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Elgin County Plowing Match - Plowmen Winners
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1972
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- C8 Sh5 B2 F8 13
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Creator
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C8 Sh5 B2 F8 13
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1972
- Publication
- 13c was published in the Bygone Days section of the St. Thomas Times-Journal and on the Archives' flickr site: September 10, 2012.
- Series
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds - Elgin County Plowing Match file
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w ; 12.5 x 20 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Three black and white photographs used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published October 16, 1972 with captions: "Junior Plowmen Winners- Fred Johnson, extreme right, was the top junior plowman in the Elgin plowing match on Saturday. Jim Ford, left, and Bob Ford, centre, were other event winners." (C8 Sh5 B2 F8 13a)
"Plowmen Trophy Winners- Competition was keen for trophies and cash prizes during the annual Elgin County Match on Saturday. Some of the trophy winning plowmen are pictured above: left to right, Lloyd Clinton, St. Thomas; Don Lyons, R.R. 2, Wallacetown; Doug Lyons, Wallacetown, and Keith Bawden, R.R. 7, St. Thomas." (C8 Sh5 B2 F8 13b)
"Women Compete- Miss Sharon Swain, 17, of R.R. 1, West Lorne, seems to be enjoying competition in the annual Elgin County Plowing Match. Even though she placed second in the ladies class she was heralded as the unofficial Princess of the Furrow." (C8 Sh5 B2 F8 13c)
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Elgin County Plowmen's Association
- Subject Access
- Newspapers
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
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