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    The photographic paper is a glossy print that strongly resembles Kodak Velox paper, but is missing the usual distinctive "VELOX" watermark on the back. It could possibly be an early, pre-1920s print.

    The Mount Pleasant Women's Institute was founded 1903. This seems to be an early photograph.

    This photograph shows some members of the Mount Pleasant Women's Institute at a celebration held at the Mount Pleasant Continuation School for the 50th anniversary of the national Women's Institute m

    This photograph shows the celebration held for the 50th anniversary of the Mount Pleasant Women's Institute on February 9th, 1953. The photo was provided by Linda Guest. This photo is Zoomify enabled

    This photograph shows the 60th anniversary celebration for the Mount Pleasant Women's Institute. It was provided by Linda Guest. The women shown are: Mrs. J.C. Goold (president); Mrs. Thomas Longstre

    According to The Work of Our Hands, this image was printed in the Christmas 1892 edition of the Brantford Expositor, and so probably dates to sometime close to that period.

    This undated photograph shows the unusual octagonal house built c. 1840-48 by shoemaker Richard Tennant. The odd-looking design was promoted by American phrenologist Orson Fowler, who suggested that

    This undated photograph shows an unidentified family outside the Emily Townsend home, now 637 Mount Pleasant Road. The home was built by Alvah Townsend c. 1860 for his daughter Emily. She lived there

    The original image is noticeably distorted and details are difficult to make out. An enhanced black and white copy is also provided, with a link below the image.

    This booklet was written in 1983 by Hugh Dermid MacLachlan and Mildred Burtch MacLachlan to provide a short history of the village of Mount Pleasant from 1626 to the present day. You can search for t

    This 2004 photograph shows a modern view of one of Mount Pleasant's farm homes, currently on a prosperous horse farm. It is located on the northeast corner of Mount Pleasant Road and Phelps Road. Whi

    This 1931 photograph shows a group of descendants of Mount Pleasant pioneers by the monument erected that year to the town's founders and early settlers. The monument is located in the Mount Pleasant

    This 1891 photograph depicts Dr. Duncan Marquis, who has been described (by M. Smyth) as "probably the most beloved doctor the village ever had." A native of the village, he left to pursue his medica

    This recent photograph, from 2003, depicts Brucefield in its current state. Several older photographs of Brucefield are also available in this collection, and can be accessed by clicking the links be

    This modern photograph shows Alvah Townsend's Georgian mansion, now 597 Mount Pleasant Road, as it was in 1998/99. Townsend built this mansion in 1848 after amassing considerable wealth in the carria

    This book by Joseph A. Scott traces the history of the "forgotten" Carlyle brother, John Carlyle. He was the half-brother of the much more famous Thomas Carlyle, historian and philosopher. John was b

    This modern photograph shows the Emily Townsend House, 637 Mount Pleasant Road, in its modern state. The house was built by Alvah Townsend for his daughter Emily, who lived there until the property w

    This modern photograph shows the Phelps/McAlister house at 641 Mount Pleasant Road. It was built c. 1870 by Epaphras L. Phelps using the frame of what was probably the Abraham Cooke store, establishe

    This 2004 photograph shows the Hiram Phelps House, 513 Mount Pleasant Road, in its modern form. It was built in the same period as Idylbrook and the distinctive Tennant octagonal house, and shares wi

    This modern shows a house belonging to the Nelles family, one of the oldest families in Mount Pleasant, as it was in 2004.