WAHC would like to thank the following people and organizations for providing the photos for this project.
East End Tour
Canadian Westinghouse
Westinghouse Women, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Westinghouse Workers 1910, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Westinghouse Engraving of Building, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Westinghouse plant, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Westinghouse logo, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Westinghouse and Woodlands Park, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Picketers in front of Westinghouse, 1946, McMaster University, Ready House | view image
Woodlands Park
Members of Local 504 Gather at Woodlands Park, McMaster University, Ready House | view image
Local 504 March, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Casa d'Italia
Dopolavoro, Casa D'Itaila c. 1937, P. Ferri | view image
Barton and Sherman: A New Life
Polish Children | view image
Armenian Children, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Clinton Street
Celebration of the Feast of St. Anthony, M.H.S.O | view image
Sherman Avenue
Preparing to deliver relief baskets from Sherman police station, December 1914, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Cosmos-Imperial Mills
Plant of the Imperial Cotton Company, 1913, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Imperial Cotton Ad, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Imperial Cotton Company logo, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Dominion Belting Company, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Imperial Logo, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Imperial plant drawing, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Dominion Belting Company plant, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Imperial plant, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Brown Boggs
Brown Boggs plant drawing, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Brown Boggs geared power press, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Brown Boggs power hammer, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Wallace Barnes
Wallace Barnes Punch Press Operators, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Wallace Barnes factory drawing, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Hamilton Hydro-Electric System
Hamilton Hydro-Electric, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Hydro-Electric ad, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Hamilton Hydro Substation, P. Stirling | view image
Hydro-Electric site, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Steeltown
Building No. 1 open hearth at Stelco, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Sheet-Mill crew at Stelco, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Steeltown factory, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Playhouse Theatre
Feeding hungry strikers, 1946, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Princess Street
Armenian Children, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Armenian moulder at International Harvester, M.H.S.O | view image
Downtown Tour
Custom House
Naples Macaroni Company, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Custom House Graphic, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Nine Hours League Parade, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Great Western Railway Works and Lower Stuart Street
GWR Yards, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
View southwest from the Bay Street Bridge, c. 1892, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Mrs. Wheeler's Boardinghouse
Typical 19th century workers’ housing, P. Stirling | view image
The Freeman Block
Freeman Block, c. 1892, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Dan Black's Club House
Dan Black’s Advertisement from Sutherland's City Directory, 1870-71, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
The Burrow, Stewart and Milne Factory
Burrow, Stewart & Milne, c. 1892, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Burrow, Stewart & Milne graphic, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
A. Laidlaw Manufacturing Co./Chipman-Holton Knitting Co.
Laidlaw Manufacturing Company, c. 1892, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Laidlaw photo, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Chipman-Holton Knitting Co. drawing, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Hamilton Labor Temple
Hamilton Labour Temple, Dec. 1948, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Allan Studholme, Ontario Archives | view image
Memorial Plaque | view image
E. & C. Gurney Foundry
E. & C. Gurney Foundry, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Knights of Labor Co-operative Store/Larkin Hall
Knights of Labour Procession, King Street, Hamilton, National Archives of Canada | view image
Street Railway Strike 1906
The crowd attacks, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
North End Tour
Fratellanza Hall
Feast of Madonna del Monte, 1931, M.H.S.O | view image
Canadian Cottons
Cleaning and straightening raw cotton at Canadian Cottons, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Family Survival
Preparing tomato paste on a warm summer's day, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Workers' Housing
Skunks' Hollow, c. 1910, Yummy and Sue | view image
Eastwood Park
Naval parade on the old Revetment Wall, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
House of Refuge
House of Refuge, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Old Port Hamilton
Foot of James St., early 1900s, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Old Port Hamilton Docks, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Old Port Hamilton, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Recreation on the Bay
Skating on the bay, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Jolly Good Fellow's club, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Ice Harvesting
Cutting ice on the bay, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Ice Harvesting near the foot of Bay St., c. 1890s, Betty Cummer Aikman | view image
Ice Harvesters, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
The Boat Builders
H. Bastien Boatworks, c. 1910, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Bastein Boatworks interior, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Shoreline, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
The following tour images were collected with archival support and images from:
Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives
McMaster University, Labour Studies
Cees Van Gemerden
