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commemorative plate / Edward Blake M.A., Q.C.

Bread and butter plate; cream glazed ceramic plate with gold line bordering. In centre a line drawing of a man seated. Front facing. Enclosed with a wreath of ivy surmounted by a coat-of-arms. The Honourable Edward Blake M.A., Q.C. Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1871 to 1872.

 

photograph / Vanier, 1964

Photograph of Governor General of Canada Georges Vanier and wife Pauline, in silver frame, signed with dedication to President the President of Ireland (Eamon de Valera), with warmest rememberance of a happy visit, 3rd June 1964.

 

hat / Newfoundland Regiment, WWI

Newfoundland Regiment cap. Canadian Regiment, Commonwealth Forces, World War I. Green khaki cap with brown leather band across cloth peak, with metal cap badge of the Newfoundland Regiment, with stag depicted. Maker's stamp inside - S. Schmeiders & Sons, 1918. Size 6 7/8.

 

reproduction / Fenian Raid on Canada, 1866

Fenian raid on Canada 1866. Depicts (A) Portion of the village of Fort Erie, Canada and ruins of old fort. (B) Battle at Waterloo Ferry, between a Fenian Force and a Company of Canadian Volunteers landed from the tug. Photostat illustrations from an American journal, probably Harper's Weekly or...

 

reproduction / Fenian Raid on Canada, 1866

Fenian raid on Canada, 1866 - Field of operations on the Niagara frontier. Fenian raid on Canada, 1866. One of three photostats of maps from an article Troublous Times in Canada, 1866. Showing (1) Fenian raid on Canada, 1866 - Field of operations on the Niagara frontier. (2) Ditto - Battle of Lime...

 

reproduction / Fenian Raid on Canada, 1866

Fenian raid on Canada, 1866 - Battle of Lime Ridge, first stage. Fenian raid on Canada, 1866. One of three photostats of maps from an article Troublous Times in Canada, 1866. Showing (1) Fenian raid on Canada, 1866 - Field of operations on the Niagara frontier. (2) Ditto - Battle of Lime Ridge,...

 

illustration / Fenian Raid on Canada, 1866

Fenian raid on Canada, 1866. Battle of Lime Ridge, second stage. Photostat of one of three maps from an article troublous times in Canada, 1866. Showing (1) Fenian raid on Canada, 1866 - Field of operations on the Niagara frontier. (2) Ditto - Battle of Lime Ridge, first stage.

 

print / Fenian Raid on Canada, 1866

Fenian raid on Canada, 1866. Photostat of Map. Niagara Penninsula, 1866. Niagara Penninsula was the field of operations in the Fenian raid on Canada, 1866. Printed, but source and date unknown.

 

print / Fenian Raid on Canada, 1866

Fenian Raid on Canada, 1866. Photostat of map from an article troublous times in Canada. Fight at Fort Erie, June 2, 1866, Fenian raid on Canada.

 

print / Fenian Raid on Canada, 1866

Fenian raid on Canada, 1866. Aerial photograph of Fort Erie, Niagara Frontier. The old fort figured in fighting during the Fenian raid on Canada, 1866. it was rebuilt in 1939.

 

reproduction / Colonel Thomas J. Kelly

Colonel Thomas J. Kelly. Leader of 1867 Rising. Photocopy of 4pp letter of 24 March 1867, from New York to his mother. (Accompanying this is a typed note about his grandchildren and a 3pp article by Clare Healy about him from a school journal).

 

reproduction / Colonel Thomas J. Kelly

Colonel Thomas J. Kelly. Leader of 1867 Rising. Photocopy of 4pp letter of 24 March 1867, from New York to his mother. (Accompanying this is a typed note about his grandchildren and a 3pp article by Clare Healy about him from a school journal).

 

painting / The Old Port at Fort Erie, Canada, 1866

Painting, by George Lee Le Mesurier Taylor. Titled The Old Port at Fort Erie, Canada, June 1866. ‘Where the Fenians landed in June 1866. Over the water is the United States of America’. Originally part of the Pescod Collection - No. 10319.

 

painting / The Smuggler's Home, 1866

Painting, by George Lee Le Mesurier Taylor. Titled The Smuggler's Home, June 1866. ‘At the north-west corner of the garrison road is a tavern called The Smuggler’s Home’. The fence is where the members of the Toronto University were killed at the Battle of Ridgeway, June 1866 (George...

 

painting / The House into which Captain King's Volunteers Retired on the Return of the Fenians, 1866

Painting, by George Lee Le Mesurier Taylor. Titled The House into which Captain King's Volunteers Retired on the Return of the Fenians, 1866. ‘The remainder under Captain King taking cover behind a pile of cordwood, and behind houses and fences kept up a heavy fire, keeping the Fenians at bay for...

 

reproduction / Battle of Limestone Ridge, 1866

Fenian raid on Canada, the Battle of Limestone Ridge, June 3, 1866. Drawing from C.E. Hurd, 1866. Photostat of illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, New York, June 23, 1866.

 

photograph / Fenian Flag, 1866

Photograph of Fenian Flag carried at Battle of Ridgeway, 1866. Full plate, black and white, showing large flag, top left corner of which is torn, with legends 'Buffalo 7th Regt. Irish Army of Liberation, Ridgeway & Fort Erie, June 2nd 1866' around to right and 'Presented by the Fenian Sisterhood of...

 

print / Battle of Ridgeway, 1866

Colour print, The Battle of Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada, 2 June 1866. Print published in 1869, coloured, showing the confrontation between the Fenians under Col. O'Neill and the British forces under Col. Booker. Fenian Raids, Canada. Printed by The Sage, Sons & Co., Lithographic Printing and...