Oswald Smith, December 1, 1948

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Creator

Ruddy, Marjorie Georgina, 1908-1980, Photographer

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Negatives

Description

Oswald Smith at the pulpit of Whitby Baptist Church.

Notes

Oswald Smith was a Canadian pastor and evangelist who is best known as a pastor of The Peoples Church in Toronto.

The Peoples Church in Toronto got its name on October 1, 1933. It operated from 100 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario from July, 1934 – October 28, 1962. Afterwards it moved to its present location at 374 Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario.

This Peoples Church began in Toronto in 1928 and was known as The Cosmopolitan Tabernacle. Later it changed its name to The Toronto Gospel Tabernacle.

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The Whitby Baptist Church was built in 1869 at at 300 Colborne Street West as a Canada Presbyterian Church. In 1875 it joined with St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. The next year it became Whitby Baptist Church and operated in that building until 1967 when a new church was built on Gilbert Street East. The building was demolished in 1977.

Inscriptions

Envelope: Dr. Oswald Smith (People's Church) Toronto / Whitby Baptist / Dec 1/48

Date of Original

December 1, 1948

Date Of Event

December 1, 1948

Dimensions

Width: 5 in
Height: 3 in

Subject(s)

Churches

Personal Name(s)

Ruddy, Marjorie Georgina ; Smith, Dr. Oswald

Corporate Name(s)

People's Church Toronto ; Whitby Baptist Church

Local identifier

A2013_040_1237

Collection

Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Whitby

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.8831167160454 Longitude: -78.9407908916673

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