Salem wood bee, Cramahe Township, 1899

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Media Type

Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

This image was published in How Firm a Foundation: A History of the Township of Cramahe and the Village of Colborne in Cramahe's Digital Archives (3bk), p.114. The caption reads: "Wood bee at Salem, 1899: In early settlement days, neighbours often got together to help one another with big projects. These lumbermen were photographed by Dominion Photo and View Co. of Brighton, F.B. Jones, photographer. We have been able to identify the following: Albert Cochrane, second from front left, Frank Ventress, third from back left; Sanford Brown, fifth from back left; Duncan Church, centre of back row; Mason Bellamy, with upright saw, fifth from the back right; William Henry Bellamy in the middle row at left; George Armstrong with the big moustache in the middle row."

Argyris, Eileen. How Firm a Foundation: A History of the Township of Cramahe and the Village of Colborne. Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press, 2000.

Notes

Cramahe Archives does not hold the original item in its archives, but has a digital image.

Typewritten caption text beneath image is from the collector.

Date of Original

1899

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