Visual Database

Item consists of a black and white photographic print depicting two men on the Corvette "Dundas" [ca. 1944].
Item consists of a black and white photograph depicting the Corvette, "Dundas" [ca. 1944]. Men in navy uniforms pose in front of the vessel.
Item consists of a black and white photographic copy print with a caption that reads: "Formerly Cowper's Furniture Factory, Dominion Lightning Rod commenced their business in this building in 1898, and remained there until 1928. This factory at one time stood on Sydenham Street, and this illustrated how it appeared in 1900."
Item consists of a black and white photographic copy print depicting a telephone. On the back: "Dundas, Ont. Picture. Telephone set purchased from and, with a similar set, installed by Alexander Melville Bell personally in September or October 1877 for R.F. Cowper Co., Dundas, Ont. (with receiver) 8x10 Dec 23, 1942."
Item consists of a black and white photographic copy print with a caption that reads: "1856. The Cowper Block. The first telephone in Dundas was installed in Cowper's store in 1877 by Alexander Graham Bell, connecting it to the house attached to Cowper's Furniture Factory, which used to be at the head of Sydenham St., west of the railway bridge, also west of Sydenham Creek and south of the railway tracks."