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Elgin County Plowing Match - Plowing Match 1979
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1979
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- C8 Sh5 B2 F8 20
- 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 20
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1979
- Publication
- 20b was published on the Archives' flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/elgincountyarchives/4974909638/in/set-72157624793632567/.
- 20c was published on the Archives' flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/elgincountyarchives/4974909714/in/set-72157624793632567/.
- Series
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds - Elgin County Plowing Match file
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w ; 13.5 x 20 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Three black and white photographs used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published September 10, 1979 with captions: "Novice Entrant- Susan Gaspirc, left, of 745 Elm Street, gets some last minute instructions from friend Richard Andrews. Miss Gaspirc, who placed third in the Ladies' Class at the Elgin County Plowing Match on Saturday, found out from Mr. Andrews how to plow the night before the competitions." (C8 Sh5 B2 F8 20a)
" Shows Them How- Keith Bawden, chairman of Elgin County's branch of the Ontario Plowman's Association, guides his garden tractor 'Miss Jackie' on the last furrow of his section at the 66th annual Elgin Plowing Match on Saturday. Mr. Bawden finished first in the garden tractor class." (C8 Sh5 B2 F8 20b)
"The Old Fashioned Way- Tom Roberts and his wife Valerie, of R.R. 1, Sparta, had problems with their horses, Pete and Peg at the 66th annual Elgin County Plowing Match on Saturday. But after the team got the hang of pulling the plow the old way the Roberts went on to capture first prize in the open horse event." (C8 Sh5 B2 F8 20c)
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Elgin County Plowmen's Association
- Subject Access
- Newspapers
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
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