Sylvester Earl Briggs, c.1895
Description
- Creator
- Bruce, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- A black and white portrait photograph of Sylvester Earl Briggs (1846-1926).
- Notes
- Sylvester Earl Briggs was born in Whitby Township, east of Myrtle, on April 10, 1846. He moved to Toronto in 1873 and joined Steele Brothers firm with R.C. Steele. R.C. Steele and S.E. Briggs were coworkers in Oshawa prior to joining the firm. In 1900, the company became the Steele Briggs Seed Company and by 1910, Sylvester was the President. As well, he was an honourary director and life member of the Canadian National Exhibition Association and served on the Board of Directors for 17 years. He died at Toronto on June 17, 1926 and is buried in the Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Toronto.
- Date of Original
- c.1895
- Dimensions
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Width: 3.5 cm
Height: 4 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 3.5cm
Image Height: 4cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 31-009-427
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.647628158509 Longitude: -79.3857908248901
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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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