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    Postmark dated Nov 21, 1912

    Black and white photo of a finished Williams piano.

    R. S. Williams moved his piano factory from Toronto to Oshawa in 1891 and took over this building once occupied by Joseph Hall Works. It was located on the north side of Richmond Street between Simco

    The Queen's Hotel was established in 1874, and was altered in 1921 to be used as apartments with stores beneath.

    Black and white sketch of exterior of the old McLaughlin Buick factory, Oshawa.

    The factory, built in 1872, was at the end of Centre St. S. It was first inhabited by a High Beaver Hats, then by Masson Manufacturing Company. In 1892 J. Schofield purchased the building and incorpo

    Hogg & Lytle were wholesale and retail dealers in grain, flour and seed.

    In 1871, Oshawa gave the Ontario Malleable Iron Co. Ltd. an incentive to open a factory in the area. This decision proved to be a valuable one, as the establishment of the iron works assisted in the

    The Oshawa Steam and Gas Fitting Co. was founded in 1902 when J.D. Storie purchased a factory building from J. Bailes (Oshawa Stove Company). In 1910 the name was changed to Fittings Ltd., and the bu

    Robson Leather Co. was founded in 1865 by James Robson and William Lauchland. In 1895 the company was renamed James Robson and Sons. The Robson building was built in 1904.

    Built in 1899 at the corner of Simcoe and Bruce Streets, it replaced a smaller one which had been at this same location since 1862. It became St. Andrew's United around 1925 and is currently Oshawa C

    The Citadel was built in the summer of 1911.

    The Spring and Axle Co. building was originally built in 1918. It was located on Ritson Road north of Colborne Street It reported to the parent company Ontario Steel Products Ltd. (in Gananoque). The

    Originally owned by the T. E. Eaton company, this factory made ladies apparel. Later, it was enlarged and taken over by the Oriental Textile Company in 1917 and later occupied by Alger Press.

    Black and with photo of the exterior of the old municipal buildings at Oshawa.

    "C.N.R." stands for Canadian National Railway. The station in Oshawa was located just south of the Base Line (Bloor Street), east of Simcoe Street south.

    Black and white photo of the exterior of the old Y.M.C.A. Building on Simcoe Street South, just south of Athol. It was demolished to make way for the Federal Building which opened in Nov 1954.

    Colonel R.S. McLaughlin Armoury opened in 1914, just a couple of months before the breakout of the First World War.

    Located at the corner of Victoria Street and King Street East, the Regent Theatre was originally erected in 1919, and staged both theatre acts and films. It eventually fell into disrepair, until it w

    Erected in 1907, this building housed the Post Office on the ground floor and the Customs office on the second until 1920, when a new Customs building was built to the immediate north on Ontario Stre