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      This is a photographic postcard of students from the Onondaga public school. Its date of origin is unknown. The photograph was provided by Don Douglas during a Scan & Share Day event held at the Onondaga Hall on January 14, 2012.

      Stereoview of the Great Lakes Transit Corporation steamboat TIONESTA in port on Lake Superior. In the background is the Cohodas Brothers warehouse. To the left is a railroad boxcar.

      A stereoview of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company RENSSELAER unloading iron ore on the docks at Conneaut, OH.

      A stereoview of unloading coal on the docks at Conneaut, OH.

      Stereoview of the ore docks at Two Harbours, MN. Four lakers are in various stages of loading ore.

      Stereoview of sailors on parade on the training grounds of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station.

      Black and white negative of a photograph showing an image of Whitby looking west from the Ontario Ladies' College. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church is visible at left. At right is the Port Whitby and Port Perry Railway station. The street leading off into the distance is Gilbert Street.

      The Charlie Chaplins were winners of the Whitby Town League in 1920.

      Donald McKay (1837-1914) and Alice Noble ( -1924) had six children: Estella, Ambrose Noble, James Donald, John, Emily Alice, and Janet Louise. Donald taught at Markham Township for a number of years before retiring to mercantile life. He was appointed Ontario County Treasurer in 1890 and held the position until …

      Black and white negative of a photograph showing an image of Whitby harbour looking north-west. A sailboat is moored just to the left of the Watson grain elevator at right. Some of the Ontario Hospital buildings can be seen in the background.

      The lighthouse was built in 1857 and was removed in 1958 when a concrete pier was built to replace the wooden one.

      This boat came from New York.

      This boat came from New York.

      Black and white negative of a photograph showing King Street looking north from Gilbert Street. The house at right is at the north-east corner of King and Gilbert.

      Peter Carmichael and his wife came to Canada in 1850 and settled in Myrtle with their two children, John (1834-1908) and Flora (1845-1929). The purchased land on lot 21 of Concession 9. John Carmichael married Mary Hodges ( -1919) in 1862 at Whitby Township and they had three children: Peter …

      John Webber (1851-1934) emigrated from England in 1870 settling in Whitby. He married Elizabeth Chapman (1851-1926) and they had six children: John Webber (1875-1886), Jessie Margaret Webber (1878-1975), Robert Keast (1880-1955), Ernest William Webber (1883-1956), Leopold Stanley Webber (1885-1953), Wallace Herbert Webber (1888-1919). John Webber was a prominent farmer in …

      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.

      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.

      This summer home was built by Charles J.W. Lowes on lot 35 of Broken Front Concession in Whitby Township. The house overlooks Lake Ontario. It was built in 1918 and destroyed by fire in 1986 or 1987.

      This model barn was built in 1903 on Maple Shade Farm (residence of John Dryden) on lot 20 of Concession 7, east of Thickson Road in Whitby Township. It was built for John Dryden (1840-1909) who was Ontario's Minister of Agriculture from 1890-1905. The barn was demolished c.2000.