1890s Hamilton

When the summer days of 1899 arrived, the members of the camera section of the Hamilton Association, were very active. Members of the group, carrying their big cameras had already got together and visited Greensville, Van Wagner’s Beach and the vicinity of the Burlington Heights A most successful visit in July 1899 entailed a journey to the beautiful area near Dundas: “An easy way to reach some of the most picturesque spots in Canada is to take the Hamilton & Dundas Electric Railway, and from the terminus at Dundas a walk of about a mile and a half will bring an enthusiastic camera devotee who never calculates fatigue or distance to see the most romantic and enchanting scenery which the environs of Hamilton present to the eye of the artist and lover of nature.” 1 1 “Summer Camera Work : Beautiful Views to Be Had Near at Hand” Hamilton Times.   July 20, 1899. Members of the camera section of the Hamilton Association after alighting from the H & D. train at the Ha...

“Old Aaron Sayman, the curiosity man, charged Mrs. Jessie Gilbert, No. 117 Catharine street, with stealing a pair of pincers from him.           Hamilton Times.    May 01, 1896. Yet another Hamiton Police Court case involving Aaron Sayman took place on May 1, 1897. This time the old man was the complainant, not the defendant. The defendant was a Mrs. Jessie Gilbert who once was a customer of Aaron Sayman : “The complainant amused the court in telling how the prisoner got one of his tools. She called at his workshop and told him her pocket was torn. He left to get a needle and thread and returned and mended the garment.   After she left, he missed the pincers. His son,, Eleazer, who is wealthy in hair on the top of his head, said that his short name was ‘Lally’ and that when he asked Mrs. Gilbert for the pincers she took him to a shop where ‘bee-cy-cles’ and ‘moo-sical’ and got the instrument for him. “The prisoner said...