Whitelaw Family at Ontario Hotel
Description
- Creator
- Unknown, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- A black and white photograph of the Whitelaw family taken behind the Ontario Hotel. From left to right: George, Lew, Margaret, Levina, Aggie and Alex
- Notes
- The Ontario Hotel was located at 124 Brock Street North (at the north west corner of Brock and Elm Streets). Alex Whitelaw was the first caretaker of the Whitby Post Office when it opened in 1910. He had one arm and was a travelling salesman for the Buckle Factory. The Whitelaw family came to Whitby from Reach Township in 1889. Destroyed by fire, September 13, 2017 and demolished.
- Date of Original
- c.1890
- Dimensions
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Width: 10 cm
Height: 6 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 10cm
Image Height: 6cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 01-000-051
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.88342 Longitude: -78.93287
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from a copy negative dated pre-1970.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
Website:
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