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Bell Telephone

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Date: 1 October 1959

Collection/Fonds: Normand Babineau fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: Scanned positive from cellulose acetate negative.

Reference No.: 375 376

2 images

Date: 1 October 1959

Format: photographic

Collection/Fonds: Normand Babineau fonds

Description Level: Item

Reference No.: 375 376

Creator: Normand Babineau

Physical Description: Scanned positive from cellulose acetate negative.

Scope and Content: 2 photographs of Bell Telephone operators and switchboards.

Notes: Digital copy only. Negatives have been scanned due to vinegar syndrome.

Accession No.: 2005-0189

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Switchboard

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Date: unknown

Collection/Fonds: Peter Hessel collection

Description Level: Item

Reference No.: 0

1 image

Date: unknown

Format: photographic

Collection/Fonds: Peter Hessel collection

Description Level: Item

Fonds No.: 0021

Series: 1

Subseries: TEL

Reference No.: 0

Reproduction Location: Binder 6B P0759

Scope and Content: Photographs of old switchboard and telephone on display at the Arnprior & District High school. The display could have been taken from the Waba Cottage Museum, Staye Collection.

Accession No.: 1994-0021

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Telephone

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Collection/Fonds: Peter Hessel collection

Description Level: File

Format: textual records; photographic

Collection/Fonds: Peter Hessel collection

Description Level: File

Fonds No.: 0021

Series: 1

Subseries: TEL

Scope and Content: This file consists of:; 1. MOVED TO McNAB TELEPHONE CO LTD. fonds in April 2013. Telephone directory of the McNab Telephone Company Limited of White Lake (24 pages). Without date. In addition to a number of advertisements by Arnprior and McNab merchants and an alphabetical list of advertisers, the booklet lists the names of subscribers on the company’s 12 lines, their addresses and telephone numbers and the rings (e.g. 2 L-1s = 2 long, one short). The book also includes the rules and regulations for subscribers. Advertisers include retailers, trades, restaurants, service stations, the Canadian Tire store on Elgin Street in Arnprior, the G.F. McNab insurance agency, Armstrong Bros. farm machinery dealer, Wagenblass grocery store, etc.; 2. Photocopy of newspaper article from Chronicle-Guide of Sep. 9, 1987, entitled “Fond memories of the McNab telephone company” by Judy Bedore. Photo of Deputy Reeve R.A. Stewart with “last old-time telephone pole”. First operator: Mrs. Andrew Robertson, followed by Ella Robertson. Switchboards also in Burnstown and Lochwinnoch. Taken over by Bell Canada in 1968.; 3. Three-page typed letter from W.E. Smallfield of the Renfrew Mercury (on Mercury stationary) to Alex Stewart in Waba, dated May 10, 1909, regarding telephone poles bought by the Madawaska Telephone Co. at 65 cents each, and other matters regarding telephone service. Dr. Murphy. Letterhead indicates that Smallfield & Son was publisher of the Mercury.; 4. Photocopy of 2-page article from a local paper published in the fall of 1968, “The old order changeth, yielding place to new -” by Margaret Hamilton. Re takeover of Horton & McNab Telephone Association by Bell Telephone (Bell Canada) in 1968.; 5. Two-page typescript by Andrew T. McNab, “McNab Telephone Association”. Founded in 1910, meetings in White Lake, Glasgow and Arnprior. First president Guli Lodge. Dr. J.E. Murphy, John Brennan, A.M. Robertson, Dan Young, Andrew Carswell. Sold in 1958 to Bell Telephone. Dial telephone service started in 1959.; 6. Two-page handwritten (pencil) draft for the above.; 7. Copy of printed financial statement and auditors’ report of McNab Telephone Company Limited, as of December 31, 1955. D.W. O’Donnell, President, Duncan E. Stewart, Vice-President, Andrew T. McNab, Sec.-Treasurer. Number of telephones in 1954/55: 190; 84 miles of poles, 346 miles of single wire.; 8. Black-and-white 5x8” photograph of the switchboard of the Horton & McNab Telephone system (at Waba Cottage Museum).; 9. Two black-and-white photographs of same, taken by Peter Hessel in 1987.; 10. Handwritten telephone bill issued by the McNab Telephone Company, Ltd. to D.E. Stewart in Waba on December 31, 1956. The bill covers all calls made in the year 1956 - a total of $52.60.; 11. Poster dated 1953 entitled Legal Telephone Guide of Eastern Ontario and Ottawa Hull (reverse side) published by the Ottawa Valley Trust Company. Listings arranged by Lawyers, Court House, Civic & Government, Banks, Telegraphs & Railways. Located in Map Cabinet #1, Dwr 13

