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Category: Local History

Morningstar Family Portrait
May 2, 2016May 10, 2016stcmuseum

Managing Change – Morningstar Mill in context

April 27, 2016May 10, 2016stcmuseum

Know Your Neighbours – Robert Stanley Kemp Welch O.C., Q.C., LL.D., O.St.J., O.L.J.

April 22, 2016May 10, 2016stcmuseum

Ask Alicia – Giraffe Jargon

April 20, 2016October 18, 2016stcmuseum

Know Your Neighbours – James S. Smiley

April 13, 2016May 10, 2016stcmuseum

Know Your Neighbours – Sydney George Chambers

Black and white photograph of a group of ladies gathered on a porch. The women are dressed in fashions typical of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
April 12, 2016February 16, 2016stcmuseum

The Women’s Literary Club

April 8, 2016May 10, 2016stcmuseum

Ask Alicia – Curious about 211 Queenston Street

April 6, 2016May 10, 2016stcmuseum

Know Your Neighbours – Albert Adams

April 4, 2016April 4, 2016stcmuseum

Morningstar Mill makes the cover of ‘Old Mill News’ – a US publication

April 2, 2016March 31, 2016stcmuseum

St. Catharines Museum + In the Soil Festival

March 30, 2016May 10, 2016stcmuseum

Know Your Neighbours – Alexander Muir – Muir Bros.

March 25, 2016May 10, 2016stcmuseum

Ask Alicia – 321 St. Paul Street

March 23, 2016May 10, 2016stcmuseum

Know Your Neighbours – Charles and Edith Annie Draysey

March 16, 2016May 10, 2016stcmuseum

Know Your Neighbours – Richard B. Wright

March 9, 2016March 14, 2016stcmuseum

Know Your Neighbours – Lachlan Ebenezer McKinnon

A black and white family portrait. A man, boy and woman are seated in the front row; two young girls stand in the back row. The family is dressed in fashions typical of the lat
March 8, 2016February 1, 2016stcmuseum

Isabella Frampton Hawken: The Original #Girlboss

March 7, 2016March 8, 2016stcmuseum

Morningstar Mill – Keeping up with the Joneses

Black and white photographic portrait of Mary Malcolmson. She has her hair up and is wearing glasses and a blouse with a lace high-neck collar
March 2, 2016March 2, 2016stcmuseum

Know Your Neighbours – Mary Helen McKean Malcolmson

February 25, 2016February 25, 2016stcmuseum

The St. Catharines Orioles

Portrait of Rev. Ball. He is seated in a chair and wearing a dark coloured suit.
February 24, 2016February 24, 2016stcmuseum

Know Your Neighbours – Reverend Richard Amos Ball

Driver James Grant of the 49th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force
February 23, 2016February 23, 2016stcmuseum

Black Soldiers in the Great War

February 17, 2016February 17, 2016stcmuseum

Know Your Neighbours – Brian Joseph Cullen

Portrait of the Ball Family. The group of five women and five men are pictured outdoors, with five individuals seated in front and the remainder standing in the rear.
February 16, 2016February 18, 2016stcmuseum

Post Underground Railroad

February 12, 2016February 12, 2016stcmuseum

“Ask Alicia” – Merritton High School

February 11, 2016February 12, 2016stcmuseum

Doing our Bit: St. Catharines and the Great War Mapping Project

February 11, 2016February 11, 2016stcmuseum

NEW! Doing Our Bit: The Audio Tour

February 10, 2016February 10, 2016stcmuseum

Know Your Neighbours – Estelle Cuffe Hawley

The congregation of the BME Church stands on the steps and ground around the entrance to the Salem Chapel.
February 9, 2016February 1, 2016stcmuseum

Salem Chapel, BME Church and Zion Baptist Church

Photo of Ron Sexsmith playing guitar
February 3, 2016February 9, 2016stcmuseum

Know Your Neighbours – Ronald Eldon Sexsmith

Province of Ontario Heritage Plaque describing the life of Richard Pierpoint
February 2, 2016February 2, 2016stcmuseum

Richard Pierpoint

January 27, 2016January 26, 2016stcmuseum

Know Your Neighbours – Part 52 FINAL POST – Oliver Seymour Phelps “Junius”

Newspaper clipping of Dallas Green's awards nominations
January 20, 2016January 20, 2016stcmuseum

Know Your Neighbours – Dallas Green

A hockey player, dressed in red and white skates across the ice holding a hockey stick with a puck in front of it. The board behind the skater reads NCAA Ice Hockey.
January 20, 2016January 20, 2016stcmuseum

Know Your Neighbours – Sara Bauer

January 11, 2016August 14, 2017stcmuseum

Know your Neighbours – Edwin Poole

January 11, 2016January 20, 2016stcmuseum

Know Your Neighbours Special Edition Pt. 9 – Thomas Rodman Merritt

December 23, 2015January 11, 2016stcmuseum

Know Your Neighbours Special Edition Pt. 8 – Lt. Col. William Hamilton Merritt IV, M.D.

December 23, 2015January 11, 2016stcmuseum

Know Your Neighbours Special Edition Pt 7 – Catharine (Cassie) Welland Merritt Pellatt

December 9, 2015January 11, 2016stcmuseum

Know Your Neighbours Special Edition Pt 6 – Emily Lena Merritt and Catharine Nina Merritt

December 2, 2015January 6, 2016stcmuseum

Know Your Neighbours Special Edition Pt 5 – William Hamilton Merritt Jr.

December 2, 2015January 6, 2016stcmuseum

Know Your Neighbours Special Edition Pt 4 – The Merritt Family

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