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Collection consists of images of Kleinburg. Images depict various aspects of late-19th to early-20th century Kleinburg including Old Mill Race, Mill Pond, Mills, bridge over Humber, Arch Bridge, Kleinburg Dam, construction of Hwy. 27, various streetscapes (for the most part relating to Main St.), etc.

Fonds consists of photographs, including examples of the three earliest photographic processes: daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes. All of the above are formal studio portraits depicting individuals who are presumably members of the Farrand family, [ca. 1855-1865]; a number of the albumen photoprints within the fonds are also formal posed studio portraits, and appear in cartes-de-visite and cabinet card formats. In addition to the Farrand and Snider families, postcards depicting various Woodbridge scenes such as streetscapes, the Pine Ave. Bridge, the Snider House and a barn raising on the same property, the Woodbridge C.P.R. Depot, Woodbridge School, etc. [ca. 1885-1910] are present. Accompanying the fonds is a small grouping of textual material: correspondence between C.J.S Farrand and Mary Wood, 1963-64; a souvenir prize list and program for the 100th Anniversary Woodbridge Fair, 1947; also a small number of three dimensional artifacts accompany the fonds: 2 ribbons from the Woodbridge Fair, "Guest", 1935 and "Hon. Director", 1910, and an imitation pewter atomizer enscriberd "Zoe E. Snider".

Series consists of postcards. Series is the product of the activity of the Vaughan Township Historical Society in the area of acquiring documentation relating to the history of the City of Vaughan and its antecedents; all such material is as a matter of policy donated to the City of Vaughan Archives. Individual postcards constituting the series were purchased over time at various public auctions. The series depicts physical aspects of a number of villages and hamlets in Vaughan Township, as well as the independent Village of Woodbridge. Specifically, images address a number of subjects: dams, churches, cemeteries, bridges, streetscapes, buildings, railroads, mills, bird's-eye views, etc.; geographic jurisdictions within Vaughan Township covered include Kleinburg, Maple, Teston, Pine Grove, Edgeley, and Nashville.

File consists of postcards. Postcards depict various scenes in Woodbridge; among these are bridges (including railroad bridges), trains, roads, agricultural scenes (including a steam-powered tractor pulling a combined mower-reaper), construction scenes, local business enterprises (including the Woodbridge Hotel or Woodbridge House).

Item consists of a plaque from the McEwen Bridge located on Kirby Rd over the Humber River. Reads as follows:
1923
McEWEN BRIDGE
Township of Vaughan
John T. Saigeon Reeve
T.B. Weldrick 1st Deputy Reeve
Geo. Kellam 2nd Deputy Reeve
A.W. Farr Councillor
J.H. Robson Councillor
J.B. McLean Clerk & Treasurer
Britnell & Sheardown, Contractors
Frank Barber, Township Engineer