John Thomas's Chicken, 1935
Description
- Creator
- Marjorie Ruddy, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Negatives
- Description
- Black and white negative showing one of John Thomas's prize-winning chickens.
- Notes
- John Thomas was born at Carmarthan, Wales on November 14, 1885. He came to Canada in his teenage years and worked at the R.J. Fleming farm at Pickering Township and King Brothers' Tannery, Whitby before being appointed Whitby's night watchman in April 1921, a position he held until 1949. He was a breeder of chickens, particularly Barred Rock Chickens, and won many prizes at the Canadian National Exhibition and local fairs. He died at Oshawa General Hospital on January 28, 1950 and is buried at Groveside Cemetery, Brooklin.
- Date of Original
- September 1935
- Dimensions
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Width: 3.5 cm
Height: 2.5 cm
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Thomas, John
- Local identifier
- 31-009-541
- Collection
- Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.8798627932898 Longitude: -78.9422255450439
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- Creative Commons licence
[more details]- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
- Recommended Citation
- John Thomas's Chicken, 1935, Marjorie Ruddy, Whitby Archives, 31-009-541.
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from original negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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