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1. Archival Society Calendar Collection - Left and top photos: Life on the river was certainly leisurely, with all forms of watercraft plying the waters. The style of clothing was much more elaborate! Top right photo is captioned Vermilion Harbor, Ohio Bottom left: the "Tobermory"- Commodore F.W. Wakefield's yacht. Photo by Pearl Roscoe

   VAC2010.06

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. Archival Society Calendar Collection - Wakefield Lighting Division-Wakefield Corporation. A beautiful, modern office building welcoming visitors from all over the world. In 1910, the F.W. Wakefield Brass Company was incorporated. They progressed over the years from manufacturing gas lighting fixtures to incandescent lighting and then to fluorescent lighting, and incorporating the use of plastics into the lighting fixtures. By 1955 the F.W. Wakefield Brass Company became the Wakefield Company and then, in 1960, the Wakefield Corporation.

   VAC2011-2012.12

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Doane, Al Collection - Copy of black and white photo of the F.W. Wakefield House which at the time of this photo is owned by the Great Lakes Historical Society as a museum.

   VA2008.4.22

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. George Wakefield Ephemera Collection - "A general cruising guide for the Lake Erie yachtsman on his first trip north" written by George Wakefield in 1954. Detailed directions, maps, helpful hints to travel from Vermilion, Ohio to Georgian Bay by water are provided, as well as a guest register and ship's log.

   RL2008.5.20

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Tarrant, Albert Collection - A black and white photograph (taken by Paul Ludlow) of a gathering of Wakefield Company executives and the Vermilion High School Band at the New York Central train depot in Vermilion c.1956. - by Rich Tarrant

   VA2004.1.1

   Record Type: Photo