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Friday, October 4, 2024
Exploring Photos: Niagara Township Rural Fair trophy
A trophy won at a rural school fair in 1927. SUPPLIED

This trophy was won by Mary Sheppard (married name Davies), who was named the “Champion Pupil” at the 1927 Niagara Township Rural School Fair. Mary attended SS #4, a school in Queenston. The trophy was presented by T. Eaton Company, more popularly known as Eaton’s, once the largest department store chain in Canada. This silver trophy was found in a landfill in Dorset. The engraving inside the cup reads “Standard’s Co. International S. Co. 1/156” and has embossed images of two oxen pulling a plow with a farmer and the crest of Ontario on either side.

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