (Lieutenant Ned Ballough) 'wing walking'- standing with his arms on the top of the wing and his feet behind the back of the cockpit. This (7980466358)

Photograph of Curtiss JN-4 aircraft C187 in flight, with a man (Lieute...

Photograph of Curtiss JN-4 aircraft C187 in flight, with a man [Lieutenant Ned Ballough] 'wing walking': standing with his arms on the top of the wing and his feet behind the back of the cockpit. This aircraft... More

"Above the cloud looking at tail" - aerial photograph looking over the tail of one of the Royal Flying Corps' training aircraft, probably from Camp Mohawk, one of the pilot training camps near (7980479007)

"Above the cloud looking at tail" - aerial photograph looking over the...

"Above the cloud looking at tail" - aerial photograph looking over the tail of one of the Royal Flying Corps' training aircraft, probably from Camp Mohawk, one of the pilot training camps near Deseronto, Ontai... More

Reproduction of a photograph of a First World War aircraft in a field, surrounded by a number of men. (3722201255)

Reproduction of a photograph of a First World War aircraft in a field,...

Reproduction of a photograph of a First World War aircraft in a field, surrounded by a number of men.

Algonquin Provincial Park (Ontario) (1917) (14582716669)

Algonquin Provincial Park (Ontario) (1917) (14582716669)

Identifier: algonquinprovinc00gran (find matches) Title: Algonquin Provincial Park (Ontario) Year: 1917 (1910s) Authors: Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada Subjects: Publisher: S.l. : s.n. Contributing ... More