Mess Kit Standard Issue 1891 – 1939 and 1939- 1982

A mess kit, is designed to be used over portable cooking apparatus. A mess tin can be thought of as a portable version of a saucepan, intended primarily for boiling but also useful for frying. Mess tins were originally a military design, but are also popular among civilian campers. Bottom left – 1891 – 1939. Bottom […]

Christmas Card – Stanley Barracks

Christmas Card – never used picturing Stanley Barracks in Toronto Ontario History of Stanley Barracks With tensions between the United States and Great Britain continuing after the War of 1812, the challenge posed by the Upper and Lower Canada Rebellions of 1837, and the deteriorated state of Fort York, the British knew they needed a […]

A. A. Miller – Appointment Certificate to High Court of Justice for Ontario

Appointment Certificate to High Court of Justice for Ontario for Amour A Miller. Heavy paper embossed with the orange wax seal of the Court, the certificate appoints Armour Adamson Miller  as solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judication in York County. Document bears two orange postage stamps marked as “LAW STAMP” on the left hand […]

Portrait of Lt. Col. A. A. Miller

Portrait of Lt. Col. A. A. Miller  mounted of cardboard folder frame   Portrait is 9″ x 6″ on backing of 14″ x 11″ Date is unknown