Whitby Psychiatric Hospital Barn Fire, 1976
Description
- Creator
- David Mitchell, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Colour photograph showing the fire at the Whitby Psychiatric barn. The Whitby Fire Department is attempting to put out the fire.
- Notes
- The barn at the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital was built in 1919. It served the patients, staff, and doctors at the hospital as part of a fully functioning farm until 1969.
The fire, allegedly started by a patient at the hospital, occurred on 4 November 1976. It took 90 minutes for the barn to burn to the ground. - Date of Original
- 4 November 1976
- Dimensions
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Width: 12.5 cm
Height: 9 cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- A2014_010_012
- Collection
- Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.8490144553659 Longitude: -78.9428263598633
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- Donor
- David Mitchell
- 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.
- Copyright Date
- 1973
- Copyright Holder
- David Mitchell
- Recommended Citation
- Whitby Psychiatric Hospital Barn Fire, 1976, David Mitchell. Whitby Archives A2014_010_012.
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from original photographs.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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