Elora pictures, legal documents, notes, and clippings used by J. Connon as research for his book on the history of Elora, Elora 1850-1906. 1850- 1906.
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Elora, Ont.
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Born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Connon came to Canada in 1852. He invented the film roller in 1881, but his idea was appropriated by an employer of a Toronto supply dealer to whom he had written proposing his idea. These ealier records concern his store in Elora, known as Connon and Henderson (1860-1861). Also includes family papers and accounts. From the description of Accounts, personal papers and correspondence of Thomas Connon, merchant and photographer of Elora, Ont., 1859-1864...
Connon, John Robert, 1862-
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