Region of Peel Archives

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Municipal archives for Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon in Ontario, Canada.

A man and a woman stand at a plaque on the wall. Captioned "Region of Peel Archives, City of Mississauga fonds."
Ice near a bridge. Men stand on the bridge. Text reads "Region of Peel Archives, Russell Cooper fonds."
A booth in a mall, utilizing two tables.
A sculpture with twisted metal forms. A woman readies to putt, while a man kneels and lines up the shot.
A chick drives a car, wearing a driving cap. Two chicks in the back wear caps like soldiers. The front of the car engine has pussy willow branches. Words Easter Greetings, Lewis-Hepton family fonds.
Album cover largely in red, with a black a white photo of a woman, Doreen Boss. To her side, the number 100 looks like a rose.
Broadside poster reading "farm for sale."
A colourized photograph with blots of vibrant colours in a valley-like rock garden. Captioned "Region of Peel Archives, Jean Elliott fonds."
A man with a small brush mustache and a bowler hat stands on a porch during the winter.
A man and woman sit. "Region of Peel Archives, Elizabeth Smeaton fonds."
A man stands with a horse.
Scenes of a courthouse hostage taking, a car driving erratically, and a man and women going down a staircase.
A small building, possibly wooden, with a stone front, and a large window covering most of the facade. A bush on the righthand side. Credit to Region of Peel Archives photo collection.
An article about Candlemas Day and Groundhog Day.
A cropped image from a flyer of cans of Minute Maid orange juice, 89 cents.
Cover of a book titled "By Laws of County Council of York and Peel."
Water streams through an artificial power embankment. Postcard captioned "Walshaw Dam, Bolton, Ont. Canada." with credit to the donor, Betty Bull.
Top, the exterior of a church. Middle, a band on the steps of a large church. Bottom, another church exterior.
Video of children and adults riding water slides. An aerial pan of the park. Shots of waterslides from a distance, and a lazy river ride. At the end of the clip, a purple hippo mascot waves.
Image of a tree-lined street, with only hints of buildings. Power lines and telephone poles line opposite sides of the street. Captioned "Region of Peel Archives, Russ Cooper fonds."
A column called "Hear-See," a parody of the phrase hearsay. It shows an illustrated picture of a talk show host at a desk, a DJ, and people in Edwardian costume.
Cover of a magazine with an illustration of people around a plane, and the headline "development program continues."
Page with Queenston Heights as the title and handwritten transcription of Brock monument transcription and pressed foliage.
Hands gloved in blue touch one of four Victorian cards.
A photograph of three pigs in a pen, titled Pure-bred Yorkshires. The caption says in part, "Exhibited by R. F. Duck & Sons, Port Credit, Ont."
Two men in cowboy hats stand at the top of a Trans-Canada Airlines plane entance. Captioned Region of Peel Archives, Russ Cooper fonds.
A streetcar-like vehicle with no overhead wires, passing along a bridge over top of a relatively deep valley, probably 40 feet up. The land around the route is largely undeveloped.