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Round white tin labeled “Lareo Salve” with a blue design, price $1.00, instructions for use, and manufacturer info from Cornwall, Ontario.

Patent Medicines

Seaway News Ask a Curator – April 2025 Patent medicines were once marketed with patient testimonials that mimicked newspaper articles, at times claiming to be cures for a wide range […]

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A map highlights an outlined area bordered by Mathew Avenue, Lynn Street, Fraser Avenue, Jane Street, and Anderson Drive.

Is This Glenview Heights Subdivision?

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Seaway News Ask a Curator – March 2025 Some popular search engines and mapping tools would have us believe that the east end residential area represented by the shaded area

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Rear of 526 Amelia St.- former bakery. Overgrown concrete slab surrounded by autumn leaves, with suburban houses and bare trees in the background, conveying an abandoned, peaceful feel.

Backyard Bakeries

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Seaway News Ask a Curator – February 2025 Cornwall’s days of yore witnessed quite an eclectic interspersing of commercial and residential structures. Some time ago, the owner of the residential

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This photo from the Museum’s Daly Collection, appears to show some of the buildings that once occupied the Craig Pitt Street site. The collection contains 108 local photographs dating between 1893 and 1901. Historic black-and-white photo of a brick building with a sign reading "R. Craig." Two men stand outside. The scene has a vintage, early 20th-century feel.

Craig’s Tannery

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Seaway News Ask a Curator – January 2025 Robert Craig, Sr. (1813-1896) operated a buy/sell hides shop and tannery in proximity to his home on the west side of Pitt

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Map titled "Great Pitt Street Fire of 1933" shows buildings on Second and Third Streets, as well as the Victoria Arena. Fire origin is marked as central.

Riley’s Bakery

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Seaway News Ask a Curator – December 2024 A popular downtown bakery sits on a property a mere 19’ by 110’. The store is compact, but its reputation is anything

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Map of City Hall Park layout from 1947, showing locations of City Hall, Police Court, and Fire Station, along Pitt Street and Fourth Street West.

Remembrance Day

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Seaway News Ask a Curator – November 2024 Celebrating Freedoms through remembering This Remembrance Day article is centered on a former Cornwall military tribute which stood in a former city

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Some Historic Cornwall Liveries

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Seaway News Ask a Curator – October 2024 Good news! Recently most of Cornwall’s historic newspapers that were associated with the Standard-Freeholder were released on the newspapers.com subscription website. And

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A heritage plaque at the edge of the old Aultsville Road leading to the Migratory Bird Sanctuary near Morrisburg commemorates Michael Cook’s milestone on what had been his 200-acre farm.

Cornwall Historic Dairy Industry

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Seaway News Ask a Curator – September 2024 Ontario’s first commercial dairy launched in 1863 in Oxford County. In 1867, the first cheese factory in this section of the province

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Vintage parade float with a "Courtaulds Viscose" sign, adorned with red flowers. Women in swimsuits smile, evoking a joyful, festive atmosphere.

Labour and Labour Days of Yesteryear

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Seaway News Ask a Curator – August 2024 Cornwall’s organized labour movement is a shadow of its former self. Long work weeks, low pay and sometimes dangerous working conditions were

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A row of connected brick townhouses with grey roofs and small front porches. Trees and wires line the street, under an overcast sky.

Canadian Cottons – Employee Housing

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Seaway News Ask a Curator – June 2024 Many people are aware of the “Stormont Cottages” on and near the southeast corner of York and First Street West. The townhouses

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