James Dobson, General Store, Palermo, 1908
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Postcards
- Description
- Post masters often had postcards of their establishment available to make it easy for customers to use the mail. This general store was one of two at Palermo (Bronte Road and Hwy. 5). It stood on the north-east corner of the intersection and the house shown to the right still stands there (in 2013). Over the years, other owners and postmaster/postmistresses of this store were L. Hagar, G.S. Wood, R.B. McGill, W.P. Sargent and Eva Nussey.
- Notes
- Thanks from the Trafalgar Township Historical Society to the Burlington Historical Society for the donation of this photograph.
Early land registry records and Trafalgar census records from 1851, 1871, 1881 use the family surname spelling, "Hagar". However, the 1861 census and the family gravestones in the Palermo cemetery use the spelling "Hager". Please research under both spellings. - Inscriptions
- On verso: Post Card ; For Inland Postage only this Space may be used for Communications ; Velox ; Place one-cent stamp here ; The address only to be written here.
Message: July 1908. One lovely night a load of ten of us went to Palermo and enjoyed some delightful ice-cream. All Palermo was there to enjoy. This post-office now belongs to Mr. Dobson.
Address: Miss A.I. Walker, Canfield, Ont. - Date Of Event
- July 1908
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- James Dobson ; Miss A.I. Walker ; Stanley Wood ; Ethel Wood
- Local identifier
- TTJEW00213
- Collection
- Trafalgar Township Historical Society
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.43341 Longitude: -79.78293
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- Donor
- Burlington Historical Society
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- James Dobson, General Store, Palermo, 1908
- Contact
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Trafalgar Township Historical Society Sponsor: Jeff Knoll, Local & Regional Councillor for Oakville Ward 5 – Town of Oakville/Regional Municipality of Halton
