Browse Items (686 total)

A contemporary map of Toronto in 1837. Includes Toronto and surrounding villages

A map of Ireland photographed by Robert French.

Andrew Morris (fl. 1844-1852) was born in Kilmarnock, Scotland, and likely emigrated to Canada, settling in Montreal, in the early 1840's. He is thought to have died in Montreal.

In 1844, he painted decorative panels representing Commerce and…

This is a chart and table generated from Statistics Canada information

A photograph of a mound of potatoes

Extract from larger trench maps. Describes the 46th Battalion's location during the First Triangle Raid.

“Searching for potatoes is one of the occupations of those who cannot obtain out-door relief. It is gleaning in a potato-field– and how few are left after the potatoes are dug, must be known to every one who has ever seen the field cleared. What the…

“The scene represented above is an attack upon a potato store in the town of Galway, on the 13th of the present month, when the distress had become too great for the poor squalid and unpitied inhabitants to endure their misery any longer, without…