Farmhouse and orchard

Description

Media Type: Image
Item Types: Photographs; Drawings
Description: Sketch of an orchard and farmhouse that would have been characteristic of early Oakville. This image can also be found in the book Oakville: A Place of Some Importance by Clare McKeon and Joseph P. McKeon.
Copyright Statement: Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
Location of Original: 8 Feb 2022: In conducting further research on this image, it was discovered that the original sketch appears in the book, Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western New York: Embracing Some Account of the Ancient Remains ... and a History of Pioneer Settlement Under the Auspices of the Holland Company; Including Reminiscences of the War of 1812; the Origin, Progress and Completion of the Erie Canal, Etc., Etc., Etc. by Orsamus Turner, Jan 1849, Jewett, Thomas & Company

Please see sketches at pages 562-567 at https://books.google.ca/books?id=q-5JAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=twopage&q&f=false
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