Photo# | Date | Description |
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01 | Renfrew Golf Club | |
02 | Renfrew Golf Club | |
03 | 1929 | Renfrew Golf Club House |
04 | Renfrew Golf Club | |
05 | 1949 | Gathering waiting for store to open. |
06 | 1946 | L.J. Fraser Ltd – 129 Bank St Ottawa |
07 | 1952 | Fraser’s remodeling – combining 254 & 258 Raglan St S |
08 | c1940 | Aerial photo of Stewart Street bridge and various industries. |
09 | c1940 | Aerial phot of Renfrew downtown looking north. |
10 | c1940 | Aerial photo – Corner Raglan, Hall, Coumbes St & Burnstown Rd, Note: no Lynn St and Barr St is just a footpath. |
11 | 1960 | Fraser’s Clothes Shop Christmas window |
12 | Fraser & Son float in Xmas parade. Harry Fishenden. | |
13 | 1949 | Sale is on inside Fraser’s store 254 Raglan St S |
14 | 1967 | Back seat Cam & Mrs. Simpson, Charlotte Whitton and driver Les Fraser |
15 | 1967 | Back seat Cam & Mrs. Simpson, Charlotte Whitton and driver Les Fraser |
16 | 281 Raglan St S – Dewey, Humphrises, Rowley optometry | |
17 | Robert Stark | |
18 | 1949 | Inside Fraser’s 254 Raglan St S. |
19 | 1893 | First Fraser Clothes Store at 274 Raglan St S. From left to right – Bill Ross, Bill Fraser and Alex Fraser. This store sold groceries and provisions, boots and shoes. This store was situated at 274 Raglan St S. Before the first year ended, Alex Fraser was wiped out by fire and did not have any insurance. Alex Fraser then built the first part of a new building at 270 Raglan St S in 1901. |
20 | 1903 | Fraser’s third store – located where TD Bank is today. The new store sold clothing, shoes and furs. There was a tailor shop upstairs but closed in 1915. Coat maker wages were $15 weekly. George Fritsch, cutter and fitter. Vests & pants sewn by women.Charlie Frame, Alex McDondall & Fred Wadsworth, coatmakers made 2 a week – drank & played cards. They where here from 1901 to 1920. |
21 | 1890s | Barr & Wright department store that stood where the O’Brien Opera House now stands. The building was burned some time before the opera house was built. Alex Fraser worked there for $12 per week. |
22 | 1893 | Fraser’ s store (TD Bank location) – same picture as #19. From left – Alex Fraser, ?, Peter McDermind, Bill Ross, ?, Dave Farquharson. |
23 | British Hotel was at the corner of Openogo Rd and Raglan St S (350 Raglan St S )- birthplace of Bernie Bedore | |
24 | 1958 | Aerial photo of Renfrew Woollen Mills by M.J. O’Brien Ltd. – demolished in 1958. Swinging bridge in foreground and rear Renfrew Woollen building would become Stemco before it too was torn down. Photo by Montaigne Ltd., Pembroke |
25 | 1958 | Aerial photo of Renfrew Woollen Mills by M.J. O’Brien Ltd. – demolished in 1958. Wood Works of Renfrew in foreground and Raglan St N in background. Photo by Montaigne Ltd., Pembroke |
26 | Opeongo St. Bridge, Renfrew, ON [postcard] | |
27 | RCI Girls Hockey Team | |
28 | 1949 | A. Fraser & Son (north half of Murphy building). Photo taken by J.C. Moulton, Renfrew Photo Centre, Hotel Renfrew, Phone 1066. |
29 | 1898 | From 1895 to 1901 Fraser’s second store was temporarily located where Stedmans store once was (212 Raglan St S) |
30 | 1920s | Prize winning window "President Braces" by Gordon Bean, head clerk |
31 | 1920s | Inside of Fraser’s Clothing store (left to right) Claire Jacques, Les Fraser and Art O’Connor |
32 | 01 Jul 1898 | After the first store was destroyed by fire, this second store was used temporarily. Standing in the doorway to the right Alex Fraser and Mrs. Laura Fraser. Bill Fraser (Alex’s brother) on the bike. |
33 | after 1910 | Picture of Fraser’s third store and J.M. Ferguson shoes. Picture used in photo 33. |
