Gordon Booth, Elmer Downs and son, Albert, Floyd Downs at Steam Era, Milton in 1971
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Left to right: Albert Downs, Gordon Booth, Elmer Downs, Floyd Downs. The Downs owned and operated a portable saw mill and threshing machines in the area for many years. Elmer was one of the founders of the Steam-Era.
- Notes
- In 1971, the Ontario Steam and Antique Preservers Association held a Steam-Era reunion at the Milton, Ontario fair grounds. Antique farm equipment was on display by private collectors. A link to a Canadian Champion newspaper article about the fair is provided below the photograph in "Other Web Sites".
- Date Of Event
- 1971
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Elmer C. Downs, b.May 15, 1892. Floyd Albert Downs, b.January 1, 1897 d.1972. Parents: Albert Downs, b.1860 d.1952, Mary E. Downs, b.1865 d.1952.
- Local identifier
- TTOIIMS0023
- Collection
- Trafalgar Township Historical Society
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.50011 Longitude: -79.78293
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- Gordon Booth, Elmer Downs and son, Albert, Floyd Downs at Steam Era, Milton in 1971
- Contact
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Trafalgar Township Historical Society Sponsor: Jeff Knoll, Local & Regional Councillor for Oakville Ward 5 – Town of Oakville/Regional Municipality of Halton
