Parade for the Opening of Downtown Pavement
Description
- Creator
- Unknown
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Types
- Negatives
- Photographs
- Description
- Black and white negative of a photograph of Almer John Ross's float which was in the parade to celebrate the opening of the pavement in downtown Whitby. Ross is the man in the cab. Some boys have gathered around the float.
The truck is passing the buildings south of the Royal Hotel on Brock Street North. - Notes
- Brock and Dundas Streets were paved in 1921. The Honourable F. C. Biggs, Minister of Public Works, dedicated the pavement in a special ceremony at Brock and Dundas Streets. There were 40 floats in the parade.
- Date of Original
- 29 September 1921
- Dimensions
-
Width: 3.5 cm
Height: 2.5 cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 30-017-009
- Collection
- Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
- Geographic Coverage
-
-
Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.8811324296268 Longitude: -78.9425182342529
-
- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
- Recommended Citation
- Parade for the Opening of Downtown Pavement, September 1921
Unknown photographer
Whitby Archives
30-017-009 - Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from copy negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:405 Dundas Street West, Whitby, Ontario L1N 6A1
For inquires about any newspaper content please contact askreference@whitbylibrary.ca
