Articles: A professional keeping shop: the nineteenth-century apothecary by Ernst W. Stieb. -- Diffusion and vision: a case study of the Ebenezer Doan House in Sharon, Ontario by W. John McIntyre. -- The playground in nineteenth-century Ontario: theory and practice by Bruce Curtis. -- Research reports: Towards a material history methodology. -- Proxemic patterns : eighteenth-century Lunenburg-German domestic furnishings and interiors by Richard Henning Field. -- All the latest improvements: Vancouver photographic studios of the nineteenth century by David Mattison. -- Research note: 1986 : Cent ans d'exploitation de la cale sèche Lorne, à Lauzon par Serge Rouleau. -- Forum: An approach to historical research in museums by D.R. Richeson. --...