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Cheese Day
CA ETRC P020-003-06-D002b-P564 · Item · [1909?], copied 1977
Part of Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation fonds

Item is a photograph of a $42,000 Cheese Day with horses pulling wagons full of cheese to the train station in Danville, with a portrait of a young boy in the top right-hand corner.

The Wales Home
CA ETRC P997-006-01-001 · File · 1925-1949, 1999-2004
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The file consists of nine booklets: the by-laws and seven annual reports of the Wales Home in Richmond. The file provides information on the running of the Wales Home, such as the rules and regulations for the meetings of the Corporation, the members of the Board of Governors, the duties of the officers, the residents and the staff. The file also contains financial and historical data.

Bessie Jane Banfill fonds
CA ETRC P190 · Fonds · [192-]-1998

The fonds contains primary source material on the life of Bessie Jane Banfill from 1923 to 1998. It consists of articles, biographical notes, a leaflet of her graduation ceremony and photographs. It is comprised of the following files: Biography (1923-1998), Photographs and Postcards (1924-[1975?]).

Banfill, Bessie Jane (1899-1975)
WWI postcard
CA ETRC P998-2019-015-001 · Item · [ca. 1916, reproduced 2019]
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Graphic Material collection

Item is a reproduction of a postcard depicting what is likely a militia unit at Richmond in about 1916. The unit was probably made up of people who were too young or otherwise unfit to serve in the regular forces. The inscription on the verso lists the following names: featuring Rollie Elliot, Chet Kearry, Riggins, Arthur Pope, Elmer Cleveland, Stuart Morrill, ? Blake, Elmer Stockwell, Stuart Only, Eddie Smith, Dan Tounes, Harry Pugh, Stuart Messenger, Henry Smith, Ivan Adams, Leslie Porter, Stuart Hamilton, Arthur Messenger, Russ McKee, Duncan McCallum, Brooks Hamilton, Henry Carson, Bertie Barlow, Herbie Robinson, Ralph MacBain, Serg. ?. The postcard was copied in 2019.