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Thom Booker Meets Princess
A newspaper article and photo of Thom Booker from Port Colborne. Booker performed on stage across England, Scotland, and Monaco and for Princess Grace and Prince Ranier.
Lillian Clark
A newspaper article and photo of Lillian Clark of Port Colborne. The article focuses on Lillian Clark's anger at the committee of the Ontario legislature for moving her brief presentation.
Hell Hath No Fury Like Lillian Clark
An article in What's Up Niagara on Lillian Clark. The article tells her story of consumer activism against Consumer Gas's price increase of monthly rates by $18.30.
Fighter of rate hikes hails 'historic' ruling
A newspaper article and photo of Lillian Clark. The article is about the Ontario legislature's vetoing of Consumer Gas's price hike which Lillian Clark supported.
Thom Booker Performs on Stage
A newspaper article and photo of Thom Booker from Port Colborne. Booker performed on stage across England, Scotland, and Monaco and for Princess Grace and Prince Ranier.
Lillian Clark
A newspaper article and photo of Lillian Clark of Port Colborne. The article is about Lillian being awarded Citizen of the Year for 1982. She was given the award for standing up to Consumers Gas price hikes.
Elias Corey
A newspaper obituary for prominent citizen Elias Corey of Port Colborne who died in his 65th year.
April Bosetti
A newspaper article and photo of Port Colborne girl April Bosetti. This article is about how April Bosetti was a triple gold medalist in Niagara Area Figure Skating . At the time April was age 12.
Former Councillor Corey passes away
A newspaper obituary and photo of Elias Corey. The article is about Elias Corey's death at 64. Elias Corey was a prominent Port Colborne citizen, highly involved in local businesses, politics, clubs, organizations, and church groups.
April Bosetti
A newspaper article and photo of Port Colborne girl April Bosetti. This article is about April Bosetti finishing fourth in the Western Ontario Figure Skating Championships. At the time April was age 11.
Trio lucky to be alive after boat conked out
A newspaper article about how Ross Beard and his friends helped save two men and a teenage boy from drowning in freezing water when their boat began to sink.
Friends meet 26 year seperation - Cochia Family
A newspaper article and photo of Reno and Alicia Cochia. The article is about Reno Cochia's reunion with friend Olive Russell after 26 years being apart.
Entertainer's Flesh is Pin Cushion, Anvil
A newspaper article and photo of Rosaire Bonneau and Jean-Guy Chiasson of Port Colborne, two former INCO plant workers who became magicians.
Jack Burghardt
A newspaper article and photo of Jack Burghardt from Port Colborne. The article is a biography of Burghardt and his history working in TV and radio broadcasting.
Civic leader dead
A newspaper article and photo of Elias Corey. The article is about Elias Corey's death at 64. Elias Corey was a prominent Port Colborne citizen, highly involved in local businesses, politics, clubs, organizations, and church groups.
C. R. Cronmiller, Former Area Minister, Dies at 63
A newspaper obituary and photo of Rev. Dr. Carl R. Cronmiller. Carl R. Cronmiller was a Welland and Port Colborne Lutheran pastor who died at the age of 63.
Port Colborne News
A newspaper photo and caption of Port Colborne magician Rosaire Bonneau, billed as the Great Carusini, shown walking across a bed of broken glass carrying 100 pound weights.
Giant mural taking shape
A newspaper article on Ross Beard's 400-square-foot mural being painted in the Lakeshore Catholic High School gymnasium. An art class of grade 11 and 12 students had been working on the mural with Beard.
Group Photo of Boy Scout Camp at Reebs Bay, 1937
Black and white photographic print of a group of boy scouts posing at Reebs Bay, Port Colborne, c. 1937. One person is identified, second row from the top, far right: Gordon Clements.
Wreck on the Grand Trunk Railway Port Colborne, June 16, 1916
Black and white photograph showing the derailed engine and cars of the Grand Trunk Railway at the Port Colborne Railway Bridge (West Side), June 16, 1916.
Grand Trunk Railway Depot at Humberstone, January 14, 1909
Black and white photograph of the Grand Trunk Railway Depot at Humberstone (Port Colborne), January 14, 1909.
NS&T train leaves Port Colborne, c. 1959
Newspaper clipping from the Welland Tribune, c. 1959, showing the NS&T (Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto) train leaving Port Colborne for Thorold. The last run for the NS&T was March 28, 1959, and it was the last interurban electric railway…
Old, old-timers versus middle-aged on Sunday, c. 1931
Newspaper clipping reproduction showing a photo of the Port Colborne Sailors hockey team taken in 1931 in front of the Mutual Street arena in Toronto, with an article promoting an imminent old-timers game.
Front row, from left to right: Jack…
Front row, from left to right: Jack…
Construction on Welland Canal at rock cut in Port Colborne
Black and white photographic print showing construction on the Welland Canal at the rock cut in Port Colborne, undated. A description states: 'North end of the rock cut at Port Colborne showing the temporary dam left between the new Ship Canal and…
Lock 8 excavating, Port Colborne, c. 1927-1932
Black and white photographic print showing a Bucyrus shovel excavating in Pit Lock 8, Port Colborne, c. 1927-1932.