Multicultural History Society of Ontario
Stan and Francis Ellis
Anthony Butler Architect
Judy Philip
City of Hamilton, Planning Department & Department of Culture and Recreation
Harry Johnston
Anne Nyhof
Toronto Reference Library, Canadian History Historical Picture Collection
Hamilton Spectator
19th Century Industry Tour
Tour Cover Image
Group Outside factory. April 5 1893, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Whitehern
Whitehern, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
MacQuesten Graphic, Toronto Public Library, Canadian History Historical Picture Collection | view image
Bell Telephone Exchange, 1890
Worker at Bell 1900s, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Switchboard operators, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway, 1895
TH&B station, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Historical Rail Station, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
TH&B ad, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
John McPherson & Company, 1867
McPherson Factory, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Arthur E. Snelgrove Casket Manufactory, c. 1850s
Snelgrove ad, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Sanford, McInnes and Company, 1862
Sanford Building, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Sanford Graphic, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Hamilton Spectator, 1846
Hamilton Spectator Building, Hamilton Spectator, Archives | view image
Man at type writer | view image
Three type-setters working | view image
John Calder & Company, 1880
John Calder & Company, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Calder Building graphic | view image
Canada Sewing Machine Manufactory, c. 1860
R.M. Wanzer and Co. graphic | view image
Canada Sewing Machine Manufactory, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Wanzer ad sewing machine, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Wanzer ad lady sewing, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Wanzer ad first prize machine, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
City Coach Factory, 1844
City Coach site, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
City Coach ad | view image
Canadian National Railway, 1931
CNR Station, Simon Orpana | view image
Grand Trunk Railway, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Lower Stuart Street, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Williamson & Company Vinegar Works, 1870
Williamson & Company Vinegar Works, Frank Jones | view image
Great Western Rolling Mill, 1864
1906 photo of rolling mill crew, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Gartshore & Cowie Iron Works, 1870
Gartshore and Cowie Factory, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Gartshore Cast Iron Pipe, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Rolling Mills, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Gartshore graphic | view image
W.W. Grant Sail Loft, 1869
Grant Sail Loft | view image
Grant Sail Loft on Water, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Grant Sail ad, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Burlington Glass Company, 1874
Burlington Glass graphic, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Burlington Glass certificate, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Hamilton Glass Company, 1864
Hamilton Glass jars, John | view image
Hamilton Industrial Works, 1878
Hamilton Industrial Works invoice | view image
Hamilton Industrial Works site - Bertozzi | view image
Hamilton Tool Manufacturing Company, 1872
Tool Manufactoring, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Hamilton Tool Site, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Spring Brewery, 1842
Spring Brewery, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Grant's Spring Brewery at Bay St. 1929, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Hamilton Spring Brewery Ad, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Harper-Presnail Cigar Company, 1913
Harper Employees, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Harper-Presnail Cigar Company Site, Rob Kristofferson | view image
Hamilton Gas Light Company
Hamilton Gas Light building, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Hamilton Gas Light site, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
W.G. Dunn and Company, c. 1875
Canada Coffee and Spice Mills graphic | view image
Hamilton Dairy & Creamery Company, 1907
Hamilton Dairy graphic, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Empire Foundry, c. 1864
Empire Foundry, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Tuckett & Billings Tobacco Manufactory, 1866
Child Labour at Tucketts in 1910, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Tuckett ad, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Tuckett Manufactory graphic, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Tuckett Tobacco, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Tucketts Tobacco casing room workers, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
A mid-day scene at Tuckett Tobacco Factory Works | view image
E. Van Allen & Company, c. 1890
E. Van Allen and Co. Factory graphic | view image
Hamilton Coach Factory, 1842
Carriage-Spring Manufactory Ad| view image
20th Century Industry Tour
Peller Brewing Company, 1947
A Peller worker, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Peller workers, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Peller plant, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Peller employees examining machine, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
W.R. Carpenter Canada Ltd., 1942
W.R. Carpenter plant | view image
Coffield Washer Company Ltd., c. 1920
Coffield Washer ad, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
A Coffield washer | view image
Deering Harvester, 1902
International Harvester plant drawing, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Deering car ad, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Deering car advertisement, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Farm machinery graphic | view image
Harvester ad, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Oliver Chilled Plow, 1910
Oliver plant graphic, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
An Oliver plow | view image
Hamilton Blast Furnace Company, 1895 (Stelco)
Stelco open hearth drawing, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Stelco logo, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Stelco interior, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Stelco exterior, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Stelco blast furnace workers, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Baynes Carriage Company (Air Liquide)
