Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Postcard, Picture |
Collection |
Oil Museum of Canada Collection |
Accession number |
OMC 2007.001 |
Catalog Number |
OMC 2007.001.008 |
Title |
Main Street, Oil Springs |
Description |
Black and white photo in sepia tone postcard of the Main Street of Oil Springs. The view is looking east, with the train tracks crossing the street in the foreground. Horse and buggies are on the street. The Toronto Dominion Bank and Sproule & Wallace Meat Market is on the right Published by the International Stationery Co. Picton, Canada. |
Provenance |
The Central School located at 2614 Frederick Street, Oil Springs was built in 1904. Later it was called the Continuation School with grades one through eight downstairs and nine through twelve upstairs. High school was discontunied in 1945 and high school students were bussed to Petrolia. The school then became an all public school, grades one through eight until it closed in 1968, when Lambton Central Centennial School was built on Oil Heritage Line north of Rokeby Line. |
Print Size |
13.7cm x 8.8cm |
Search Terms |
International Stationery Co. Main Street Oil Springs Postcard, Picture Sproule & Wallace Meat Market Telephone Pole Toronto Dominion Bank Train Tracks |
Place |
Oil Springs, Ontario |