It’s Wayback Wednesday, sponsored by Pharmasave Huntsville!
This is Calderwood Bros. Grocers. We don’t know who the man to the right is – perhaps one of the Calderwood brothers – or when the photo was taken. An 1898 Calderwood advertisement mentions flour (“the famous ‘Lily’ brand, superior to all in quality”), pure leaf tobacco (25 cents per pound), teas, coffee (40 cents per pound), seeds (“unrivalled”) and shoes, and asks people to “Sell me your butter and eggs”. In the photo itself, you can see geese hanging outside, ready for purchase, and a bucket of lard in the window. If you can add any details about this store, leave a comment below. (Photo courtesy of Muskoka Digital Archives)
Last week we shared this photo:
Captured in this 1939 photo are the pumping station and the Anglo-Canadian Leather Co. (Photo courtesy of Library and Archives Canada)
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The man in the first picture is my Great Grandfather John Calderwood. I have the original photo (and others) as well as some dairy crates from the old store!
He and his family lived in the house that is now the King William Inn. My Grandfather Clifford Calderwood was born in that house.
That is not theAnglo Cdn Leather Co.it is Muskoka Wood Mill.My father used to work there and i used to go down and get rides on the high cars that they used to move the lumber out wher they piled it.
Harry Joiner