Residence of John Dryden/Maple Shade Farm
Description
- Creator
- Unknown
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Types
- Negatives
- Photographs
- Postcards
- Description
- Black and white negative depicting the residence of John Dryden also called Maple Shade Farm. The house was photographed from the front. There are vines growing up either side of the front door.
- Notes
- This brick house was built in 1835 on lot 20 of Concession 7 in Whitby Township. It was located on the north side of the the 7th Concession, east of Thickson Road. A second story was added to the house in 1926. It was the residence of James Dryden (1806-1881), John Dryden (1840-1909), William A. Dryden (1881-1949), and John Dryden (1913-2005). The property, known as Maple Shade Farm, was owned by the Dryden family from 1832-1965.
- Inscriptions
- 'Res W. A Dryden/Brooklin Ont' printed on the photograph at left.
- Date of Original
- c.1925
- Date Of Event
- c.1925
- Dimensions
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Width: 3.5 cm
Height: 2.5 cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 28-000-148
- Collection
- Whitby Historic Photographs
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.9744104734013 Longitude: -78.9450073242188
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
- Recommended Citation
- Whitby Archives
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from copy negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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