Andrew Miller Ross, 1926
Description
- Creator
- Unknown, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Prints
- Description
- A black and white photograph of Andrew Miller Ross. In this picture Mr. Ross is standing on a dock at Lake of Bays, Bigwin Island, Muskoka, where he was attending a public utilities convention.
- Notes
- Andrew Miller Ross was born at Edinburgh, Scotland on October 9, 1851 and came to Whitby in 1856. As a young man he moved to Rockford, Illinois where he was married in 1875. He returned to Whitby about 1879 where he worked as a dry goods merchant for over forty years. He was Deputy Reeve of Whitby in 1894 and Mayor from 1900-1902. He was responsible for planting many trees on the streets of Whitby. He died at Whitby on January 19, 1936 and is buried at Mount Lawn Cemetery, Whitby.
- Date of Original
- June 25, 1926
- Dimensions
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Width: 10 cm
Height: 12 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 10cm
Image Height: 12cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 31-002-016
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 45.3075 Longitude: -79.006388
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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.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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