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Central Elgin Collegiate Institute - Mural

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Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1975
Accession Number
2008-01
Storage Location
C8 Sh1 B1 F2 197
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1 image
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 Sh1 B1 F2 197
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1975
Series
St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds - Central Elgin Collegiate Institute file
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 24.5 cm
Scope and Content
Black and white photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published November 19, 1975 with caption: "School Opening Commemorated - Murals depicting life in Elgin County, painted by St. Thomas artist Clark McDougall were a highlight of the opening of Central Elgin Collegiate Institute 21 years ago today (November 19, 1954). Part of the mural is shown above. The mural covers three walls just inside the main entrance of the school and is about eight feet above the floor." Subjects depicted in the mural include Old English Church (Old St. Thomas Church), St. Thomas; the Great Western/Grand Trunk/Wabash Railroad trestle bridge across Athletic Park, St. Thomas; Port Stanley harbour; and the an unidentified rural residence, possibly either the Colonel Thomas Talbot Estate or Selldon, the McKay family residence at Payne's Mills.
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St. Thomas (Ont.)
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Central Elgin Collegiate Institute
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