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10 photographs : b&w copy negatives ; 10 x 8 cm and 8 x 10 cm
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53-4707_010 added to Wikimedia Commons as Galt-Girls-Training-School-Aerial-1953 November 2019.
Envelope scanned as TIF files Dec 2023
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53-4707_002, 53-4707_003, 53-4707_004, 53-4707_005, 53-4707_006, 53-4707_007 and 53-4707_010 appeared on Page 15 of the Saturday, November 28, 1953 edition of the newspaper as part of the article: "Problem Girls Just Girls With Problems."
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Photo caption from published version of 53-4707_002: "USEFUL TRAINING - The girls are given a chance to learn useful work so they may secure good jobs when they leave. Miss Jean Price is shown teaching typing."
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Photo caption from published version of 53-4707_003: "KINDLY INTERVIEW - Miss Jane MacNiven, of the four social workers, gives a kindly interview to a girl just admitted to Ontario Training School for Girls in Galt."
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Photo caption from published version of 53-4707_004: "HAIRDRESSING CLASS - The girl at right is begin given professional training in hairdressing. Her "clients" are other girls who may visit the class once a week."
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Photo caption from published version of 53-4707_005: "LAUNDRY DUTY - Certain girls are chosen each week to do washing and ironing. Here is a section of the laundry where they learn the care of different fabrics."
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Photo caption from published version of 53-4707_006: "MEALTIME - A different group is picked periodically to serve the meals in the well-lighted and cheery dining room. Here three girls learn how to prepare a table setting."
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Photo caption from published version of 53-4707_007: "MUSIC TIME - Each of the four residences has a common room with an inexpensive piano and radio for periods of daily entertainment. Three girls have a jam session."
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Photo caption from published version of 53-4707_010: "$2,000,000 INSTITUTION - The 72-acre school was erected for $2,000,000 and costs $250,000 yearly to operate. At the top of the circular drive is the administration building and auditorium. At left are residences, Drake, Nelson and Collingwood. At right is Beatty and the infirmary. At the extreme top right is the powerhouse, and the long, low building is the skating rink. During the war, when it was known as HMCS Conestogo, 6,000 Wrens trained there."
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The Grandview Training School for Girls was also known as the Ontario Training School for Girls, Galt prior to 1967.