Orange Parade On Brock Street
Description
- Creator
- Gertrude Drew, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Types
- Negatives
- Photographs
- Description
- Black and white negative of the Orangemen's Day parade proceeding south on Brock Street. In this image there is a person on a horse leading a line of people. Onlookers gather on the side of the street. There is a banner across Brock Street that reads: 'Remember the Deeds of our Forefathers'.
View looking north on Brock Street from Dundas Street. - Notes
- Orangemen's Day was celebrated on 12 July to commemorate the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, which saw the Catholic King James defeated by the Protestant King William whose victory ensured the continuation of Protestant supremacy in Ireland.
- Date of Original
- 12 July 1937
- Dimensions
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Width: 6 cm
Height: 6 cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 30-015-001
- Collection
- Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.8802013540173 Longitude: -78.9422607421875
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
- Recommended Citation
- Orange Parade on Brock Street, July 1937
Gertrude Drew
Whitby Archives
30-015-001 - Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from original negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
Website:
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