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  • Uptown Railway Station
    Uptown Railway Station
    ImageObject       The railway station for the Port Whitby and Port Perry Railway was built in 1870 at 415 Dundas Street East. It was used as a station until 1963 and demolished in 1969.
    ImageObject     The railway station for the Port Whitby and Port Perry Railway was built in 1870 at 415 Dundas Street East. It was used as a station until 1963 and demolished …
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  • Rosshill Tourist Cabins, 1944
    Rosshill Tourist Cabins, 1944
    Image       The Ross Hill Cabins, originally called Hilltop Cabins, were established by George Ross in 1935 on the south side of Dundas Street, east of Hopkins street where Owasco Volkswagon is today. They were located at 1425 Dundas Street East. The gas station and cabins were demolished about 1972-1973.Whitby’s house numbering …
    Image     The Ross Hill Cabins, originally called Hilltop Cabins, were established by George Ross in 1935 on the south side of Dundas Street, east of Hopkins street where Owasco Volkswagon is …
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  • Brooklin Dodgers, 1944
    Brooklin Dodgers, 1944
    Image       This photograph was taken the year the Brooklin Dodgers were Rural Champions.
    Image     This photograph was taken the year the Brooklin Dodgers were Rural Champions.
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  • Front of the Brock Theatre
    Front of the Brock Theatre
    Image       Brock Theatre was located at 129 Brock Street North. It was built by William G. Goodman and John G. Strathy in 1937-8. The theatre opened April 7, 1938.
    Image     Brock Theatre was located at 129 Brock Street North. It was built by William G. Goodman and John G. Strathy in 1937-8. The theatre opened April 7, 1938.
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  • Front of the Brock Theatre and shops next door
    Front of the Brock Theatre and shops next door
    Image       Brock Theatre was located at 129 Brock Street North. It was built by William G. Goodman and John G. Strathy in 1937-8. The theatre opened April 7, 1938. (This photograph is similar to Local Identifier: 01-000-225 but shows more of the streetscape.)
    Image     Brock Theatre was located at 129 Brock Street North. It was built by William G. Goodman and John G. Strathy in 1937-8. The theatre opened April 7, 1938. (This photograph …
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  • Ashburn General Store
    Ashburn General Store
    Image       Ashburn General store was located at 8990 Ashburn Road (on the south-west corner of Ashburn Road at the 9th concession of Whitby Township).
    Image     Ashburn General store was located at 8990 Ashburn Road (on the south-west corner of Ashburn Road at the 9th concession of Whitby Township).
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  • Joseph Wesley Piatti Grocery Store
    Joseph Wesley Piatti Grocery Store
    Image       J.W. Piatti's Grocery Store was located at 58 Baldwin Street in what was formerly known as the Balfour building.
    Image     J.W. Piatti's Grocery Store was located at 58 Baldwin Street in what was formerly known as the Balfour building.
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  • Joseph Wesley Piatti Standing in Front of Grocery Truck
    Joseph Wesley Piatti Standing in Front of Grocery Truck
    Image       J.W. Piatti's Grocery Store was located at 58 Baldwin Street in what was formerly known as the Balfour building.
    Image     J.W. Piatti's Grocery Store was located at 58 Baldwin Street in what was formerly known as the Balfour building.
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  • Girls on Dundas Street West
    Girls on Dundas Street West
    Imagemystery       A black and white photograph of four girls standing in front of a store at 116 Dundas Street West. Herb Wilson's meat market can be seen to the right of this photograph. From left to right: unidentified, Verla, Anne Wilke, Marie Hicks.
    Imagemystery     A black and white photograph of four girls standing in front of a store at 116 Dundas Street West. Herb Wilson's meat market can be seen to the right of …
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  • Snow piled at the Four Corners
    Snow piled at the Four Corners
    Image       The snow in this photograph may be from the great snow storm of December 1944.
    Image     The snow in this photograph may be from the great snow storm of December 1944.
