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Elgin County Plowing Match - Plowing Match 1979

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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
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3 images
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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