Description
Photo of John Thomas Lovell in full dress for the Masonic Order. Badge on display indicates from Georgian District No. 9. Medal around his neck, bowtie, and distinctive mustache. Photograph taken by Gillespie & Co.
John Thomas Lovell moved to North Bay in 1888 and opened a store on 43 Main Street East where he sold Singer Sewing Machines and farm machinery. As the Northern Ontario representative for the Singer Manufacturing Company, he travelled as far west as Sault Ste. Marie on a regular basis. John Thomas Lovell closed the store in the early 1920s before passing away in 1937.
