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Application for Position of Caretaker
A copy of applications for the position of Caretaker by Joseph Combden (left) and Henry Roberts (right), as requested by Joseph Nason here.
York Public Library celebrates Children's Book Festival
A flyer advertising the York Public Library's programs, in celebration of Children's Book Festival in November 1986. Canadian author and illustrator James Houston visited the Weston Branch on November 13, 1986. Click here for photographs from the…
Best Dressed Cookie Challenge
A flyer advertising the Best Dressed Cookie Competition. Click here to see the certificate given to Weston's Best Dressed cookies. Here are images from the competition.
Cookie decorating competitions were a popular feature at the Weston Branch. Click…
Cookie decorating competitions were a popular feature at the Weston Branch. Click…
Art Exhibition - Harold Ritchie
This flyer advertises an exhibition of Harold Ritchie's artwork at the Weston Branch, run in mid-April 1987.
Weston Library gives birth to Weston Historical Society
Discusses the circumstances under which the Weston Historical Society was formed, and provides a brief history of Weston Library.
"The Eagle House Eagle Is Alive and Well"
A clipping from "The Times" (June 21, 1973) informing Westoners that the Eagle House eagle, searched for by the York-Weston Times, has been found.
The image in this article shows the eagle that is perched in the Weston Library.
The image in this article shows the eagle that is perched in the Weston Library.
"Kids Decorate Cookies At the Library"
A clipping from "The Link," February 1986, recounting the cookie decorating challenge similar to the one advertised here.
Avid readers in the boys and girls department (1964)
This image shows two children - one boy and one girl seated at a large wooden table - reading books in the children's area of the Weston Library. The girl, who is read a book entitled "Irish Stories" is sitting with her back to a wall of picture…
"Guns Give Historic Setting to Library"
This clipping from the "Times and Guide" dated August 29, 1923 describes the Library Board's decision to place two war trophy guns outside the library. Click here to see an image of the guns positioned outside the building.
Views From the Old Entrance of The Weston Library
These images are taken from the staircase inside the old entrance of the Weston library. The images were taken circa 1980, prior to the construction of the new addition. Note that the doors to the library are glass, as opposed to the wood doors that…