Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County

Intelligencer May 1968 : The Intelligencer : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Newspaper published in Belleville, Ontario.

Another wildly inaccurate prediction about the world of work. Here's Robert Secord in 1968, forecasting that in 2000 only "20 per cent of the population will work and they will only work about 20 days a year" archive.org/details/inte...

Our October newsletter is online at mailchi.mp/9644c9ae5bb6... - find out about a railway crash in Trenton in 1961 and a family who were postmasters in Stirling for 90 years!

Ontario Land Records Index is now digitized and freely available to the public: archive.org/details/onta....
Thanks to the collaboration with the Archives of Ontario, @tofamilyhistory.bsky.social, OurDigitalWorld and CRKN.
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File 62: Bay of Quinte tartan Fabric sample. Production of this tartan began in 1967. It was made by Trenton Dyeing and Finishing and was designed by Alex Wilson.

Bay of Quinte tartan from 1967: "The dark blue blocks of the fabric represented the Bay, lighter blue blocks local rivers and streams, green blocks local fields and parks and the gold threads the golden future of the Quinte area."
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Typewritten text reads: "MOIRA SECONDARY SCHOOL Belleville, Ontario August 5, 1959 To the Students of Moira Secondary School and Their Parents: As I write this news bulletin it seems apparent that our new school will not be completed by September 8th, but in spite of all rumors to the contrary, we intend to have classes in the building. Since we will probably have an enrolment of approximately 500 students this may at times be inconvenient, but we are expecting that with complete cooperation from our students no academic progress need be lost. Last year the Students’ Council of Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School made a number of suggestions regarding school dress. In line with their observations the following suggestions are being made; (1) Boys wear slacks (grey flannel) and sport shirts. (2) Girls avoid the excessive use of crinolines. A grey flannel skirt would be a useful addition to your wardrobe. The school colours are maroon and grey and so it is possible that the Students’ Council may decide to have maroon school jackets or blazers. The above suggestions are not meant to be obligatory but are made in the interests of economy and appearance. They are made for the benefit of those students who have to purchase new clothing, not with the idea of having anyone discard their present wardrobe. Note: (a) A girl who seeks to impress her associate with elaborate dress is indicating lack of confidence in her own personality. (b) A boy who wears sloppy jeans tends to become sloppy in his thinking and actions. (c) In all school activities may it be kept in mind that no one should be priced out of school by having to spend too much money on clothing and social functions in order to keep up with the crowd. I am looking forward to meeting all of you September. Yours truly, W. J. Musgrove Principal"

Guidance on what to wear for students of the new Moira Secondary School in Belleville in 1959.

View of buildings on the west side of the Moira river in Belleville, taken from City Hall.

Find out more about the buildings at the west end of Belleville's Lower Bridge in our latest newsletter at eepurl.com/jl6nJw

View of Bellevue Terrace in around 1980.

Bellevue Terrace in around 1880.

Bellevue Terrace in Belleville was built in 1876 at a cost of $12,000. Each of the six luxury tenements had a basement kitchen and dining room and a main floor drawing room and sewing room. On the top floor were bedrooms and a bathroom supplied with hot and cold running water. #ArchivesArchitecture

HC02646 Photograph of the Nonsuch visiting Belleville, Ontario. This was a reproduction built by the Hudson Bay Company in 1968 of the 1650 original, to celebrate the company's tercentenary in 1970. The ship...

For #transportTuesday we take a trip back to this week in 1970, when the replica ship Nonsuch visited Belleville. www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc...

Letter addressed to Sir Fortescue Flannery, Baronet.

We have found the best name of the day, no doubt about it. (In Gilbert Parker's papers)

Our latest newsletter is online at mailchi.mp/54c4fab9faca... - in it we take a look at a waterfront park which was never built and explore the history of the game of cricket in Hastings County.

Finding Bet in Belleville: The Archives of Slavery in Upper Canada - Belleville Public Library and John M. Parrott Art Gallery Finding Bet in Belleville: The Archives of Slavery in Upper Canada  Professor Natasha Henry-Dixon will discuss her current research on the history of chattel slavery in colonial Ontario. She will […]

An event happening today which may be of interest: www.bellevillelibrary.ca/event/findin...

1990-06-18 Storm 011 Belleville bus on Quinte Mall to Hillcrest route (8) passing through a large puddle and spraying water. One of a series of photographs taken after a rain storm in Belleville, Ontario by Chris Malette...

For #TransportTuesday, here's a Belleville city bus in a rainstorm, taken in June 1990 by Chris Malette: www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc...

PC 38 "Centennial Secondary School Presents Bye Bye Birdie At C. S. S. Auditorium Belleville March 4, 5, 6, 7 8 P.M. Tickets $1.00 Limited Number of Reserved Seats for Each Performance TICKETS AVAILABLE FRO...

#ThrowbackThursday to the 1970 production of Bye Bye Birdie at Centennial Secondary School in Belleville. www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc...

