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This artificial collection contains more than 6,000 images, mainly of London Ontario and southwestern Ontario region. Subjects include: buildings and streetscapes, civic events, exhibitions and royal visits, farm scenes, industrial scenes and railways, natural and other disasters, individuals (officials, academics etc.), groups (workers, school children, etc.), recreational scenes and sporting events. The images were largely removed from their original context in family or other fonds.

The Ontario Postcard Collection comprises over four thousand images of Ontario places, with a particular emphasis on southwestern Ontario. Approximately 2000 postcards are of London, Ontario only. Also there are few hundred photographic postcards catalogued amongst the Postcard Collection.

The postcards depict the following aspects of urban and rural life: street scenes: aerial views, business districts, city squares; buildings : town halls, churches, residences, businesses; railways: trains, stations, bridges;harbour scenes: beaches, fishing, ships;sports and recreation: parks, team pictures, action shots, motoring; disasters: storms, fires, accidents; rural life: farm scenes, harvesting, market day; industrial scenes: factories, oil gushers, mining.

Collection contains records related to the history of the Medical Faculty at Western University in London, Ontario between 1886-1993. Records include photographs, exams and notes, lecture materials and physician papers and certificates.