Brunton Lumber Yard Fire, 1951
Description
- Creator
- Unknown, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Negatives
- Description
- Black and white negative showing the Brunton Lumber Yard fire at Whitby Harbour. The smoke from the fire is visible in this photograph.
- Notes
- The Brunton Lumber Company was built at Whitby Harbor in 1941. The company manufactured ammunition boxes for Defense Industries Limited in Ajax during the Second World War. The company was later sold to General Mills and was destroyed by fire on February 8, 1951.
- Date of Original
- 8 February 1951
- Dimensions
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Width: 3.5 cm
Height: 2.5 cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 11-001-135
- Collection
- Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.853888 Longitude: -78.936111
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- Donor
- Mrs. Town
- 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
- Brunton Lumber Yard Fire, 1951, unknown photographer, Whitby Archives, 11-001-135.
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from copy negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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