Jun., 2013: Broadside and Handbill Collection, Durock Messenger 1850
Collection ranges from approximately 1850 to 1965 and consists of 39 broadsides and handbills (today we would call them posters or advertisements) which announce social events, auctions, and sales taking place throughout Vaughan. Printing in Ontario has been available since 1793 when the first printing press was established at Niagara. By the 1850s, more ornate fonts became available and the broadside shown here uses several types quite effectively. At the time this broadside was printed, farming was still the major occupation in the township. Durock Messenger, the stallion advertised, lived near Vellore, just south west of Maple. His owners, the Snider family, emigrated from Pennsylvania in 1800 and became prominent members of the community. Jacob Snider had considerable skill in surgery and was also a tax collector and assessor for the township. His son, John, helped build one of the first threshing machines in the area and gave the land at Vellore for the Township Hall which still stands today.
City of Vaughan Archives: M998.15
Jun., 2013: Broadside and Handbill Collection, Durock Messenger 1850
Collection ranges from approximately 1850 to 1965 and consists of 39 broadsides and handbills (today we would call them posters or advertisements) which announce social events, auctions, and sales taking place throughout Vaughan. Printing in Ontario has been available since 1793 when the first printing press was established at Niagara. By the 1850s, more ornate fonts became available and the broadside shown here uses several types quite effectively. At the time this broadside was printed, farming was still the major occupation in the township. Durock Messenger, the stallion advertised, lived near Vellore, just south west of Maple. His owners, the Snider family, emigrated from Pennsylvania in 1800 and became prominent members of the community. Jacob Snider had considerable skill in surgery and was also a tax collector and assessor for the township. His son, John, helped build one of the first threshing machines in the area and gave the land at Vellore for the Township Hall which still stands today.
City of Vaughan Archives: M998.15