Samuel Leask, Sr. winding a grandfather clock Samuel Leask, Sr. at 99 years of age, winding a grandfather clock. In 1892, Leask acquired the Seaside Store, which became Leask's Department Store. In 1899 he was appointed to a committee which was to acquire funding for a public library building from the Carnegie Corporation. He died in 1964. Source of information: Notes on back of photo Koch. p. 135 Article on this Website, see link below.
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Samuel Leask, Sr. at 99 years of age, winding a grandfather clock. In 1892, Leask acquired the Seaside Store, which became Leask's Department Store. In 1899 he was appointed to a committee which was to acquire funding for a public library building from the Carnegie Corporation. He died in 1964. Source of information: Notes on back of photo Koch. p. 135 Article on this Website, see link below.
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