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      Black and white negative of a photograph showing the construction of the Brock Street Bridge over Highway 401. The wooden frame of the bridge is visible in the background.

      Black and white negative of a photograph showing the construction of the Brock Street Bridge over Highway 401. The wooden frame of the bridge is visible in the background.

      Black and white negative of a photograph showing the construction of the Brock Street Bridge over Highway 401. The wooden frame of the bridge is visible in the background.

      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 …

      Myrtle Public School was built in 1880 on the south side of Myrtle Road (Concession 9), west of Highway 12. It closed in 1965 and was demolished in 1978.

      Black and white photographic print showing two unidentified boys standing on Brock Street. There is a dog at left. In the background at left is the residence of Samuel Murdock at 185 Brock Street North and at right is Community Frosted Lockers at 173 Brock Street North.

      Black and white photographic print showing an unidentified boy riding a bike on Brock Street. In the background the residence of Joseph Turansky at 150 Brock Street North is visible.

      Dryden School, so called because it was on the James Dryden farm, was officially known as Union School Section No.6 and it combined Whitby and East Whitby Townships. The school house was built in 1880 on the north-east corner of Concession 7 and Thickson Road. It was closed by the …

      The Argo Petroleum tanks were built at Whitby Harbour in 1938 at the east side of the harbour. The tanks were replaced by larger oil tanks around 1947 and were demolished in the early 1980s.

      Fred Harden was Ontario Athletic Commission champion for 1939 and Bill won for 1940. Fred Harden won the Langevin Cup at track meets at Whitby High School in 1941, 1942, and 1943. Bill won the cup in 1938, 1939, and 1940.

      View looking west on Dundas Street.

      View looking west on Dundas Street.

      The Ontario Country Registry Office was built in 1873 at the south-west corner of Centre and Gilbert Streets. Additions were made in 1929 and 1954. It stood on the same block as the Ontario County Courthouse. The office closed in 1987. Hazel Worfolk was an employee at the Land Registry …

      William Pile was born on the 4th concession of Whitby Township on August 22, 1842. For most of his life he was a farmer on the 8th concession of Whitby Township. He was noted for having missed only two years' attendance at the Canadian National Exhibition (C.N.E.) from its founding …

      Black and white negative showing the large pump in the pumphouse at Lake Ontario. Two unidentified men stand to the side of the pump.

      Black and white negative showing two unidentified men at the water pumping station at Lake Ontario. Both men hold shovels.

      The Waterworks pump house was built in 1904 on the lakeshore between Whitby Harbour and Heydenshore Park. An additional pump house was built o the east of this building in 1959. The original building ceased to be used when a third pump house was completed in 1978.

      George Frederick Carter was born at Colborne, Ontario in 1918. He was the son of William John and Nina M. Carter and the husband of Dorothy E. Carter of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy in February 1940. He was killed on March 28, 1942 by …

      Peter Hogg was born in 191. He was the son of Thomas and Carolyn Hogg. He lived all his life in Whitby and served the Pictou Highland R.C.I.C. on coastal defense. He was killed by a train at the Whitby C.P.R. station on December 6, 1941 and is buried in …

      Alex Brown is a local Whitby area veteran. He is a member of the Royal Canadian Legion. Thomas Gordon Fairman was born near Campellford, Ontario on October 29, 1910 and died in Oshawa on September 28, 1954. He is buried at St. John's Anglican Cemetery in Port Whitby. He came …