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Photo is of interior wall with a niche in it. This niche is framed with white wood and contains a clock. Roth notes "clock from Europe in its built-in niche in living room; run by weights - needs to be wound every 24 hours - still works".

Lorraine is visible on the right edge of the photograph, in the centre-right of the photograph is a white two story house. On the left of the photograph is a lawn and trees. Roth notes "1842 - Crown patent to Peter Sommer, front 50 ac.; 1848 - Peter Sommer to Christian Gascho front 50 ac.; 1854 - U. of T. to Peter Sommer, rear 150 ac.; 1856 - Peter Sommer to Christian Gascho, rear 150 ac.; 1867 - Christian Gascho to David Gascho; 1876 - David Gascho to Christian Bier; 1894 - Christian Bier to Peter Bier; 1919 - Peter Bier to Elmer H. Bier; 1926 - Elmer H. Bier to Noah S. Bender; 1943 - Noah and Lena to son Reuben; 1949/50; 1953 - Dorsel (Harold and Helen) to Rudy S. Roth (Sarah); 1958 - Wallace and Betty; 1987 - Kenton and Sandra".

Close up view of plaque which reads "Wilmot Township, 1791 to 1850 --- a brief history. Wilmot Township was designated a Crown Reserve following the Canada Act of 1791 which created Upper and Lower Canada. Following the government survey of Bleam's, Snyder's, and Erb's Roads in 1824, Mennonites from Waterloo Township and Amish from Europe claimed lost along these roads and began clearing roadways and farms. The Canada Land Company opened the Huron Road through thesouthern part of the township in 1828. Soon after, Roman Catholics and Lutherans from Alsace and Germany, Anglicans from the British Isles, and others joined the initial settlers in clearing land and building roads, mills, shops, churches, schools, and villages. In 1842 Wilmot Township sent representatives to council meetings of the newly-formed Wellington district. They adopted the Common School Act and divided the township into school districts. The Baldwin Act, passed in May 1849, established a new framework for municipal government. Townships and incorporated villages were recognized as rural units of government. They gained power to elect their own local officials and to tax land owners for local improvements. On January 21, 1850, in Wilmot Centre, the first elected council of the Township of Wilmot met. The sitting wall at this Oasis in the Centre represents both the foundati[ons] of the 1850 Wilmot Township Hall and the strong community foundation built by those early settlers."

Gable end of two story stone house with covered basement entrance. Roth notes "Windows framed with sandstone from Guelph".

Light blue house, one and a half story, with light blue addition and white addition attached to back of house. Driveway in foreground.

Two story, light blue coloured house, with low white addition on back (left side of photo). Tree is in foreground at the side side. Roth notes "2-storey log house built by / for Christian and Magdalena (Litwiller) Lichti in 1838".

Close up view of one and a half story white house, with single story addition. Roth notes "Log house built in 1844. Lease contract in 1849 S 1/2. Crown patent 1856 S 1/2. Exchange with Leonard Streicher SW 1/4 for NE 1/4, 1859 making Leis property E 1/2. Elmer and Edna (Leis) Brenneman, 1933-1951. Ivan and Wayne Kuntze (1951-)".

Foreground contains gravel, middle ground shows a field. Just beyond the field are a few tombstones, barely visible. Beyond the tombstones are trees. The upper half of the photograph is sky. Roth notes "could be view toward Baden Hills from Huron Rd."

Close up view of white tombstone. Tombstone reads "Joel Roy born June 18, 1851 died July 9, 1933 aged 82 yrs. 21 days at rest". Roth notes "St. Agatha Mennonite Cemetery".

Close up view of the red brick front wall of Poole Mennonite church

White frame house. Roth notes "2nd house on lot has been removed".

Farm at corner of Maplewood Sideroad and 16th Line, East Zorra. Photo taken from the 16th Line. Roth notes "originally laneway may have been here instead of on sideroad". Owners include Samuel Bender, John. N. Roth, Peter Zehr, Joseph R. Zehr, John and Barbara Ruby.

Large red barn in centre of photo. Roth notes "Peter Steinman obtained to Crown Deed to the front 50 acres which he sold to Daniel Hochstetler in 1837. Moses Hostetler purchased this part in 1842 & the rear 150 acres from the U. of T. in 1853".

Foreground of photo contains green lawn. Middle ground shows two houses built very close together but not attached. A red four-wheeler is pulled up onto the porch of the house on the right. Roth notes "southwestern exposure of a 2-storey log house (Christian Lichti - 1838)".

In middle ground of photo, white two-story house with long red barn to the right of the house. Roth notes "2-story log house built in 1840s by John Weicker".