William James Luke, c. 1895
Description
- Creator
- O'Brien, W.E., Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- A black and white portrait photograph of William James Luke (1859-1938).
- Notes
- William James Luke was born at Whitby on September 29, 1859. He was a member of the Public Utilities Commission of Whitby for 28 years, retiring in 1934. He was a member of the town council, a prominent Mason and secretary-treasurer of the Methodist Tabernacle Sunday School. He worked for Grand Trunk Railway in his youth on the Whitby-Lindsay line, was foreman for some years with the Watrous Engine Works at Brantford, and worked with his father in a cooperage business. He later sold and repaired bicycles and in 1914 opened the first Ford car dealership in Whitby on the south-west corner of Dundas and Centre Streets. He died at Whitby on January 25, 1938, and is buried at Groveside Cemetery, Brooklin.
- Inscriptions
- Bottom of photograph reads: "W.E.O'BRIEN WHITBY,ONT"
- Date of Original
- c. 1895
- Dimensions
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Width: 10 cm
Height: 12.5 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 10cm
Image Height: 12.5cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 31-009-043
- 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.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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