Résultats

      Black and white negative of a photograph of an aerial postcard of downtown Whitby. View looking north-east.

      Black and white negative of a photograph of an aerial postcard of downtown Whitby. View looking south-east.

      One of the first photographs of Whitby taken from an airplane.

      The Whitby Collegiate Institute was built in 1873 and was located on the south side of Colborne Street between King and Centre Streets. The school was demolished in 1975-1976.

      Black and white negative of a photograph of a postcard showing an aerial view of Whitby harbour. View looking south-east shows the Watson grain elevator complex in the foreground. The water pumping station and Heydenshore Park are visible in the background.

      Heydenshore Park was a summer resort established around 1900 east of Whitby Harbour. A number of cottages were built there starting in 1900 and were demolished in 1965 when the private park was sold to the Whitby Public Utilities Commission. In 1971 Heydenshore Park was sold to the Town of …

      The Ontario County Courthouse was built from 1852-1854 on the west side of Centre Street between Ontario Street and Gilbert Streets. The architects were Frederic Cumberland and William Storm of Toronto. The extension at the north end was added in 1866. The building served as a courthouse from 1854-1964. In …

      The waterworks pumphouse was built in 1904 on the shore of Lake Ontario east of the harbour. The chimney was removed in the early 1960's.

      The Whitby junction Station was built at the foot of Byron Street on the Grand Trunk Railway in 1903. It closed in 1969 and in 1970 it was moved to the north-east corner of Victoria and Henry Streets for use as an art gallery. In 2004 the Station Gallery was …

      Black and white postcard of a waterfall coming down between walls of rock on either side. The Standard Chemical Company's smokestack can be seen in the background. Trees can be seen on the rocks on either side of the falls.

      Black and white postcard of thirteen sheep on a dirt path. There's a fence behind the sheep. Behind the fence there's a forest.

      Black and white postcard of a river with trees at the bank and going into a forest on either side. There's a slight fog on the river.

      Black and white postcard of a small waterfalls. There's no way to see where the water comes from. The water looks like its pooling. There's snow on the ground. There are trees behind the waterfalls. There's a man made structure in the trees, it could be a silo.

      The photograph is mounted on cardboard. The photograph has faded with age.

      (Condition: Fair. faded and tattered)

      Black and white postcard of the Standard Chemical Company yard. There's a tall pile of wood on the right. Behind it are large factory buildings with seven smokestacks. On the left side there's a water tower.

      Black and white postcard of the National Wood Factory in South River. There's a field leading into factory buildings. Some of the buildings have piles of wood made into planks.

      Black and white postcard of rapids and waterfalls. There's forest on either side of the river. There's also some rocks on either side of the river too. The rapids make a zig-zag pattern down a steep hill.

      One of the two entrances can be seen on the right. There are stone spheres on either side of the gates. One of these spheres can be seen at the current Rittenhouse Library.

      The Ontario Car Ferry company was formed in 1905 in a joint venture between the Grand Trunk Railway and the Buffalo, Rochester and Pennsylvania Railroad. The two ferries based in Cobourg also perfomed the secondary function of taking passengers and sometimes their cars across Lake Ontario. Business expanded so extensively …