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One image of the York County Chambers.

One image of the Woodstock Town Hall.

One image of the Woodstock Jail.

One image of the remnants of a wooden ship, identified on the verso as from Penetang, Ont.

Three images of details of wooden clockwork. Identified on the verso as from the "old Peterborough town clock".

One photocopy of a woodcut from a 1460 French manuscript depicting the use of carpentry tools.

One image of a construction detail of wedge-shaped keying with round logs. Identified on the verso as "Woodbridge home destroyed by Hazel 1955?"

2 images of a log house near Woodbridge, in the process of being demolished.

One image of the fireplace from a house in Woodbridge, Ontario.

Two images of the West Montrose covered bridge.

One image of the well and ruins of an old house on an arid flat at Salt Springs, Manitoba. The caption also reads: "From a Geological Survey of Canada photograph in the Public Archives of Canada."

One image of the first school house in Waterloo, built in 1820. Mis-identified in the book as located in the Pioneer Village at Doon, actually located in Waterloo Park.

Five images of the Walker barn, near Coldwater. Two images are from the book, and three images are not from the book.

One image of a construction detail of the rafters at Vintage House, Jordan [in Niagara], early 1800s.

One image of the drooped gable fretwork on a Unionville house.

One image of an unidentified window as an example of untrained restoration.

One image of an unidentified plank wall from a building at the Pickering Museum (identified as such on the verso).

Two images of the frame of an unidentified barn. One image is in the book, and the other is not.

Six images of structural details from an unidentified barn on highway # 7. Three images are from the book, one image is a variation of an image from the book, and two images are not from the book, but seem to be of the same barn.

One image of an unidentified barn.

One image of an unidentified barn.

One image of two old screws and a modern screw.

One image of a two bay barn on the road from Omemee to Bobcaygeon.

One image of a twelve-sided barn near Thessalon, Ontario.

One image of the front wall of a brick house in Trenton, Ontario.

One image of the "Thistle Ha'" Miller house, in Pickering Township (Claremont), built ca. 1855. Remple uses it as an example of broken coursed fieldstone masonry.

Four images of the old council house at Fort Albany, Ontario, with four unidentified individuals standing at the door in two of the images. One image is the same as the one in the books, and the others are variations. Includes one image of a greenhouse at the Fort Albany Mission with an unidentified female standing in front of it.

One image of the Madill church, built around 1874.

Three images of the Fischer slit barn, near Kitchener. One image is in the book, one image is a variation of the one in the book, and one looks like an image of the same barn taken at a later date.

One image of an unidentified female pointing at the rainwater intake for the inside water tank of a building identified as the "Birdcage" in Bracebridge, Ont.

One image of a house near Summerville, built ca. 1850, identified on the verso as "near Summerville Blacksmith's home". Rempel uses it as an example of cut fieldstone.

One image of what appears to be a stable, identified on the verso as possibly from Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts.

One image of a plaster-filled hole in the ceiling (a type of stovepipe fireproofing) of an old house on Markham Road, now demolished, and one image (not in the book) of a cut-stone insert used to protect timber walls or floors from the heat of stovepipes.

Two images of the D. Stong house, built ca.1832 in Edgeley, Ont, now at Black Creek Pioneer Village.

One image of the rafters, and the pins (or trunnels) holding them together, of the first D. Stong house, ca. 1800, in Edgeley, Ont.

One image of a construction detail from the D. Stong farm pig house, ca. 1832 in Edgeley, Ont. Identified on the verso as "Edgeley + - 1800 cornering at intersection of interior wall with exterior".

One image of a construction detail from the D. Stong farm pig house, ca.1832 in Edgeley, Ont.

Five images of structures on the D. Stong farm, ca. 1816, in Edgeley, Ont. Includes one image of the house used in the book, two images of the house not used in the book, one image of a pig or sheep pen, and one image of a chicken house.

Two images of an unidentified stone house.

One image of a stone barn on the Laberge farm at L'Ange-Gardien in Quebec.

Correspondence, photocopied article and photograph about steam boxes, used to bend planks for shipbuilding.

One image of a building at Ste. Marie among the Hurons in the process of reconstruction.

One image of the gable fretwork on a house from St. Mary's.

One image of the St. Andrews church in Grimsby, Ont., built ca. 1820.

One image of the Flemish bond brickwork at St. Andrew’s Church, Scarborough, ca. 1848.

One image of St. Agnes church, in Greenbank Ontario.

One image of a squatter's log cabin in Wandering River, Alberta. Includes three unidentified individuals.

One image of the spalled brickwork at Fort Mississauga near Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.

One image of spalled brick from an unidentified wall.

One image of the Smith house, built ca.1808 in Edgeley, Ont., on Jane Street near Steeles ca. [196-?].

