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CA ETRC P078-217 · Part · 1943
Part of Andrew Sangster fonds

The item is a photograph showing a truck and wagon full of people traveling through the flood waters on King Street and the Aylmer Bridge in June 1943 in Sherbrooke.

CA ETRC P995-2019-029 · File · 2018
Part of Eastern Townships Research Centre Special Media collection

The file contains primary and secondary source information on Henry Seth Taylor and his invention of the steam buggy in Stanstead in the 1860s, collected and created by Randy Piercey for the production of a podcast. It consists of research, interviews, photographs, and supporting recordings as well as a completed version of the podcast.

Train derailment, Bury
CA ETRC P240-008-001 · Item · 1911
Part of Allen Martin fonds

The item is a photograph of a train derailment (Canadian Pacific Railway) in Bury in 1911. Photographer: G.E. Smyth (Bury).

Lennoxville short bridge
CA ETRC P006-010-003-003 · Part · [191-?]
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The item is a photograph of the covered bridge over the Massawippi River in Lennoxille, also known as the "short bridge," taken around 1910.

Dufferin Street, Sherbrooke
CA ETRC P078-205 · Part · [189-?]
Part of Andrew Sangster fonds

The item is a photograph showing Dufferin Street (formerly Commercial Street) and the Hyatt Bridge in Sherbrooke, around the 1890s. A church is visible in the distance.

Ending train service

Item is a letter dated 2 November 1965 to Mr. Heward Grafftey, Member of Parliament for Brome-Missisquoi, from C.S. Douglas of Sutton, arguing that the C.P.R. had obligations to the taxpayers of rural areas which contributed to the building of the railways to sustain railway service to those areas.