According to the Intelligencer, over 200 students at the school were involved in putting on this musical. archive.org/details/inte...

Henderson-1968 1968 portrait of a man identified only as "Henderson" in the "Mug Shots" series of photographs taken for the Intelligencer newspaper in Belleville, Ontario.

Does anyone recognize this man? His photo was taken in 1968 for the Intelligencer newspaper and "Henderson" is the only name given. www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc...

Our monthly newsletter has a motion-picture theme to it for June: mailchi.mp/d9b391ed6bb0...

2015-11-1964-076 A photo of a horse-drawn Reid's Dairy milk wagon which delivered milk products to individual homes until c 1980. One of a series of photographic slides taken by the Keller family of Belleville betwee...

For #TransportTuesday, here's a lovely photo of the Reid's Dairy milk wagon in Belleville in 1964 www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc...

Pages from the Daily Ontario and Daily Intelligencer newspapers, 1870 and 1877.

These individual pages were torn from our newspaper collections back in the 1970s or 1980s.

It is satisfying to be able to put them back where they belong.

But, please, don't do that.

Our May newsletter is online at mailchi.mp/6d9623a19bc4... : find out about the Tweedsmuir History digitization project from the Women's Institutes of our region.

1973 unidentified engaged couple One of a series of photographs and negatives of engaged couples taken by staff of The Intelligencer newspaper in Belleville, Ontario. The man and woman in this image were not identified. It was taken...

"One of a series of photographs and negatives of engaged couples taken by staff of The Intelligencer newspaper in Belleville, Ontario.

The man and woman in this image were not identified. It was taken in 1973."

ID-ed in the #Flickr comments within two days.

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Photo of two women and three men, possibly a family group, taken by W. S. Clarke in Belleville, around 1910.

All the way from Cornwall, England, Susan sends us this photo taken in Belleville by W. S. Clarke in around 1910. Does anyone recognize any family members in this group? Did your family have connections in Cornwall?

Four young men looking through a divided tree trunk.

Four young men in shiny tops posing by a parking meter and a sign that reads "Municipal Parking".

These four young men were photographed for the Intelligencer newspaper in the 1970s and the negatives were just labelled "Band." Does anyone recognize the group?

Large paper map of Hastings County, Ontario.

Hastings County has the perfect proportions for this 1925 map (2024-100) to fit exactly on top of our map chests. It's a rolled version of map M420-2163 which is online at www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc...

Group of Motorcyclists in Winter A group of seven motorcyclists in winter. They appear to be parked next to a power generating station, possibly on the Trent River north of Trenton, Ontario. Part of the John Fairbairn Anderson nega...

For #TransportTuesday, from the John Fairbairn Anderson negative collection, here are a group of men on motorcycles in around 1910. www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc...

Could you be a 1950s radio announcer? Try reading the text of an audition at CJBQ Radio in this month's newsletter: mailchi.mp/4ffa1401ed64...

CAMPR-06-32 Reproduction of a photograph of four men taking part in a race on horses made out of barrels in the water next to the steamship wharf in Deseronto, Ontario. This may have been part of the sports day h...

The Association of Canadian Archivists is celebrating #ArchivesSports today. We like this water-based event from the First World War: www.flickr.com/photos/deser...

HC07394 A postcard image of the Pigden Motor Sales dealership in Madoc, Ontario.

A #ThrowbackThursday postcard view of Pigden Motor Sales in Madoc, Ontario in around 1950: www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc...

HC02928 (front) "Belleville Flood, 1936 Front Street." This photograph is looking southeast toward the intersection between Bridge and Front streets in Belleville, Ontario. Visible businesses include George Zakos's ...

A selection of vehicles for #TransportTuesday on a flooded Front Street at Bridge Street in Belleville, March 1936 www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc...

1921 Library Borrowing Register, p.6 Register of books borrowed from Deseronto Public Library, Ontario, between March 21 and April 2nd, 1921.

A list of books borrowed at the Deseronto Public Library in this week of 1921. Ethel M. Dell and former local man, Gilbert Parker, were the most popular authors. #ManuscriptMonday www.flickr.com/photos/deser...

Text on flyer reads: "Fallout, Hastings County in the Nuclear Age, come and check out our new exhibit exploring civil defence preparations during the Cold War. Through official and personal documents it examines local efforts to prepare for the unthinkable-nuclear war". Image of a newspaper headline about ultimatum to Japan backed by the atomic bomb.

Our latest reading room exhibit looks at emergency preparedness during the 1950s and 1960s. Our reading room is open Mon-Thu, 10-1 and 2-4.

HC07985 Photo of the crumbling Latta's Mill in spring of 1976. The mill is built of grey stone and features a rusted roof. Trees nearby are bare and water rushes quickly over the dam. The mill was located ...

#ThrowbackThursday to this view of the former Latta Mill building on the Moira River in Plainfield, Ontario. Taken by Mary McLean in the spring of 1976. www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc...