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      The Penman Manufacturing Company's Mills Nos. 2 and 3.

      The second volume of At the Forks of the Grand was published in 1982, not long after the reprinting of Volume I. Its chapters were originally printed as segments in The Paris Star. While the first volume is primarily an account of the foundation and political/economic development of Paris, the ...

      This photograph shows Paris as seen from the Dundas Street bridge, circa 1875. The primary factory seen here is the knitting mill of Clay & McCosh; other factories which drew their power from the same mill-race can also be seen. This image was printed on the fourth page of photographs ...

      (On original matting) 71 Factories along Willow street and the Grand river about 1875. Copied and enlarged by D.A. Smith. PROPERTY OF PARIS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

      This photograph shows the Wincey Mill on the Nith River and Distillery Hill - the part of Paris surrounding Norman Hamilton's distillery. This image was printed on the eighth page of photographs in At the Forks of the Grand: Volume II by D. A. Smith.

      This photograph shows the Nith looking towards the forks and Distillery Hill - the portion of Paris where Norman Hamilton's distillery was located. Part of Distillery Road is also visible. This image was printed on the eighth page of photographs in At the Forks of the Grand: Volume II by ...

      (On original matting) One of the first cars in Paris. It is an Everit Metzer Flanders [sic], built in Orillia. Dr. Daniel Dunton, who bought it in 1911, is seen here with his family. Copied and enlarged by D.A. Smith

      "SCOTLAND FOR EVER". MAY 16 '10 (On original matting) Believed to be a car owned by Penmans' Copied and enlarged by Wm. A. Brown

      (On original matting) Mr. and Mrs. John Harold in their Chalmers touring car c.1916. He was a founder, vice-president, and general manager of Sanderson-Harold Co. Note that the car's large wheels have wooden spokes, that the front wheels lack brakes, and that the radiator cap bears the emblem of the ...

      Paris Tourist Camp

      (On original matting) Norman Hamilton Norman Hamilton bought Capron's mill Copied and enlarged by Wm. A. Brown

      (On original matting) 1406 New South Ward School. Old South Ward School. PROPERTY OF PARIS HISTORICAL SOCIETY South Ward Schools. The first was built in 1868, and was replaced by the second c. 1900. Copied from and [sic] old pamphlet by Thompson Printing.

      (On original matting) A group of Willow Street shops and factories about 1880. They all got their power from the mill-race. The long building in the left middle ground is the main shop of the Maxwell Agricultural Works. It was later part of Penmans Ltd. About 1970, it was torn ...

      Tennis Club about 1895. Copied and enlarged by Wm. A. Brown

      (On original matting) Paris Old Boys Mar. 8. 1894. Copied and enlarged by Wm. A. Brown (Back) Paris Old Boys Taken on Mar. 8, 1894 Back Row John Bullock Alex Hume, Joe Stone -- Sterling Front Row C. McCausLand, Geo. Wismer, T. Marshall, T. McCabe

      This photograph depicts the Paris Quintette Club, c. 1885. The Quintette Club was a group of amateur musicians, a popular activity prior to the introduction of radio. This image was printed on the twelfth page of photographs in At the Forks of the Grand: Volume II by D. A. Smith.

      This photograph depicts an 1879 meeting of the Paris town council, which at the time met at the Church street town hall. Among the figures depicted are mayor A.H. Baird and the police constable, to the right holding hat. This image was printed on the tenth page of photographs in ...

      (On original matting) PARIS TENNIS CLUB, JULY (struck through) 1901. August 1 File-Recreation Sports Back Row...Mrs. Boultbee, Mrs. Balingal Brown, Mrs. Aitkin, Mrs. Dear, Miss Elizabeth Curtis, Mrs. R. Thomson, Miss Kintrea, Bessie Thomson, Maggie Carnie, Dr.Mc.Pherson, Mrs. Whitby Jean Hall, Miss E.Armstrong, Miss Jane Capron, Margaret Hall, Gordon Smith, ...

      This photograph depicts a choral society in Paris, Ontario, c. 1890. The piano has the text "YMCA." This image was printed on the thirteenth page of photographs in At the Forks of the Grand: Volume II by D. A. Smith.

      Central Public School Paris, Can. (On original matting) PARIS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL -built in 1909 and wrecked in 1972. Copied and enlarged by Wm. Brown Property of Paris Historical Society Copied and Enlarged by Wm. A. Brown