Employees of White & Co.

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Creator

Learey's Photographic Studio, St. Marys, Photographer

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

Photo of five young men who worked for what was known at the time as White & Co., and then later White & May Co.

Also in the file is a photocopy of a short write-up on this photo (from the St. Marys Journal Argus, Jan. 23, 1941, page 2).

The young men are identified as:
Back row (L-R) - James Smith, William Teskey
Front row - George Armstrong, W.H. May, Frank Schooley.

Notes

Condition: Fair. Folded, bent and fingerprinted. Very dirty as well.

Inscriptions

Back *says* incorrectly:
Staff of G.B. Smith (tailors)
1881 (merchant - dry goods)

Text from newspaper:
The five young chaps shown in the above photograph, which was taken in 1881, were all employees of White & Co. (now White & May Co.), dry goods merchants. The central figure at the front is W.H. May, who has been many years head of the firm. The youths in the back row are:-James Smith and William Teskey. In the front row, Geo. Armstrong, W.H. May, Frank Schooley. Mr. May, still active in business, is the only one of the group now living.

Date of Original

1881

Date Of Event

1881

Dimensions

Width: 10.8 cm
Height: 16.4 cm

Image Dimensions

Image Width: 10.2cm
Image Height: 13.9cm

Subject(s)

Dry goods stores
Group portraits
Businesses

Local identifier

1142ph

Collection

St. Marys Museum photo collection.

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

St. Marys

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.2596063644329 Longitude: -81.1424124240875

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Recommended Citation

"Staff of White & Co." St. Marys Museum, 1142ph.

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