Morganston Cheese Factory, Cramahe Township

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This image was published in the publication - How Firm a Foundation: A History of the Township of Cramahe and the Village of Colborne in Cramahe's Digital Archives (3bk), p.120 - The caption reads: "Cheese factory at Morganston: This building was still standing at the time of writing, albeit in disrepair, north of the four corners of Morganston. Standing outside are cheese makers Egbert Demorest, Byron VanBlaricom, Ezra Demorest and Burnham VanBlaricom." A history of the cheese factory also appears on p.120 of this publication.

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

This image appears on page 191 in the Women's Institute scrapbook - the local identifier number for this particular scrapbook is 5sb. Original photographs included in this Women's Institute scrapbook have had individual records created for them, greatly increasing their accessibility for searching under general keyword terms.

Cramahe Archives have four Women's Institute [WI] Scrapbooks in its collections. The WI scrapbooks contain diverse subject material about Colborne and Cramahe. All four WI scrapbooks have been scanned page by page. The scrapbooks can be accessed by going to the "Browse by Subject" option on the Cramahe Archives home page and scrolling to the bottom of the subject terms to locate "Women's Institute Scrapbooks" and then click on this link.

See the link - Tweedsmuir History, Castleton Branch, Women's Institute - on the right side of the page to access the scrapbook and go to p.191. Click on the Select arrow for Pages to see the relevant page. The Pages box is located at the top of the page.

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Cramahe Archives does not hold this scrapbook in its collection, but has digital images of the contents. The image was not taken from the original photograph, but from a downloaded copy of the original page of the scrapbook.

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Written under the photograph: "Morganston Cheese Factory - 1904 Lorne Darling with truck - Egbert Demerest (Bert) cheese maker - Burham Van Blaricome - Ezra Demerest cheese maker - Byron Van Blaricome"

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