One image of a shingle maker's frou

One image of a hydro tower near Doon [also known as the Sheaves Tower near Blair, Ontario. See: http://www.cambridgetourism.com/sub/HistoryBlair.asp and "Blair Mill used same water twice" Waterloo Historical Society 1961. 49: 14-15.].

One image of a school near West Montrose in Waterloo County, identified on the verso as a "Public school near Preston". Rempel uses it as an example of Pennsylvania -German rubble work.

Two images of the gable fretwork on a Scarborough house.

Two images of a Scarborough house. One image is of the entire house (not used in the book), and the other image is of a detail of the porch entablature fretwork.

One image of an unidentified man on the platform at the Canadian Pacific Railway station in Savanne, Ontario. The caption also reads: "From a Geological Survey of Canada photograph in the Public Archives of Canada."

Five images of historic buildings in Saugus, Massachusetts.

One image of the Samual Frazer home near Midland, Ontario.

One image of the roof and rafters of a building identified as from Black Creek Village.

One image of the coach house and hayloft of the Rockwood Academy.

4 images of the vault at Richmond Hill. One image is of the inside ceiling structure of the lantern (in the book), one image is of an exterior view of the lantern (in the book), one image is of an exterior view of the lantern (not in the book), and one image is of the back view of the entire vault (not in the book). Includes a note on the verso of some of the photographs that says "Thornhill".

One image of a Red River Metis cart parked beside a campsite with a tent.

One image of a rancher's log house near Calgary, Alberta, with two unidentified individuals standing with some horses in front of the house.

One image of a rafter joint from an unidentified building.

One image of a polygonal privy at Welcome, Ont.

One image of the front of a house at Port Hope, Ont.

One image of a detail of porch entablature fretwork on a house in Pontypool, Ontario.

One image of an unidentified polygonal church, with the caption "near?" on the verso.

One image of an unidentified polygonal building [appears to be a dead house].

One image of a plough plane.

Twenty-three photographs of plates from Diderot's Encyclopedie, some of which were used in Rempel's books.

One image of a plank constructed house located at the Pickering Museum. Information at the Pickering Museum website identifies the house as the Collins house, from Reach Township and built ca. 1845 (http://www.cityofpickering.com/standard/lifestyle/museum/sitemap.html).

Correspondence relating to plane makers (woodworking).

One image of a set of planes with various body shapes.

One image of two pins from the Fisher home, 1836.

Two images of different pins (or treenails) from an unidentified structure.

One image of 5 different pins from various structures that date from ca. 1814 to ca. 1850.

One image of the demolition of the Pinkney house, built ca. 1824 and demolished ca. 1955, which was situated between Cooksville and Dixie in the Toronto area.

One image of the cornice fretwork on a Picton house.

One image of an attic ceiling in what is identified as a building at the Pickering Museum.

Series is comprised of photographs that were later reproduced in Rempel's work "Ontario architecture", prepared for a class on the History of Architecture that he taught at Danforth Technical School.

Series is comprised of photographs taken from albums of octagonal building constructions.

Series is comprised of loose photographs taken from other sources.

Series is comprised of loose photographs, primarily of buildings and architectural details.

Series is comprised of photographs taken from albums of log building constructions.

Series is comprised of photographs used only in the 1980 edition of Rempel's book "Building with wood."

Series is comprised of photographs used in the 1967 and 1980 editions of Rempel's book "Building with wood."

One image of drawings of plans for rowhouse apartments, built in 1753 at Isle Royale, now Cape Breton Island, and identified on the verso as in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia.

One photocopy of a sketch (gone over again with pen by J. Rempel) of the floor plan for a log house to be built for William Jarvis by Abner Miles, ca. 1794.

Five images of the Peter McArthur log house at Doon Pioneer Village (now Doon Heritage Crossroads) in Kitchener, Ont. Caption on the verso of the image used in the book states "Peter McArthur's log house now in the Pioneer Village, near Doon. Note overhang on both sides which is a very rare type of construction". Also includes a handwritten note regarding the building.

One image of the bell tower of the Perkinsville [Vermont?] Roman Catholic church.

One image of a part of a window frame.

One image of the Paris Plains Methodist Church, a cobblestone church built ca. 1845 and restored ca. 1948.

One image of a the porch and gable fretwork on a house from Paris, Ontario.

One image of an unidentified church. Identified on the verso as from Paris, Ontario.

One image of an ox and cart in front of a barn, with an unidentified man forking hay into the loft.

Material relating to the work of the Historical Documents Preservation Committee, Ontario Association of Architects. Includes reference material such as lists and reports of published and unpublished sources relating to Ontario architecture and architects, proposals for collecting archives, correspondence, clippings, agendas and minutes. Also includes a c.v. of John Rempel.

One image of the Old Mill on Mississauga Road near Toronto.

One image of a barn from Newburgh, Ontario.

One image of an octagonal Toronto barn with a gambrel roof.