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      Black and white negative of a photograph of a group of three photographic postcards showing scenes from Brooklin. The image at left is the Grand Trunk Railway Station and grain elevator at Anderson Street and Winchester Road. The centre postcard shows the Methodist Church at the south-east corner of Mill …

      Black and white negative of a photograph of a postcard showing Green Street looking south toward Colborne Street. The brick house at the far left is the residence of Arthur Allin, located at the north-east corner of Green and Colborne.

      Heydenshore Park was a summer resort established around 1900 east of Whitby Harbour. A number of cottages were built there starting in 1900 and many were demolished in 1965 when the private park was sold to the Whitby Public Utilities Commission. In 1971 Heydenshore Park was sold to the Town …

      David Mathison owned a bakery in Whitby. He was born in Whitby about 1865 and died in Toronto on 8 August 1924. The location of this photograph is unknown.

      The Canadian Northern Railway was built through Concession 5 in 1910. The station was built east of Highway 12 south of Brooklin. It was called 'Brinlook', a form of Brooklin. The station was later moved a short distance and became a residence.

      The Canadian Northern Railway was built through Concession 5 in 1910. The station was built east of Highway 12 south of Brooklin. It was called 'Brinlook', a form of Brooklin. The station was later moved a short distance and became a residence.

      This postcard depicts a class at the Oakland Public School in 1910. The teacher is Kate Halliday Hunter, who briefly taught there; however, she was married on December 28th, 1910, and at that time married women were not permitted to teach. The postcard was sent to her, and dated 1912. …

      This item is a postcard which has a photograph of a class photo taken at Burford Public School. The photo was taken around 1912.

      File Number: 02/pt4/11-1.4 The Welland House Hotel was built in 1853 as a natural springs spa. The baths fell into disuse by 1909. It remained a hotel for many years until it closed in 1993. The building was sold and converted into student residences in 1994.

      Digital copy only. St. Louis congregation began in 1889 when Waterloo Catholics petitioned Reverend Louis Funcken of St. Mary's Church, Berlin (Kitchener) for a Catholic church in Waterloo. The church building was dedicated on January 6, 1891.

      File Number: 15/pt1/10-1.4

      This is a black and white postcard made from a photograph. There is a white trim around the image. The photograph is of the midway at Grimsby Beach which developed in 1910.

      The Barclay family arrived in Canada in 1817 from Fifeshire, Scotland. George and Janet (nee Tullis) were among the first settlers of the Township of Pickering. Lyman T. Barclay (1855-1925) was a lawyer in Whitby and became clerk of the County Court in 1881. In 1882 he married Mary Stockton …

      Black and white negative of a photograph showing members of the St. John's Anglican Church Sunday School sitting on the steps of the pavilion at Heydenshore Park. The minister at top left is Rev. T.J. Dew.

      Whitby Collegiate Institute was built in 1873 and was located on the south side of Colborne Street between King and Centre Streets. The school was demolished in 1975-1976.

      Leslie Moore was a Teamster, a member of the International Brotherhood of Teamststers which was a labour union formed in 1903. Moore died in the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918.

      Black and white negative of a photograph of the members of the Ontario County Council for around 1912. The photograph was taken on the front steps of the Ontario County Courthouse.

      Black and white negative of a photograph depicting the Canadian Northern Railway near Brooklin. Along the tracks, in the background, is a water tower.

      This switching tower was built east of Highway 12 in 1910 when the Canadian Northern Railway crossed the 'Nip and Tuck' Line from Port Whitby to Port Perry.

      The Three Sisters in the Canadian Rockies are probably recognized by more people driving along the Trans-Canada Highway than any of the other mountains in Alberta. The mountain peaks were individually named in 1883 as Big Sister, Middle Sister and Little Sister.