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Summer of 76
If you wish you could go back to the summer of 76 to relive your youth or experience it for the first time, we have exciting news for you! One of our volunteers, Will Pearson, has created a new exhibit for the Trent Valley Archives titled “A Peterborough Summer: 1976.”
Featuring photographs he scanned from our Peterborough Examiner collection of negatives, the exhibit highlights what summer in Peterborough looked like 50 years ago through its thoughtful curation of snapshots taken by Examiner photographers in 1976.
The exhibit will be coming to Dreams of Beans Café (141 Charlotte Street in Peterborough) in August, and will officially open on Friday, August 7 during the First Friday Art Crawl from 6pm-9pm. After the opening, the exhibit will be available to view anytime the café is open between August 7 and September 2.
Prior to the exhibit opening, it will be popping up at the DBIA “Movies at the Park” event on Tuesday, July 28 at the Quaker Foods City Square on Charlotte Street.
We hope you’ll take the opportunity to be transported back in time this summer!
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Due to unforeseen circumstances the Summer of 76 exhibit will not be popping up at the DBIA Movies at the Park event tonight but is still on track to open at Dreams of Beans next Friday! ... See MoreSee Less
Our first "A Peterborough Summer: 1976" pop-up at the DBIA's Second Saturday Sidewalk sale was a success! If you missed the opportunity to be transported back in time to the 1970s and feel like a kid again, the exhibit will be popping up at the DBIA's "Movies at the Park" event this Tuesday, July 28 at the Quaker Foods City Square. Curated by Trent Valley Archives volunteer Will Pearson, the exhibit features photographs he scanned from our Peterborough Examiner collection of negatives. Focusing on everyday citizens and moments in their daily lives, the exhibit is an excellent snapshot of what summer in Peterborough looked like 50 years ago. From iconic Peterborough moments to casual summer activities, this exhibit has it all! After the pop-up on Tuesday, the exhibit is headed to Dreams of Beans Café (141 Charlotte Street in Peterborough), where it will be on display from August 7 to September 2 anytime the café is open. An official opening event has also been planned on Friday, August 7 from 6pm to 9pm during the First Friday Art Crawl. ... See MoreSee Less
Thank you to Arthur Newspaper and Co-Editor Louanne Morin for attending our Tragic Tales tour in Little Lake Cemetery last Friday and writing a wonderful article about her tour experience, complete with photographs! We think the article captures the essence of the tour well, and highly encourage you to check it out on their website. If you missed the tour last week, we're running it again next Friday, July 31, and there are still tickets available! Tickets cost $20 each and can be purchased on Eventbrite, here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/tragic-tales-tickets-1988560432785?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=trueImage Credit: Louanne Morin. ... See MoreSee Less
On our Tragic Tales tour, you'll be transported back in time to turn-of-the-century Peterborough when industry was booming and the growing population continued to expand the city limits. A time of excitement and possibility, late 1800s and early 1900s Peterborough was also a time fraught with many tragedies.As you walk through picturesque Little Lake Cemetery Highland Park Funeral Centre & Little Lake and Highland Park Cemeteries and pay your respects at the final resting places of the victims, you'll hear the stories of several of these tragedies, from the personal, like the fatal love triangle that took Thomas Pacey's wife from him, to the widespread, like the notorious Quaker Oats fire. Each helps to paint a picture of what life was like for every day citizens as they navigated technological advancements and a quickening pace of life. The tour is running THIS FRIDAY, July 17 at 7pm. Tickets cost $20 each, and can be purchased on Eventbrite, here: www.eventbrite.ca/o/9633726313 Can't make it this Friday? We'll be running the tour once more on Friday, July 31, also at 7pm. NOTE: This is a walking tour in Little Lake Cemetery that covers a large portion of the cemetery grounds. It stays on the main roadways whenever possible, but covers some uneven and hilly ground and may not be accessible to everyone. [Image Caption: A portion of the 1875 Birds' Eye Map of Peterborough, showing the centre of town, the Ashburnham Bridge spanning the Otonabee River, and part of Ashburnham itself.] ... See MoreSee Less
