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Vanished Hamilton IV is now available!

Vanished Hamilton IV is NOW IN STOCK and available for purchase on our website http://www.canadianheritagebooks.com

This fourth book in our popular Vanished Hamilton series will highlight some of the charming, captivating and colourful things that have now vanished but have helped make Hamilton so fascinating.

Vanished Hamilton IV chapter excerpt

Vanished Hamilton IV is scheduled to arrive next week, but in the meantime, we will post a few chapter excerpts from this last book in the popular Vanished Hamilton series!

Abstract sculpture
It was playful and controversial

"Public art can be traditional or controversial. Hamilton has had its share of both over the years.....In 1954, the City of Hamilton was just putting the finishing touches on the new Health Centre, located on the northeast corner of James Street South and Hunter Street East.

Suddenly, on a concrete pad in front of the building, Hamilton's first outdoor specimen of abstract art appeared as if by magic. No actual magic was involved. The artist, 27-year-old Bill McElcheran of Dundas, had installed it on the evening of the 14th.

It was a playful looking sculpture with soft curves and three balls balanced between two of the arms. It was modelled directly in cement over a steel armature, with a plastic coating to make it smooth, and the spheres were plastic covered wood."


Be sure to pick up your copy of Vanished Hamilton IV to read more about why this sculpture was such a controversy! Pre-order your copy today from our website and save 30%! http://www.canadianheritagebooks.com

Vanished Hamilton IV

The fourth book in the popular Vanished Hamilton series is now in the final printing stage!

We are looking forward to an end of September release date for Vanished Hamilton IV.

Over the coming weeks we will be posting chapter excerpts and photographs from this much anticipated final book in the Vanished collection.



Pre-orders will be available from our website: http://www.canadianheritagebooks.com

Historic Hamilton Walking Tours (Beasley neighbourhood)

Click on the image for a sample of one of the many walking tours in Footsteps in Time that explore Hamilton's heritage neighbourhoods.

Volume 1 of Footsteps in Time tours Hamilton's four oldest neighbourhoods - Beasley, Central, Corktown and Durand.

Detailed walking tours help you to experience the city's first neighbourhoods how they are today and in years gone by.

This tour features Oakwood, the home of former Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson during his university years, 1910-1914.

To purchase Footsteps in Time, please visit our website at http://www.canadianheritagebooks.com.

Vintage Burlington - Brant/Lakeshore Then & Now

Visit our Vintage Burlington Facebook Page for more Then & Now photographs of Burlington!

Shown here in the top photo from Images of Burlington, is the intersection of Brant and what is now Lakeshore Road, taken during the early part of the 20th century. Horse and buggy's and hitching posts can be seen in the photograph.

The bottom photo is the same intersection today, with cars and high-rise buildings dominating the scene.

To purchase Images of Burlington and see more old photographs, please visit our website at: http://www.canadianheritagebooks.com.