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    Remembrance Day Ceremony, c. 1935

    This is a copy of the agreement between the Canadian National Railway Company and the Municipality of the Town of Paris.

    This is an image of a Paris High School Christmas card. The original document was provided by the Paris Museum and Historical Society.

    This photograph depicts a girls basketball team from the Paris District High School in Paris, Ont. Left to right: Pat Larin, Muriel Wise, Orla Frosch, Joyce Emerson, Norma Axton, Mary Richardson, Louise Simmons, Audrey Brooks, Frances Inkaster, Marguerite Clarkson, Betty Kelly, Doris Gillies, Dorothy Rae. The original photo was provided ...

    This photograph depicts high school students performing the play "The importance of being earnest" by Oscar Wilde at their commencement ceremony. Left to right: Mary Kenerson, Lawrence Cassady, Allan Wells, Catharine Flahiff, Albert Luck, Vera Cruickshank, Gordon Miller, Sylvannus Apps, Dorothy McCausland. The original photo was provided by the Paris ...

    This is an Annual Commencement Programme of the Paris High School from November 23, 1934. The original document was provided by the Paris Museum and Historical Society.

    This is an invitation to a Dinner Dance at the Oak Room, Union Station in 1938. The original document was provided by the Paris Museum and Historical Society.

    This 1932 map shows the layout of Paris as it existed at that time. The first page includes a list of landowners of recently subdivided lots, as well as an inset showing the block of land belonging to Charles Whitlaw at the corner of Broadway and Mechanic Streets.

    This program is for the event held to unveil the memorial tablet created in honour of John Penman, who had died the previous year. The event was held on December 14th, 1932, at the YMCA where the tablet was placed.

    These payroll sheets document wages paid to workers at Penmans Limited No. 1 clothing factory from March 14 through April 11, 1913. This document is Zoomify enabled! Click on it to zoom in and pan around to see text in detail.

    These advertisements were published in clothing industry magazines between the years 1924 and 1932, advertising the lines of clothing (primarily underwear) sold by Penmans Limited at that time. They are targeted at clothes-sellers, rather than at individuals. While most of these ads do not mark the magazine they are from, ...

    This photograph shows the machinery in the carding department at one of the Penmans Limited clothing company's mills.

    The photographs depicts the Low Level bridge on Willow Street in Paris, Ont.

    (On original matting) Waiting for the royal train to arrive. June 7, '39. By D.A. Smith

    (On original matting) GREETING GEORGE VI AND QUEEN ELIZABETH, JUNE, 1939 Negative and enlargement by D.A. Smith

    (On original matting) ROYAL VISIT, JUNE, 1939 When the royal train proved to be shorter than expected, the spectators broke ranks and rushed forward towards the observation platform. Only Gladys-Steuart [sic] Jones and her Girl Guides stood firmly at attention.

    (On original matting) THE ROYAL LOCOMOTIVE GLIDING INTO PARIS, JUNE, 1939 Negative and enlargement by D.A. Smith

    PHS FLOAT, MAY 12, 1937 This float was named "Industry and Learning." It was entered in the Coronation Day parade. Front row (underlined), left to right: Keith Brown, Gladys Bemrose, Gordon Parsons, Milton Brooks, Jack Wilkin. Back row (underlined): Audrey Brooks, Betty Muir, Dean Johnston, Frances Inksater, Gwen Bemrose, Bill ...

    Coronation Parade, 1937. Copied and enlarged by D.A.Smith

    CORONATION DAY PARADE, May 12, 1937 Negative and enlargement by D.A. Smith.