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This postcard is postmarked 17 Oct 1912. The dresses and hats of the ladies in this colorized postcard, indicate this photo was taken early, about 1900. Cadets from Cornwall Collegiate Institute (later CCVS) are marching South from Third towards Second Street. Note the ornate tower in the center background. It is part of the combined City Hall, Police Station, and Fire Hall. It was fortunate the Fire Hall was so close to the Great Fire when it began.
~ Lily Worrall Collection
Memory Shared: I had [before I lost all my albums] a photograph of my father at age 16, with some classmates, in their cadet ‘uniforms’ of 1906. They were wearing white turtle neck sweaters with Glengarry wedges on top of their heads. Dr. Tallon, William Mack, and Bert Yates were some of the classmates in the photo. I believe their teacher, Mr. Birchard [the one who lived at the Rossmore Hotel] was also in the photo.
~ Margaret Cameron