Looking Back – The University Ave. Armouries Speaks
Scan of magazine cutouts, includes a coloured image of the University Ave. Armouries, includes a poem about The Amouries titled “The University Ave. Armouries Speaks”.
Box of records and order books from the late 19th to early 20th centuries.
Box contains records and Order Books from around the turn of the century.
Various Scrapbooks 1891 to 1945
South African War Book LCol JE Ganong Vol 1 LCol JE Ganong Vol 2 LCol JE Ganong Vol 3 various world war one and two scrapbooks
Awards and Commendations 1899 to 1945 files
Awards and Commendations 1899 to 1945 files CDs of photos CSM Cresswell 27984 wooden dog tags Gord Outhwaite Courselles Sur Mer medal Jan 26, 2009
Box of 20+ framed photographs – Pre WWI to WWII.
Box contains about 20 framed photographs of members of the 48th Highlanders ranging from pre First World War to the Second World War.
The cot of Pipe Major James Robb Fraser
This is an early 20th Century officer’s folding campaign bed, this dates to early 1900s, likely WW1 , owned and used by Pipe Major James Robb Fraser.
ORA International Match Trophy 1913
A 5 inch (12.7 cm) tall ORA International Match Trophy 1913 won by Pte W.A. Hawkins
Dirk of Pipe Major James Robb Fraser
Pipe-majors were 1st Class staff NCOs and their status allowed them to carry a dirk with knife and fork, although with silver fittings, not gilt like the officers.
48th Highlanders Parade Postcard – Adelaide Street W – c1910
Front of postcard is a colourized photograph of the 48th Highlanders on parade in downtown Toronto heading westwards, photograph taken in front of and near 110 Adelaide Street W. (between York St. and Bay St.), soldiers in full dress uniform with red tunics, kilts, and tall black bonnet feather hats, near the top right printed […]
48th Highlanders Parade Postcard – c1910s
Colourized postcard of 48th Highlanders marching down a street in downtown Toronto, two rail tracks are visible embedded in the street, likely for streetcars, soldiers in full dress uniform with red tunics, kilts, and tall black bonnet feather hats, near the bottom left printed in black is: “48th Highlanders, Toronto, Canada”, and near the bottom […]