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Family church

Order Reproduction

Family church

Date6/9/1982

Names

Beck, Adam, 1857-1925 (subject)

Brennan, Pat (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Family church: Adam Beck's father, Jacob, founder of Baden, donated this Lutheran church to the community and it was here that Beck turned on the community's first electric lights in 1911, using power from Niagara Falls.

Subject

Electric utilities

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0031457F

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