Constable John Thomas
Description
- Creator
- Unknown
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Types
- Negatives
- Photographs
- Description
- Black and white negative of Constable John Thomas standing at Brock Theatre on Brock Street North. He is dressed in uniform.
- Notes
- John Thomas was born at Carmarthen, Wales on 14 November 1885. He came to Whitby as a teenager and worked at the R.J. Flemming farm in Pickering Township and King Brothers' Tannery in Whitby before being appointed as Whitby's night watchman in April 1921. He served in that capacity until his death at the Oshawa General Hospital on 28 January 1950. He is buried at Groveside Cemetery in Brooklin. He often patrolled the downtown with his dog Sport.
- Date of Original
- c.1946
- Dimensions
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Width: 3.5 cm
Height: 2.5 cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 08-003-012
- Collection
- Whitby Online Historic Images Collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.8815623895883 Longitude: -78.9426040649414
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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
Website:
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