Wholesale carriage advertisement graphic, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Carr Fastener Company, 1921
Carr Fastener plant, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Berlin Machine Works, 1908
Berlin logo, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Berlin machinery, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Dominion Steel Castings Company, 1912 (Dofasco)
Dofasco Grinder Poses with Huge Iron Casting, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Dominion Plant Drawing, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Labour Day Parade, 1946, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Dominion logo, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Dominion washroom, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Dominion galvanizer, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Dominion conveyer, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Dofasco tin flippers, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Hamilton Bridge Works Company, 1894
Bridge Works travelling crane, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Hamilton Bridge Works plant drawing, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Hamilton Bridge Works bridge lifting, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Hamilton Bridge Works ad | view image
Procter & Gamble, 1915
Procter and Gamble logo | view image
Crisco logo | view image
Truck unloading P&G products: White Naptha, Lenox and Gold Soap bars, Crisco, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Procter & Gamble plant, aerial view, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Procter & Gamble plant, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Union Drawn Steel, 1905
Union Drawn Steel factory drawing, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Union Drawn Steel factory interior, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Union Drawn Steel photo ad, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
National Steel Car Company Ltd., 1912
Car builders at National steel car in 1944, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
National Steel car frid ad, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
National Steel Car motor trucks ad, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company of Canada, 1923
Firestone from air, looking north, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Firestone advertisement, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Firestone workers with tire, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Group of Workers at Firestone in 1922, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Man cutting rubber at Tirebuilder Firestone, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Working at Firestone, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Hamilton Waterworks, 1859 (Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology)
Waterworks exterior engraving | view image
Waterworks interior engraving | view image
Coca-Cola, 1929
Newspaper clipping about coke plant | view image
Coke truck, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Workers' Suburbs (Union Park c. 1900)
Building a bench, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Industrial Unionism (Steelworkers Hall)
Workers on the picket line | view image
Hoover Suction Sweeper Company of Canada, 1919 (Stadium Mall)
Hoover plant, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Hoover plant and ad, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Hoover advertisement | view image
Glendale Spinning Mills, 1916
Glendale engraving | view image
Diamond Flint Glass Company, 1891
Diamond Flint Glass, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Frost Wire Fence Company, 1904
Frost Wire Fence plant drawing, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Frost Wire Fence ad | view image
Canadian Made Wire advertisement | view image
Hoepfner Refining Company, 1899
Hoepfner Sovereign Potters, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Atkins Saw Advertisement, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Atkins logo, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Canada Steel Company, 1910
Canada Steel Company plant drawing, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Worker at Drophammer Forgee Slater or Burlington Steel 1950s, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Canada Steel Company ad, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Standard Underground Cable, 1911
Standard Underground plant drawing, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Standard Underground Cable text ad, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Standard Underground cable spools, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
American Can Company, 1904
American Can plant, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
American Can employees 1927, 50 Years of Accomplishment, Margaret J. Smith | view image
L.,S. & P. Sawyer and Company, 1856
Sawyer-Massey plant drawing, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Sawyer machine on wheels, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Cataract Power Company, c. 1896
Cataract Power Co. plant | view image
Cataract Power street facade| view image
Cataract station, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Cataract turbine, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Canadian Otis Elevator Company Ltd,. 1902
Canadian Otis lift| view image
Canadian Otis worker with electrics| view image
Studebaker Corporation, 1948
Workers at Studebaker in 1950s, McMaster University, Labour Studies | view image
Studebaker cars and factory, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Osborne-Killey Manufacturing Company, 1884
Osborne-Killey pump ad, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Osborne-Killey building, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Osborne-Killey fire engine ad, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Hamilton Wheel Works, 1879
Hamilton Wheel Works, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Hamilton Wheel Works engraving, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Hamilton Wheel Works ad | view image
Hamilton Cotton Company, 1880
Hamilton Cotton Co. plant drawing, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Hamilton Cotton Co. ad, Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives | view image
Malcolm & Souter Furniture Company Ltd., 1885
Malcolm & Souter group photo of workers | view image
Malcolm & Souter factory | view image
Malcolm & Souter table | view image
Malcolm & Souter furniture ad | view image
