Queenston Collection

Niagara Falls Review, 24 Sep 1960     Article about unveiling a plaque dedicated to Major John Richardson on the grounds of Laura Secord Memorial School in Queenston. The ceremony took place on Sep 28, 1960 and additional photos were pub

    Negatives from Pat Arrington

    "Mrs. Huggins remembers renting a rowboat at this boat house from John Humphrey, the Queeenston Dockmaster. She and Hazel Corman, then principal of Laura Secord School, where Mrs. Huggins also taught

    This frame building on Kent Street was built before 1827 by Thomas Dickson, one of the cousins of Robert Hamilton. Thomas Dickson was himself a prominent merchant, politician, and soldier. He fought

    A photo taken after 1972- a house was restored to its original 1813 condition in 1972.

    Sepia tone postcard of two-storey, white clapboard house, surrended by trees and a simple fence.

    Postcard stamped by St. Catharines Mail Office with a date Aug 4, 1913. There is also green one cent postage stamp of King George V "Admiral". Although George V succeeded Edward VII as King of Englan

    There is a handwritten note indicating winter 1962-3 which is probably wrong. In 1954 a large rock fall occurred at the observation platform at Prospect Point and nearly 200,000 tons of rock fell dow

    Black and white photograph of (left to right): Ex-Reeve and Ex-Warden William J. Hunter, Ex-Reeve and Ex-Warden Robert G. Dawson, cutting the tape and Ex-Reeve Wilfred Stewart taken at the formal ope

    On the first page the author's signature with a handwritten note: "With the compliments of its author. Mrs. S. Tolan" [Eva Elliot Tolan]

    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Niagara Historian, Janet Carnochan's "History of Niagara" was used in compiling this booklet, also books from the Niagara Historical Society, and facts received from old residents

    Full title: A Short History of the Niagara Portage. Booklet: 21 p. : ill., size: 14cm x 21.5cm Foreword by Thomas R. Mathias, President of the Lewiston-Queenston Rotary Club.

St. Catharines Standard (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada18910421), 22 Jun 1953     Articles about Hazel A. Corman, retiring principal of Laura Secord Memorial School in Queenston, published in the St. Catharines Standard and Niagara Falls Evening Review. "Many Honor Retiring Princi

    Miss Hazel A. Corman, retiring after 35 years as principal of Laura Secord Memorial School in Queenston public school, was guest of honor Sunday June 21, 1953 at a tea party arranged by the Home and

    Miss Hazel A. Corman, retiring after 35 years as principal of Laura Secord Memorial School in Queenston public school, was guest of honor Sunday June 21, 1953 at a tea party arranged by the Home and

    Black and white photograph of a group of junior students posing in front of stone block school building. Back row (left to right): Sandra Nicol(grade 3), Annabel King (2), Jean Sheppard(3), Marilyn P

    Sepia tone photograph of school children, arranged in three rows, and standing outside of Laura Secord Memorial School in Queenston. Principal Miss Hazel Corman is standing on the right side. A photo

    The old stone school was built in 1844 and Charles R. Kilkenny was principal of the school from 1891 till the Laura Secord Memorial School was built in 1914-15. He continued as principal in the new s

    Laura Secord Memorial School in Queenston was built and funded in part by Queenston Women's Institute and Buffalo business John D. Larkin. It stayed opened till 2010. Miss Hazel Corman became princip

    Black and white photograph of a group of school children, arranged in three rows and a teacher Miss Hill standing on a right side. Picture taken at the front entrance of Laura Secord Memorial School