Résultats

      2010 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sidney Paget (1860-1908), an illustrator closely associated with creating a visual identity for Arthur Conan Doyle’s character Sherlock Holmes. The lean, elegant Holmes Paget presented to readers of the Strand magazine worked beautifully with Conan Doyle’s text, and formed the basis …

      Black and white negative depicting a photograph of Concession 7 (Columbus Road) looking west toward Thickson Road. Maple Shade Farm, the residence of of John Dryden, is on the left side of the image. Large trees line the roadway.

      This brick house was built in 1835 on lot 20 of Concession 7 in Whitby Township. It was located on the north side of the the 7th Concession, east of Thickson Road. A second story was added to the house in 1926. It was the residence of James Dryden (1806-1881), …

      Page for January missing.

     

      This 1891 document confirms the High Court of Justice's commission to Frank Smoke for the County of Brant, enabling him to take Affidavits, Depositions, Bail, and other similar actions.

      This 1891 document is the probate of the last will and testament of Dennis Curtin of Paris, documenting his choice of executors and the gifts he made.

      Picture is of the annual Medical School Dinner List, 1891. Note: Dr. George Wesley Hall’s name listed as first year medical student. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      This item is a photograph taken on September 15, 1891 of Thomas Hall and his extended family to commemorate his 85th birthday. Thomas emigrated to Canada from England in 1843 and lived near Brantford.

      Image was taken in January 2010

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      This 1891 photograph depicts Dr. Duncan Marquis, who has been described (by M. Smyth) as "probably the most beloved doctor the village ever had." A native of the village, he left to pursue his medical education but later returned to set up practice in the village of his youth. He …

      (Condition: Good.)

      Sinclair School was built on the north side of Concession 4 (Taunton Road) east of Garden Street in 1874. It was used as a school until it closed in 1979. Sinclair School was demolished in 1992.

      Black and white negative of a photograph of the Ontario County Council from around 1891. The group is positioned on the front steps of the Ontario County Courthouse. Top (5th) row, far right: Donald McKay, County Treasurer. Second row, third from the left: John E. Farewell, County Clerk. Front row, …

      Condition: Very good. Only some yellowing.

      Condition: Very good copy.

      A view of the saw Mill and lime kilns, taken from the south side of the railway tracks.

      Francis James Roche was born at Whitby on October 10, 1865, son of John Richmond Roche, Professor of Mathematics in Newton University, Baltimore, Maryland. He was educated by private tuition at Toronto Collegiate Institute, Trinity College and University of Toronto, from which he graduated in 1886, taking honours in natural …

      William Henry Huston was born at Whitby on June 17, 1859, the son of the town clerk and treasurer, Thomas Huston. He was educated at the Whitby Public School and High School and he matriculated into Toronto University in 1876. He was a teacher at the Whitby Collegiate Institute for …