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    The reference on the back of the card to a "New Process" that allowed an exposure time of one second suggests that it may be an early dry-plate gelatin or gelatin film print, which would date the pho

    This item was digitized on November 14th, 2009, during a Digitization Days event at the Paris Branch of the County of Brant Public Library. Robert Rosebrugh's name is subject to many eccentric spelli

    The page numbering is irregular in the original ledger. Eccentricities in the numbering have been conserved in this online edition. The obscured text on page 171 is "19 1/2 paid".

    The map view is not precise; it displays Walnut Street rather than the specific lot.

    The original indenture included a third blank page, which has been omitted in this online edition.

    The original copy of this photograph suffers from degradation known as "silvering;" this online version has been restored. The original, unenhanced version is also available.

    This photograph, taken c. 1870, depicts a group of Devlin family siblings from Mount Pleasant. It was printed on page 210 of The Work of Our Hands by Sharon Jaeger, and was provided by Linda Guest. T

    This undated photograph, probably taken in the early 1900s, shows the players of the Mount Pleasant Foot Ball Club. It was printed on page 224 of The Work of Our Hands by Sharon Jaeger, and was provi

    The postcard was printed on Azo photo paper, which dates it to the early 20th century - this style of Azo card dates roughly 1904 - 1918, although the photograph may have been taken earlier. It does

    The postcard is undated, but the partially faded postmark suggests it was mailed in 1914.

    This photograph depicts three of the Bryce brothers at the time of the golden wedding anniversary of George Bryce, Sr. in the 1890s. His two brothers who sailed to North America, and later settled in

    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 undated photograph, c. 1900, shows a young man playing tennis on the lawn of Brucefield, Mount Pleasant's most palatial home. It was printed on page 140 of The Work of Our Hands by Sharon Jaeger

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

    This photograph shows G.F. Devlin's Store as it was in 1909. It shows that the automobile had not yet made its presence felt in Mount Pleasant - note the hitching posts in the front, and the buggy th

    This photograph depicts Andrew Eadie and several other people in front of the Eadie home on the "Black Hill" farm in the 1850s. Andrew Eadie is the man in the cap, second from left; the woman next to

    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