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    This modern photograph shows Idylbrook in Mount Pleasant as it was c. 2000. Possibly built by Andrew Eadie who obtained the property in 1837, it was set into the side of the hill on Mount Pleasant Cr

    This stock certificate showed that Albert A. McAlister had purchased three shares in the Mount Pleasant Creamery company on January 26th, 1920. It was provided by Linda McAlister during a Digitizatio

    This photograph depicts James Madison Thomas and Martha (Secord) Thomas, probably c. 1890s. The Thomas family was a founding family of Mount Pleasant. This photograph was provided by Linda Guest. A p

    This photograph shows Tillie and Mable Guest of Mount Pleasant, who are from the Shellard branch of the family. This photograph was provided by Dorothy and Allan Guest during a Digitization Day event

    This photograph shows "Gramma" Phelps from the Phelps family of Mount Pleasant. It was provided by Linda (Phelps) Guest.

    This photograph shows Harold Phelps in Mount Pleasant, Ontario. It was provided by Linda (Phelps) Guest.

    This photograph shows Harold Phelps in Mount Pleasant, Ontario. It was provided by Linda (Phelps) Guest.

    This photograph, which appears to be from the 19th century, shows Jack and Charles Guest, the brothers who operated the Guest Bros. Butchers business. They operated from the small house depicted, whi

    This photograph shows the Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, possibly c. 1915. It was printed on page 203 of The Work of Our Hands by Sharon Jaeger and was provided by Linda Guest. The church was bu

    This photograph shows the Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, c. 1915. The manse is visible to the left. This photograph was provided by Linda Guest. The church was built in 1858, and was the second

    This undated photograph shows the Mount Pleasant Junior School / Grammar School which was built 1901 on the location of the older Academy building, demolished in 1900. The front and south sides are v

    This broadsheet from the 1857-1858 general election was distributed in an attempt to discredit Herbert Biggar, then MPP for West Brant, because of what it claims is inconsistent voting. It was printe

    This document was created to certify the marriage of Herbert Biggar and Jane Ellis at Salt Springs Church on April 28th, 1831. The ordained minister was Joseph Gatchell. This document was provided by

    This photograph depicts Biggar House with a later addition, c. 1960. It was printed on page 72 of The Work of Our Hands by Sharon Jaeger, and was provided by Linda Guest. Biggar House was originally

    This undated photograph (possibly from 1963) shows the Briggs house in Mount Pleasant. It was provided by Linda Guest. The house was built in 1903 by Alfred Grantham for A. T. Briggs on the site of t

    This photograph was probably taken in the 1950s-60s because of the three-line "KODAK / VELOX / PAPER" watermark on the back.

    While the image is undated, the style of the paper suggests that it is a Velox print of a style produced between the 1940s and 1960s.

    This undated photograph (possibly early 1900s) shows the house of Mrs. J. R. Ellis, daughter of John Carlyle who was half-brother of Thomas Carlyle. It was printed on page 182 of The Work of Our Hand

    This undated photograph shows Captain James Ellis wearing a Civil War uniform in New Orleans. Like many young Canadians at that time, he enlisted in the American Civil War. Two of his brothers, Edwar

    This photograph, c. 1960, shows a Sturgis house that was built c. 1820. It is said to be the earliest brick house in Mount Pleasant, and was later owned by J. E. Smyth. It was demolished in the 1980s