Carnegie Library, c.1915
Description
- Creator
- Unknown, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Postcards
- Description
- A black and white photograph of the public library in Whitby, Ontario. A woman is standing outside the library.
- Notes
- This library was created through a Carnegie grant and was known as a Carnegie Library. Construction for the Carnegie Library began in early 1913 and the building was opened in 1914 at the north east corner of Dundas and Byron Streets. The building housed approximately 5,000 books and served as the town's library from 1914 to 1973.
Today the Carnegie Library building is used as a lawyer's office at 132 Dundas Street West, Whitby, Ontario. The Whitby Public Library is now located at 405 Dundas Street West, Whitby, Ontario. - Inscriptions
- Bottom Centre: Public Library, Whitby, Ont.
- Date of Original
- c.1915
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 05-000-009
- 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 photograph.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:405 Dundas Street West, Whitby, Ontario L1N 6A1
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