Résultats

      Black and white negative of a photograph showing Whitby from Henry and St. John Streets. View looking north-east shows the Centennial Building and the Ontario County Jail in the background at centre.

      In 1927 the Whitby Bowling and Tennis Club was formed and acquired the property bounded by Brock, Burns, Green, and Pitt Streets. A clubhouse was built on the site in 1931. The property was eventually acquired by the Rotary Club in 1943 and sold to Ontario Housing Corporation in 1973 …

      Dr. John H. McKinney's girls baseball team represented Brooklin and won the Junior Farmers' Championship at Uxbridge in 1932. The photograph was taken following the win. The team also travelled to Port Perry, Greenbank, Whitby, and Blackstock participating in area field days.

      In 1927 the Whitby Bowling and Tennis Club was formed and acquired the property bounded by Brock, Burns, Green, and Pitt Streets. A clubhouse was built on the site in 1931. The property was eventually acquired by the Rotary Club in 1943 and sold to Ontario Housing Corporation in 1973 …

      Black and white negative of a photograph showing a motor boat entering Whitby Harbour. View of the lighthouse on the west pier in the background.

      Black and white negative of a photograph of the beach at Whitby harbour. Photograph taken from the dock. Image shows people wading in the water and people sitting and walking on the dock.

      The Brooklin Spring Fair was initiated by the South Ontario County Agricultural Association, a group of farmers and businessmen in the Township of Whitby that also operated the Oshawa Fair. The first fair, lasting one day, was held at Grass Park on 24 May 1911. By 1915, the Brooklin Spring …

      Norman Russell McCarl (1884-1939) was born in Whitby and moved to Toronto where he worked for the Toronto Transit Commission for 27 years. McCarl was the first shareholder in Maple Leaf Gardens and was a regular visitor to the dressing room after games. McCarl had to have one of his …

      William P. Ashton (1893-1980) was born at Leeds, Yorkshire, England on September 23, 1896 and came to Grand Valley, Ontario at the age of 15. He was a veteran of the First World War and he served overseas in the Second World War. Mr. Ashton was caretaker of the Whitby …

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      A black and white panoramic photograph of part of the Ontario Hospital staff in front of one of the Infirmaries. Back Row: Unidentified, Bill Courtney, Unidentified, Unidentified, McMinn, Unidentified, Unidentified, Jim Greer, Armstrong, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, John Ferguson, Unidentified. Front Row: Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, …

      Ethelbert Cyril Rich was born at Penge, near London, England in 1905 and came to Whitby with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ethelbert Rich in 1920. In 1923, he was hired as an attendant at the Ontario Hospital Whitby. Late on the night of March 12, 1933 while he was …

      This is a black and white photograph of students sitting around round tables at a senior dinner.

      Bell’s Garage was located at 130 Dundas Street West until 1942. In 1942 Bell’s Garage was moved to a location at 211 Dundas Street East. This is a photograph of the location at 130 Dundas Street West. Russell Bell (1893-1977) operated Bell’s Garage from 1932 to 1942.

      Myrtle school was built in 1880 on the south side of the 9th Concession of Whitby Township, a short distance west of Highway 12. It was a board and batten building covered with insubrick in the late 1940s. In July 1940 the building was raised and a basement was built …

      George Washington Post Every was born at Pickering Village on March 3, 1880 and started his career as an engineer in the J.L. Spink Flour Mill in that village. He learned to be an electrical engineer at Niagara Falls and came to Whitby about 1911 to join the Light and …

      This is a black and white photograph of the college faculty. The man in the front row is Rev. Dr. C.R. Carscallen, principal from 1928 to 1948. To his left is the Dean, Miss A.A. Maxwell.

 Marjorie G. Ruddy, The Globe, December 31, 1932, p. 14     Marjorie G. Ruddy was a photographer and newspaper reporter. She came to Whitby in 1917. She attended Whitby High School and the Ontario Ladies College. She founded the first company of the Girl Guides in Whitby in 1930 and enlisted in the Canadian Womens Army Corps (C.W.A.C.) in 1942 where …

      The Lynde House was built during the War of 1812 and moved to Cullen Gardens on August 22, 1986. In June 1988 it was opened as a museum, and closed at the end of 2005, when Cullen Gardens was sold to the Town of Whitby. It has since been moved …

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