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Rous & Mann, Whitby, The Best Residential Town near Toronto (1914), 1914     Black and white negative of a photograph of an image of Byron Street that was printed in Whitby, the Best Residential Town near Toronto in 1914. View looking north toward John Street shows a tree-lin

    Black and white negative of a photograph showing William Pellow sitting in a buggie in front of his home on King Street. The brick wall at right surrounded the Ontario County Jail at the south-east c

    Black and white negative of a photograph of a postcard of an aerial view of Whitby taken from the water tower on Euclid Street. View looking south-east shows All Saints' Anglican Church (left) and th

Rous & Mann, Whitby, The Best Residential Town near Toronto (1914), 1914     This image appeared in the 1914 publication, Whitby, The Best Residential Town Near Toronto.

    Black and white negative of a photograph of a postcard showing Whitby from the top of the water tower on Euclid Street. View looking south-east shows All Saints' Anglican Church at left and the Metho

    Held in February, Conversazione, was a social event held at various schools. It was held at Ontario Ladies' College until the First World War. During the evening, couples would promenade around a hal

    Adam Duff (1819-1896) and Rachel Park (1833-1920)were married at Pickering Township in 1849, both having emigrated from Ireland. They had seven children. They owned a large farm on Concession 8 in Wh

    The residence of John Allin was on the west side of Hopkins Street north of the Grand Trunk Railway (Canadian National Railway) on lot 23 of Broken Front Concession in Whitby Township. The house was

    This barn on the John Allin farm was on the west side of Hopkins Street north of the Grand Trunk Railway (Canadian National Railway) on lot 23 of Broken Front Concession in Whitby Township. The barn

    The Goldring store was operated by the Goldring family from 1911 until it was demolished in 1967. It was located at 1506 Brock Street South, Port Whitby.

    The National Hotel was located at the north-east corner of Brock and Water Streets, opposite the slip at the harbour. It was built before 1857 and closed in the 1880s. The hotel was demolished someti

Whitby, The Best Residential Town near Toronto (1914), 1914     Between 1913-1914, the first docks and piers of concrete were built at Whitby harbour.

Unknown, Whitby, The Best Residential Town near Toronto (1914), 1914     Heydenshore Park was a summer resort established around 1900 east of Whitby Harbour. A number of cottages were built there starting in 1900 and were demolished in 1965 when the private park was sold

Unknown, Whitby, The Best Residential Town near Toronto (1914), 1914     The Ontario County Courthouse was built from 1852-1854 on the west side of Centre Street between Ontario Street and Gilbert Streets. The architects were Frederic Cumberland and William Storm of Toron

    This view is looking north across the fields south of Ontario Ladies College.

    View looking west on Dundast Street in front of the library at Byron Street.

    View looking north on Byron Street toward John Street.

    Black and white negative of a photograph of the Ontario County Council of 1914. This photograph was taken on the lawn of the Ontario County Courthouse.

Whitby, The Best Residential Town near Toronto (1914), 1914     The first Whitby Horse Show was held in the Town Park on 15-16 July 1913. The president was Fred Hatch, the vice president was Thomas Cussion, and the secretary was Albert W. Jackson. One other horse

    William Melzar (Milton) VanValkenburgh was born in Northumberland County, Ontario on December 6, 1858. He was employed by the Grand Trunk Railway for nearly 50 years and came to Whitby in 1887. He wa