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| Nom de l'objet : | Print, Photographic |
| Médium : | Photographic Emulsion/Photographic Paper |
| Numéro d'accession : | BR2009.20.33 |
| Pays d'origine : | Malton/Peel County/Ontario/Canada |
| Date de début de production : | 1953 |
| Description : | A black and white photograph taken at Avro Canada in Malton. The foreground shows Reeve Mary Fix and A.V. Roe Canada President Crawford Gordon Jr. standing in the middle of a group of four unidentified men Everyone is wearing winter overcoats while four of the five men are wearing hats. The four unknown men, and Mary Fix are wearing badges indicating at the are visitors to the plant. The background shows two unidentified workers and one supervisor tending to an aircraft engine. The back of the photograph is stamped with purple and blue ink and reads: 'An Avro Canada Photo Issued with the complements of A.V. Roe Canada Ltd. Malton, Ontario'. |
| Fonctions : | Mary Fix n‚e McNulty (1896-1972) was born in Ottawa in 1896 to a French/Irish family. She was educated in Ottawa and Toronto, graduated from Osgoode School of Law in 1918, and became Ottawa's first woman lawyer. However, despite her achievements she did not receive many important cases and after only two years of working in the legal field she changed careers turning her attention to business where she became a European buyer for a clothing store. In 1931, Mary married virtuoso pianist Alphonse (Albert) Fix and settled in Port Credit. Mary entered into politics locally in 1953 becoming the area's first woman politician. She held many positions and was instrumental in guiding the development and growth of Toronto Township which is now known as Mississauga. She held the position of Reeve for the years 1955, 1957, 1958 and 1961. Mary became Peel County's first female Warden in 1959. Aside from politics, Mary was interested in many aspects of the community. She was a member of the Victorian Order of Nurses, the Mississauga Library Board, a founding member of the Toronto Township Historical Society (today the Mississauga Heritage Foundation), and helped to create the Bradley Museum. This collection of ephemera and artifacts was donated by Christine Cumberland whose family had been close friends of the Fixes. Mary and Albert did not have any children so they bequeathed their belongings to the Cumberlands. Albert Fix died in 1945 and Mary died in 1972 after a second hip surgery. Among her papers were many diaries describing her personal and public life, lots of fictional short stories and files of newspaper articles and letters relating to her many achievements over the years. Among Mary's files was one on the development of Malton in which A. V. Roe of Canada Ltd. (later known as Avro Canada, famous for making the Avro Arrow) plays a huge role. This was a private company founded by Sir Roy Dobson that opened in Malton on December 1, 1945. The company worked closely with Toronto Township Council lending them funds to develop the northern area of Malton, improve local roads, install traffic lights and organize policing and firefighting groups. A.V.Roe of Canada Ltd also built a water reservoir for that area. Note: 2009.20-38 to 2009.20.50 all relate to A.V.Roe of Canada Ltd and came from the same file. |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Mississauga |
| Province de l'établissement : | Ontario |
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