Major Harper, c.1875
Description
- Creator
- Unknown, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- A black and white photograph of Major Harper.
- Notes
- Major Harper was born in Whitby on November 1, 1835. Throughout his life he worked as a carpenter and builder of woodworking machinery. In 1853 Mr. Harper and Stephen Gross established the Whitby Planing Mill and Sash Factory at the south west corner of Brock Street and Mary Street. Mr. Harper ran the machine shop and designed the machinery used in it. Major Harper and his father, Walter Harper, did all the woodwork for the Ontario County Courthouse in 1853 and all the woodwork in the stations and freight sheds between Toronto and Cobourg built by the Grand Trunk Railway in 1856. In 1875 Mr. Harper made his son Ernest a partner in the business and moved the Planing Mill to Mary Street East. Major Harper was a town councilor from 1872-1874, Deputy Reeve from 1875-1876, Reeve in 1878 and Mayor of Whitby from 1879-1880. From 1881 to 1917 he was the Whitby Police Magistrate. He died at Whitby on April 27, 1917 and is buried at Union Cemetery, Oshawa.
- Inscriptions
- W. Bro. Major Harper W.M. 1887
- Date of Original
- c.1875
- Dimensions
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Width: 6 cm
Height: 6 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 6cm
Image Height: 6cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 31-002-010
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from a copy negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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