Public Library

Description

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Postcards

Description

This image is one in a series of postcards from the Reg Near collection. It shows the façade of the Public Library from Church Street facing northeast. The Library was built in 1905, after the town received a $10 000 grant from Andrew Carnegie. To the right of the building there is an artillery piece from the First World War, which was given as a commemoration of St. Marys' contribution to the war. It was a captured German 7.7cm field gun, which was property of the Government of Canada and distributed by the Dominion Archivist, Sir Arthur Doughty. It stood between the Library and Town Hall until the early 1940s, when it was taken down and the metal was repurposed for the war effort.

Notes

Condition: Good - Some discolouration, slight wear on upper corners.

Inscriptions

"Public Library, St. Marys, Ontario."

Dimensions

Width: 13.6 cm
Height: 8.7 cm

Image Dimensions

Image Width: 12.5cm
Image Height: 7.8cm

Subject(s)

Postcards
St. Marys Public Library

Personal Name(s)

Near, Reg.

Local identifier

RN8_73

Collection

Reg Near Postcards

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

St. Marys

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.2600078241525 Longitude: -81.1408626625919

Donor

Reg Near

Copyright Statement

Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.

Recommended Citation

"Public Library." St. Marys Museum, RN8_73.

Location of Original

R. Lorne Eedy Archives

Terms of Use

Reproduction of digital objects is restricted to fair use for personal research or study; any other use must be done with permission of copyright holder. As per request of donors on behalf of Reg Near, the original collection is to remain in the St. Marys Museum building and kept in the archival vault at all times. Retrieval from the vault is allowed for viewing under supervision of St. Marys Museum staff only.

Reproduction Notes