48th Highlanders quota to the 74th Battalion CEF 1915

A 9.5 inch (24.13 cm) by 49.25 inch (125.1 cm) portrait of the 48th Highlanders sent to fill the quota number of the 74th Battalion. The photo is at University Avenue Armouries in Toronto, the home of the 48th Highlanders. The 74th Battalion, CEF (Canadian Expeditionary Force) was authorized on July 10, 1915, and recruited […]

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 […]

Lt. Col. A.A. Miller Graves Registration Photo

Photograph and note from Director of Graves Registration & Enquiries for Lt. Co;. Armour A Miller gravesite photo. Photo is black and white of a wooden cross set in the cemetery.5″ x 3″ with a hand written note indicating the name and regiment of A.A. Miller and the gravesite location.

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 […]

Princess Margriet Museum Visit 2008

8 photos of HRH Princess Margriet of the Netherlands visiting the museum in 2008. Photos are described in order of the letters in the accession numbers on the backs of the photos. a) Princess Margriet, Ian MacDonald, and Colonel Beal laughing. b) Photo of Norm Gogo standing and Herb Pike seated to his right. c) […]