Whitby Centennial Cake, 1955
Description
- Creator
- Lloyd Robertson, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Types
- Negatives
- Photographs
- Description
- Black and white negative showing E.L. Pritchard and G. McTaggart constructing the cake for the Whitby Centennial celebrations. The cake, with electric candles, was placed at Whitby's Four Corners for the Centennial. It was built in the Port Whitby Fire Hall and made of a piece of plywood that was 5 feet x 6 feet.
- Notes
- Whitby celebrated its Centennial of Incorporation as a town from 26 June to 3 July 1955.
- Date of Original
- June 1955
- Dimensions
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Width: 5 in
Height: 4 in
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 30-012-031
- Collection
- Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.8598766237269 Longitude: -78.9329987460327
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- Copyright Statement
- This item is protected by the Canadian Copyright Act and is intended for one-time use only. Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). It is your responsibility for obtaining these permissions.
- Recommended Citation
- Whitby Centennial Cake, 1955, Lloyd Robertson, Whitby Archives. 31-012-031.
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from original negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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