Friday, February 24, 2006
Hamilton Memory Project
An article on the efforts of Hamiltonians to collect their past:
Hamilton doesn't really have an official city archive or city museum. So the library department has filled the void. If Hamilton were a house, Special Collections would be its attic.
Some of the items are serious, like the ledger book from Blachford and Son Funeral Home that itemizes the cost of Sir Allan MacNab's funeral in August, 1862. Total bill: $124, about five times the usual bill at the time.
Other articles are more amusing: There's a men's underwear order book from the Hamilton Cotton Ltd., which was a huge employer in Hamilton in the early 20th century. The book has dozens of elastic samples to choose from.
Some people say Gore Park --with all its controversies over the years -- has been a tempest in a teapot. Well, Special Collections actually has a Gore Park teapot. It holds two cups with a photograph of the Gore on the front.
Hamilton Spectator - News
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