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View of Willow Street, Paris, c. 1880-90

Description

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

This photograph depicts a set of Willow Street shops and factories c. 1880-90. This section of the street is near the William Street raceway which provided these buildings with water-power. The long building at the left is the main shop of the Maxwell Agricultural Works, which would later become a part of Penman Manufacturing and demolished in the 1970s.

D.A. Smith gives the date of this photograph as c. 1890; the original matting gives a date of c. 1880.

This image was printed on the twenty-fifth page of photographs in At the Forks of the Grand: Volume II by D. A. Smith.

Inscriptions

(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 down.

Date of Original

[ca. 1880-90]

Dimensions

Width: 24.4 cm
Height: 17.5 cm

Subject(s)

Factories
Stores & shops
Streets
Views
Paris, Ontario
Penmans Limited

Local identifier

1999.1026.01

Collection

D.A. Smith Photograph Collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Paris

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.2 Longitude: -80.38333

Copyright Statement

Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.

Recommended Citation

View of Willow Street, Paris, [ca. 1880-90], D.A. Smith Photograph Collection, 1999.1026.01, Paris Museum and Historical Society

Terms of Use

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