34 | 1901 | "East Lynn" Alex Fraser’s house on the corner of Barr St and Hall Ave. (269 Barr St.) – Note: there was no Barr or Hall when photo was taken. |
35 | 1959 | Alex Fraser’s original house – 269 Barr St Renfrew |
36 | Les Fraser and Lois McKay, school pageant | |
37 | 1937 | Raglan St. Renfrew postcard. From right to left – Clemen’s Stores, Clark’s Jeweller, ??ng’s Meat Market, Miller’s Economy Store, shop, Tip Top Tailors Men’s Wear with Valley Electric Co. truck out front, Fraser & Smart drugstore, Muir China shop, Reward Shoe |
38 | 1920s | Main St. Renfrew Ontario coloured postcard. Published by Stedman’s Bros. Ltd., Toronto. Printed in Germany |
39 | 1931 | Martin house (154 Quarry Ave Renfrew) purchased by Alex & Les Fraser, 1931 |
40 | 1931 | Les Fraser & son Donald at 154 Quarry Ave |
42 | 1968 | Hotel Renfrew fire |
43 | 1968 | Hotel Renfrew fire |
44 | 1904 | A. Fraser shoe shop (268) in the Murphy Block beside Fraser’s Clothing (260 – 268 Raglan St S) which employed four or five shoemakers who made the river boots with spikes that the rivermen needed in their work. The shoe store was sold in 1910 to J.M. Ferguson. |
45 | 1913 | Inside Fraser’s third store (TD Bank) – Leslie Wainman clerk |
46 | House unknown | |
47 | c1925 | Alex Fraser |
48 | 1964 | Tommy Barnet at Rotary Tour Belgium |
49 | 23-May-22 | Helen Coolican & L.J. Fraser on wedding day |
50 | 1902 | Les Fraser in one of his earlier modes of transportation |
51 | 1934 | Cottage at Round Lake |
52 | 1920s | The Coolican home where Clarence Vice lived later – 152 Hall Ave Renfrew |
53 | 1920s | Coolican house (152 Hall Ave Renfrew) front porch – Back row – Mr. Barker, Henry Coolican, Bill Barker, Mrs. Barker, Harry Barker. Front row – Helen Coolican, Elsie Coolican, Nettie Barler, Tuck Coolican, Nellie (Mrs. Henry Coolican). |
54 | 1923 | Les Fraser’s original house (1923-1933) – 450 Barr St Renfrew |
55 | 1959 | Les Fraser’s original house – 450 Barr St Renfrew |
56 | 1945 | Renfrew Fire Truck purchased in 1945 from Town of Renfrew which they had bought about 1910 |
57 | 1952 | Fraser’s store front [postcard] |
58 | 1960s | Herb Jordan & Bert ‘Brick’ Cleary |
59 | 1959 | Bert ‘Brick’ Cleary and Herb Jordan |
60 | 1993 | Haramis Restaurant & The Coffee Club – Brenda Godin, Waitress |
61 | 1970s | "Les" – with long time friend Phil Bolger |
62 | 1914 | Inside Fraser’s third store (TD Bank) – Alex Fraser – Carl Byers – Wm. Elliott |
63 | 1908 | Pedlow’s store – Celebating Renfrew Jubilee – postcard |
64 | 1910 | Baseball champions of Ottawa Valley Baseball League. Clockwise from top left – Luc Imbleau, J.L. Gilmore, L. Carswell, R. McNab, Bert Lindsay, T. Costello, D. Jamieson, W. Walker, J. Conley, W. Elliott, C. Murray ad R.D. Scott. Centre H. Cox, left and W.C. Carruth. |
65 | 1960s | After alerations to Murphy building in 1952, Frasers doubled in size to its present size – both 254 & 258 Raglan St S . When the building was sold in 2015, Fraser’s Clothes Shops returned to the 254 Raglan St S location only. [postcard] |
66 | Alex Fraser | |
67 | Alex Fraser | |
68 | A. Fraser & Son store front | |
69 | Parade in front of Fraser’s store Raglan St S | |
70 | 1904 | Bill of sale |
71 | R.D. Scott & A. Fraser & Son | |
72 | 1948 | Family & friends at Hotel Renfrew |
73 | Fraser’s store front | |
74 | Crowd at CPR Station seeing departure of 240th Battalion | |
75 | 1897 | Celebration on main street |
76 | Hunting camp | |
77 | 1957 | LJ Fraser, Chairman of Industrial Commission in recognition of his work – a street was named after him |
78 | Hotel Renfrew [postcard] | |
79 | Greeting from Round Lake, Ont.’ [postcard] |