Notes: See Chronicle Feb. 8, 1929 re Horton-McNab Telephone Association. Event report: Chronicle of July 31, 1930, page 2: “This Week in 1896”: Telephone communication between Arnprior and Kinburn was established. also: Feb. 8, 1929, page 7: Horton-McNab Telephone Assn.

Accession No.: 1994-0021

Switchboard A

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Date: unknown

Collection/Fonds: Peter Hessel collection

Description Level: Item

Reference No.: 0

1 image

Date: unknown

Format: photographic

Collection/Fonds: Peter Hessel collection

Description Level: Item

Fonds No.: 0021

Series: 1

Subseries: TEL

Reference No.: 0

Reproduction Location: Binder 6B P0758

Scope and Content: Two photographs on page of old switchboard and telephone on display.

Accession No.: 1994-0021

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Switchboard B

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Date: unknown

Collection/Fonds: Peter Hessel collection

Description Level: Item

Reference No.: 0

1 image

Date: unknown

Format: photographic

Collection/Fonds: Peter Hessel collection

Description Level: Item

Fonds No.: 0021

Series: 1

Subseries: TEL

Reference No.: 0

Reproduction Location: Binder 6B P0758

Scope and Content: Photograph of old switchboard and telephone display.

Accession No.: 1994-0021

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Town of Arnprior Bylaw 2369-68 Agreement with Bell Telephone Canada

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Number: 2369-68

Date: 1968

Series: Series II Town of Arnprior Bylaws

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1 document

Number: 2369-68

Date: 1968

Publisher: Town of Arnprior

Subject: Bylaws

Description Level: Item

Series: Series II Town of Arnprior Bylaws

Language: English

Format: textual records

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Town of Arnprior Bylaw 2369-68 Agreement with Bell Telephone Canada

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Town of Arnprior Bylaw 3397-84 Agreement with Bell Telephone equipment

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Number: 3397-84

Date: 1984

Series: Series II Town of Arnprior Bylaws

;. TilE CORPORATION OF TilE TOWN OF ARNPIUOR BY LA\IJ NU.t-lBER _____ _ A BY-LAW TO AUTIJOIUZE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN TilE CORPORATION OF TilE TOWN OF ARNPRlOR AND BELL CANADA COVERING TilE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF TELEPHONE EOU1Ptv!ENT. WIIEREAS The Corporation of the Town of

1 document

Number: 3397-84

Date: 1984

Publisher: Town of Arnprior

Subject: Bylaws

Description Level: Item

Series: Series II Town of Arnprior Bylaws

Language: English

Format: textual records

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Town of Arnprior Bylaw 3397-84 Agreement with Bell Telephone equipment

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Hotel Renfrew - 2 images

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Date: 1940c

Collection/Fonds: Handford Studio collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: positive of scanned negative

2 images

Date: 1940c

Format: photographic

Collection/Fonds: Handford Studio collection

Description Level: Item

Series: 9.2

Creator: A.L. Handford

Physical Description: positive of scanned negative

Scope and Content: Two images of Hotel Renfrew, one with window coverings, the other without.

Accession No.: 2008-0233

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Renfrew Cenotaph - 2 images

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Date: 1955c

Collection/Fonds: Handford Studio collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: positive of scanned negative

2 images

Date: 1955c

Format: photographic

Collection/Fonds: Handford Studio collection

Description Level: Item

Series: 9.2

Creator: A.L. Handford

Physical Description: positive of scanned negative

Scope and Content: 2 images of the cenotaph in Low Square on Raglan St. Renfrew. One shows the bandshell and the cenotaph. The other shows a few businesses on Raglan St. behind the memorial.