The Merchants of Haliburton

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987.70.12
"Main St. / Haliburton. Ont." Highland Str., looking W. from Brohm's store, ca. 1920s. Buildings at L. include (L.-R.): Dysart Municipal Telephone System (?), Bank of Montreal (formerly Daniel Gorrie's store/house), boarding house/hotel (Mallard,... View Full Record
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006.39.78
Kosy Korner
Highland Street, Haliburton, at the Maple Avenue intersection, looking west, 1940s. The building at the left was the Nicol family's tea room, later George Chu's restaurant, the Star Caf�. At the right is Norm Roberts store, later torn down and repl... View Full Record
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005.45.177
A group of 18 members of the Haliburton Foresters' lodge ("Court Haliburton No. 1367") parading along the S. side of Highland Str., presumably en route to a church service at St. George's Anglican Church. The men are formally dressed in dark suits a... View Full Record
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A985.4.26
John Anderson's store & home, S. side of Highland Str., late 19th Century. By the early 20th Century, the complex had been enlarged to a 1 1/2 storey configuration & much expanded. John Anderson was married to Bessie Bemister. Their son John Jr. (... View Full Record
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A985.4.27
This cluster of buildings on the S. side of Highland Str. was in the vicinity of the present-day driveway of the Foodland grocery store (formerly I.G.A.). It is believed that the centre building was Joe Paull's butcher shop, w. his house to the L.... View Full Record
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988.7.2
James Dover's store / Haliburton Post Office, S.E. corner of Highland Str. & Maple Ave., Haliburton, Ont., reputedly photographed in 1892, as per hand-written notation at bottom of image. English-born James Dover arrived in Haliburton Village from... View Full Record
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006.39.83
Madeline Dover's Store
Madeline Austin (Lucas) as a young woman at Dover's Store.... View Full Record
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006.39.114
Sterling Bank
English-born William Prust (ca.1846-1927) was a one-time Haliburton builder who arrived in Haliburton in 1874 with his wife and family. He eventually took possession of Lot 1, Block M, Haliburton Village, where he built a sizeable brick veneer store... View Full Record
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A985.4.29
Charles Douglas (Charlie) Kellett (1877-1926) posed in front of his store & home at the S.W. corner of Highland Str. & Maple Ave. w. his 1912 Model T Ford, Haliburton's first automobile. The building was erected in the late 19th Century, being prese... View Full Record
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987.50.11
John A. Lucas family & friends at the Grand Central Hotel, Highland Str., Haliburton, Ont., ca. 1902. This brick wing of the hotel was erected in 1896 as part of an expansion of the original frame hotel complex, part of which is visible at R. The b... View Full Record
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008.45.23
J. A. Lucas and wife Annie Boundy on the upper veranandah of the Grand Central Hotel, Highland Street, Haliburton village.... View Full Record
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993.14.1
Front: This hotel/boarding house was built, probably in the 1910-1915 era, around a brick veneer house once owned by Haliburton builder Ferdinand Sipe. It may have been erected to compensate for the loss of the Watt House, a few doors to the W., wh... View Full Record
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005.45.167
Daniel Gorrie's First Store
Daniel Gorrie (1856-1941) arrived in Haliburton in the late 19th century and worked as a store keeper. He may have initially worked for or with his brother-in-law, John Faraday Young (ca. 1849-1896), a prominent Minden/Haliburton merchant. The stor... View Full Record
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005.45.14
Interior Gorrie's Store
Digital Image File of the interior of Daniel Gorrie's store showing shelving with many popular products of the day.... View Full Record
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005.45.29
Interior Gorrie's Store with Showcases
Digital Image File of interior of Gorrie's Store with showcases. Curved glass may be that in collection of Haliburton Highlands Museum.... View Full Record
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005.45.4
D. Gorrie's New Store
Digital Image File of Daniel Gorrie's new store on Highland Street.... View Full Record
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005.45.40
Watt Boarding House
Digital Image File of Watt Boarding House Highland Street. The Watt House was a boarding house operated by one of the Watt clan members. Incorporating the former Daniel Gorrie store, extensively renovated, this imposing structure was destroyed by fi... View Full Record
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005.45.38
Wm. Lucas Barbershop
Digital Image File of Wm. Lucas barbershop/shaving parlour on Highland Street in Haliburton. Note barber pole in front of store. 163 Highland Str.... View Full Record
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989.10.5
Highland Str., Haliburton, Ont., circa 1920s. View is looking E. from vicinity of W.R. Curry's garage. At L. is the Lucas family's brick Grand Central Hotel with its attached frame buildings fronting onto the street, along with the other commercial... View Full Record
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999.24.2
"Main Street, Haliburton, Ont.", as printed on bottom border. Highland Str., looking E., from vicinity of the the Highlander Hotel (formerly the Grand Central Hotel), ca. late 1940s-early 1950s. Bottom R. corner of border printed "Parks' Peterboro"... View Full Record
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A985.4.32
In 1880, lumbermen James Irwin & Gardiner Boyd (Boyd & Irwin) purchased Lot 5, Block Q, Haliburton, from the Canadian Land & Emigration Company. Around that time, this store & house complex (33 Pine Ave.) was erected for them. In 1881, an Englishma... View Full Record
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997.16.41
Archie Morrison, deliveryman for William Hudgins's butcher shop. Morrison is wearing dark shirt & trousers, w. dark vest overtop, dark shoes, holding a light coloured cap in his hands. He is standing in front of a dark coloured pickup truck, believ... View Full Record
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999.31.4
Max McCracken (d. 1945) at L. & Lloyd (Buck) Baker (1922-2004) at R. They are standing in front of the blacksmith shop of Buck's father William (Billy) Baker, Dysart Ave., Haliburton, Ont., early 1940s. Max is dressed in medium coloured shirt, trou... View Full Record
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002.37.14
Curry Motors, S.E. corner Highland Str. & Maple Ave., Haliburton, Ont., ca. 1950s. General Motors dealership. While no vehicles are present on the lot, note the G.M. Frigidaire appliances in the show room windows. Sepia image. Stiff paper... View Full Record