London Ontario in Colour Photos: Saving Our History One Photo at a Time

Barbara Raue, a wife, mother and grandmother, is an avid reader and writer. She has researched and compiled several family histories. In 2010, Barbara published her book ＂Coins of Gold,＂ which celebrates the courageous life of her mother. Barbara’s second book is a historical fiction ＂Arrows, Indians and Love＂ which takes place in Boonesborough, Kentucky during the time of Daniel Boone. Barbara published her third book, ＂The Life and Times of Barbara＂ and completed nine volumes in that series, namely, Inventions, Entertainment, East Coast Trips, Olympics, Wonders of the World, Caribbean Cruises, Animals, Storms and Other Major Disasters in My Lifetime, and Wars, Terrorist Attacks and Major Disasters of the 20th and 21st centuries. In 2013 Barbara published her book on the history of The Cromwell Family. In the meantime, Barbara is pursuing her other interest of photography with a desire to Save Our History One Photo at a Time by preserving a record through photos of old buildings from the 1800s and early 1900s with their unique architecture. Many old buildings in some cities and towns were torn down in the 1950s through 1970s. Others are slated for destruction. In many towns, the desire is to preserve some of our architectural heritage. Nature also has a way of intervening in those efforts (one example is the tornado that swept through Goderich in March 2011 and destroyed many buildings). Barbara completed 32 volumes of photos of Towns of Ontario with black-and-white photos. Now Barbara is preparing books with colour photos and has completed a dozen volumes, and re-done three previous towns in colour photos.