Keywords: residential houses homes construction community building labour foundation ontario canada history oil city oilcity sarnia barn raising barnraising party blackandwhite monochrome outdoor black and white Date: 1910 Description: This photograph was taken during a barn raising party. In Canada's early years, community members would frequently get together to raise a barn, bring in the harvest, or complete some other large task that was too much for one man to do alone. In this instance the barn is being raised one and a half miles east of Oil City near Sarnia, Ontario. Accession No.: 975.103.1 Date: 1910 Description: This photograph was taken during a barn raising party. In Canada's early years, community members would frequently get together to raise a barn, bring in the harvest, or complete some other large task that was too much for one man to do alone. In this instance the barn is being raised one and a half miles east of Oil City near Sarnia, Ontario. Accession No.: 975.103.1 |