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Tradition and Innovation: The Importance of Agriculture to Markham 1820-1920
Location: Markham, Ontario, Canada

 
Contract between sawmill owner Joseph Tomlinson and a number of prominent Markham residents
1 of 99 		James Speight (1830-1903) owned the Speight Wagon Works, which flourished in Markham for many years
2 of 99 		Poster advertising the Speight Wagon Works which had its factory in Markham Village
3 of 99 		Employees standing outside the Speight Wagon Works on Main Street, Markham Village
4 of 99 		Farm wagon manufactured at Speight Wagon Works on Main Street, Markham Village
5 of 99 		Speight Farm Wagon
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Henry Wales (1822-1905) owned an international Carriage Works that employed many Markham residents
7 of 99 		The family of Henry R. Wales posed on the vast front yard of 'Maple Villa' in Markham Village
8 of 99 		Farmers lined up to sell cream at Albert Reesor's Locust Hill Creamery
9 of 99 		Albert Reesor making butter at the Locust Hill Creamery, which he owned
10 of 99 		Thomas & George Morgan in front of their prosperous farm implement showroom in Markham Village
11 of 99 		Upon his death in 1916 Thomas Morgan's estate was valued at an astonishing $125,000
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When George Morgan (1837-1919) died in 1919 he left $20,000 of his fortune to Markham Village
13 of 99 		Farmers lined up along Main Street, Markham Village on implement delivery day
14 of 99 		Interior of the harness shop of Charles F. Todds (b. 1880) on Main Street in Markham Village
15 of 99 		Blacksmith shop of William Ellis Beebe in Box Grove, Markham Township
16 of 99 		Slick and broadaxe manufactured by Markham's well known Beebe blacksmithing dynasty
17 of 99 		Beebe makers' marks on the slick and broadaxe
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