Photograph of a man wearing a bowler hat, holding the reins of the horse. One woman, not facing the camera is seated beside him and the other woman is in the back seat with a blanket across her knees. A kerosene lamp is attached to the front left…

Black and white photograph of a group of men, women, and children standing and seated on the Finn Hall steps. Some individuals include Mr. Einar Kajander, and Mr. Antii Pitkanen (nickname Nilsian Laakari) who is on his knees praying

Black and white photograph of the initial stages of construction. The photograph shows the wooden frame of the first two storeys with a storey below (basement). Workers and Alex Beck, the construction foreman, are standing on the plank in front.

Black and white photograph of the Hoito Restaurant Executive and service staff, 50th anniversary. Front row: Mrs. L. Linden, Mrs. T. Sjan (cook), Mrs. M. Johson, Mrs. Sigiis, Mrs. E. Heiniemi, Mrs. Jamsa.
Second row: Mr. Vester Janka, Mrs. L. Bryk,…

Black and white photograph of the Directors. Back L to R: John Koivu, Otto Hieno, Axel Forstrom, Karl Nyman, John Hill, and Alex Langila.
Front L to R: Mrs. Alex Langila, Mrs. J. Hill, Mrs. Aino Kantola, Erik Saarikoski, and Mrs. E. Krockbeck.

On the extreme left, Olivier Daunais, in the doorway, the chief Tchiatan (Joseph the Lawyer) and seated, his daughter and his wife (daughter of Joseph the Lawyer)

Copy of Christmas, 1944 poem by James Morton (Canadian poet), Victoria, B.C. At bottom of poem is the last line from Robert Herrick poem "A Caution"

Black and white pages of favorite Christmas poems, from the December issue of Chatelaine. Includes Pickwick Papers, by Charles Dickens; 'Christmas gifts' by Marjorie
Barrows; 'Is there a Santa Claus? by Francis P. Church.

Black and white pages of favorite Christmas poems from the December 1962 issue of Chatelaine. Includes 'Hymn' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 'Canada's first Christmas carol, written about 1620 by the Jesuit martyr, Father Bredeuf; The Gift or…

Photograph inside Hymers School, circa 1908-1911.