Queenston Collection

    Charles M. Lowrey (1855 -1931) was well known and respected resident of Queenston. Charles Shirton (1842 - 1925)?

    Laura Secord Memorial School in Queenston was funded in part by Queenston Women's Institute and Buffalo businessman John D. Larkin. It was opened in 1915 and stayed opened till 2010.

    Black and white photograph of a group of senior students arranged in three rows, in park-like area with outbuildings in the background. Back row:(left to right): Joan Bright, Bernice Cunningham, Bett

    Sepia colour photographs attached to cardboard frame.

    Sepia colour photographs attached to cardboard frame. The pictures show agricultural character of Queenston area at the beginning of XX century.

    Sepia colour photographs attached to cardboard frame. The pictures show agricultural character of Queenston area in 1900s.

    Laura Secord Memorial School in Queenston was funded in part by Queenston Women's Institute and Buffalo businessman John D. Larkin. It was opened in 1915 and stayed opened till 2010.

    Black and white photograph of children (Ruth and Betty Huggins, Joan Bright among them) sitting in hand cart. There is an old brick house in the background.

    Faingold Photo Studio, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1900 era

    The Palmer School of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa was begun by D.D. Palmer, who is known as the Founder of Chiropractic. His son Dr. B.J. Palmer is known as the Developer of Chiropractic because h

    Hazel Corman was a school principal of Laura Secord School in Queenston in 1918-1953

    Text on a plaque reads: "THE QUEENSTON BAPTIST CHURCH By 1808 the Rev. Elkanah Holmes, a missionary from the United States, had organized the first Baptist congregation in Queenston. Following the wa

    Hubert Beckett opened a professional studio in Hamilton in 1925, and was active as a portrait photographer until his death, at age 75, in 1967.

    Black and white photograph of Niagara Township council, newly elected in December 1957.

    Black and white photograph of Niagara Township council, newly elected in December 1957. From left to right: Councillor Henry Freel, [unknown person], Deputy Reeve Fred Goring, Reeve Harry Dawson, Cou

    Photo was published in Niagara Falls Evening Review on Dec 10, 1957 - check an attached newspaper clipping.

    A colour photo of Mrs. I. J. Shirley and her daughter Jeanne in the peach orchard, published in Farmer's Magazine.

Mullin Carolyn, Niagara-on-the-Lake Review Weekly ( Thomson Newspaper Company Limited), 19 Apr 1994     Woodruff-Rigby House was built in the village of St. Davids by Richard Woodruff (1784 – 1872), a merchant and political figure in Upper Canada Current address: 1385 York Road Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont

Mullin Carolyn, Niagara Falls Review (Niagara Falls, Ontario. Canada), 2 May 1994     Current address: 214 Four Mile Creek Rd., Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada

    Anne Helena Woodruff was born in St. Davids, on December 28, 1850, to William Henry Woodruff and Mary Delilah Secord. While living on her father's farm, she was active with the First Presbyterian Chu