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Paris Old Boys' and Old Girls' Fountain, Grand River Street N

Description

Comments (1)

Creators

Unknown, Photographer

Vanstone, Don

, Editor

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

Fountain that until c. 1962 stood on Grand River St. N., in front of the post office. In 1905, during the re-union, the Paris Old Boys and Old Girls contributed $1500 to place a fountain in front of the post office. It was erected in 1912. On the roadway side were two troughs -- the upper for horses and the lower for dogs. On the other side was a fountain for Parisians.
(Description from original matting)

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

Notes

The fountain depicted in this photograph stood from 1912 to roughly 1962. The photograph appears to have been taken earlier during this time period.

The original matting notes that the project under which the original photograph was enlarged was celebrating the bicentennial of Ontario, which indicates that the copy scanned was produced circa 1984.

Inscriptions

PARIS OLD BOYS' FOUNTAIN

(On original matting)

This project has received financial assistance from the Department of the Secretary of State of Canada to mark the Bicentennial of Ontario.

Copy By
DON VANSTONE
Enlarged By
PDHS CAMERA CLUB

Dimensions

Width: 18.2 cm
Height: 23.1 cm

Subject(s)

Drinking fountains
Fountains
Paris, Ontario

Local identifier

1999.2990.01

Collection

D.A. Smith Photograph Collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Paris

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.2 Longitude: -80.38333

Recommended Citation

Paris Old Boys' and Old Girls' Fountain, Grand River Street N, 19[??], D.A. Smith Photograph Collection, 1999.2990.01, Paris Museum and Historical Society

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