George Cormack, 1893
Description
- Creator
- Unknown, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Prints
- Description
- A black and white portrait print of George Cormack.
This photo is from "The Canadian Album, Men of Canada, Volume 2" Edited by Rev. William Cochrane. Published by Bradly Garretson & Co. 1893. - Notes
- George Cormack was born in Aberdeen, Scotland on March 17, 1830. He was an apprentice carpenter for 5 years in Aberdeen and was one of the carpenters who built Balmoral Castle for Queen Victoria. In 1857 he came to Whitby where he started a wholesale and retail lumber business. He shipped a large quantity of lumber of the American market and had interests in timber land in northern Ontario. He died at Whitby on February 20, 1894. He is buried at Union Cemetery, Oshawa.
- Publisher
- Bradley Garretson & Co.
- Date of Original
- 1893
- Dimensions
-
Width: 3.5 cm
Height: 4 cm
- Image Dimensions
-
Image Width: 3.5cm
Image Height: 4cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 31-009-031
- Language of Item
- English
- 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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