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  • Commissioning Crew for H.M.C.S. Whitby, June 1944
    Commissioning Crew for H.M.C.S. Whitby, June 1944
    Image       The Corvette H.M.C.S. Whitby was launched at Midland, Ontario on September 18, 1943 and commissioned on June 6, 1944. She did not arrive at Halifax until August 16 owing to a layover en route at Shelburne for repairs. Following workups in Bermuda in September she sailed direct to St. John's, …
    Image     The Corvette H.M.C.S. Whitby was launched at Midland, Ontario on September 18, 1943 and commissioned on June 6, 1944. She did not arrive at Halifax until August 16 owing to …
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  • H.M.C.S. Whitby, 1944
    H.M.C.S. Whitby, 1944
    Imagemystery       The Corvette H.M.C.S. Whitby was launched at Midland, Ontario on September 18, 1943 and commissioned on June 6, 1944. She did not arrive at Halifax until August 16 owing to a layover en route at Shelburne for repairs. Following workups in Bermuda in September she sailed direct to St. John's, …
    Imagemystery     The Corvette H.M.C.S. Whitby was launched at Midland, Ontario on September 18, 1943 and commissioned on June 6, 1944. She did not arrive at Halifax until August 16 owing to …
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  • H.M.C.S. Whitby at Midland, Ontario, 1944
    H.M.C.S. Whitby at Midland, Ontario, 1944
    Image       The Corvette H.M.C.S. Whitby was launched at Midland, Ontario on September 18, 1943 and commissioned on June 6, 1944. She did not arrive at Halifax until August 16 owing to a layover en route at Shelburne for repairs. Following workups in Bermuda in September she sailed direct to St. John's, …
    Image     The Corvette H.M.C.S. Whitby was launched at Midland, Ontario on September 18, 1943 and commissioned on June 6, 1944. She did not arrive at Halifax until August 16 owing to …
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  • H.M.C.S. Whitby at Midland, Ontario, 1944
    H.M.C.S. Whitby at Midland, Ontario, 1944
    Image       The Corvette H.M.C.S. Whitby was launched at Midland, Ontario on September 18, 1943 and commissioned on June 6, 1944. She did not arrive at Halifax until August 16 owing to a layover en route at Shelburne for repairs. Following workups in Bermuda in September she sailed direct to St. John's, …
    Image     The Corvette H.M.C.S. Whitby was launched at Midland, Ontario on September 18, 1943 and commissioned on June 6, 1944. She did not arrive at Halifax until August 16 owing to …
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  • Portrait Photograph of Evans Gerow Michael, c.1944
    Portrait Photograph of Evans Gerow Michael, c.1944
    Imagecomment       Evans Gerow Michael was born at Oshawa on November 13, 1916, son of Howard and Laura May Michael, of Oshawa, Ontario; husband of Phyllis Isabelle Michael, of Oshawa. He enlisted in the army with the Armored Corps as a master mechanic in February 1943. He graduated from the Army Trade …
    Imagecomment     Evans Gerow Michael was born at Oshawa on November 13, 1916, son of Howard and Laura May Michael, of Oshawa, Ontario; husband of Phyllis Isabelle Michael, of Oshawa. He enlisted …
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  • Portrait Photograph of Trooper Douglas Edward Harper, c.1944
    Portrait Photograph of Trooper Douglas Edward Harper, c.1944
    Image       Douglas Edward Harper was born at Oshawa on November 27, 1922, son of Irvel Edwin and Flossie M. Harper. He lived most of his life in Whitby, Ontario. He enlisted in September 1943 in the South Alberta Regiment R.C.A.C. with the 29th Armd. Reconnaissance Regt. unit. Hewent overseas in July …
    Image     Douglas Edward Harper was born at Oshawa on November 27, 1922, son of Irvel Edwin and Flossie M. Harper. He lived most of his life in Whitby, Ontario. He enlisted …
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  • Portrait Photograph of Harold Francis Bratley, c.1944
    Portrait Photograph of Harold Francis Bratley, c.1944
    Image       Harold Francis Bratley was born on January 25, 1924 at Whitby, son of Herbert and Hazel Bratley. He was a member of the Ontario Regmiment Reserve for two years until he joined the active forces on March 29, 1943. He went overseas in November 1943 and went into action on …
    Image     Harold Francis Bratley was born on January 25, 1924 at Whitby, son of Herbert and Hazel Bratley. He was a member of the Ontario Regmiment Reserve for two years until …
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  • H.M.C.S. Whitby at Midland, Ontario, 1944
    H.M.C.S. Whitby at Midland, Ontario, 1944
    Image       The Corvette H.M.C.S. Whitby was launched at Midland, Ontario on September 18, 1943 and commissioned on June 6, 1944. She did not arrive at Halifax until August 16 owing to a layover en route at Shelburne for repairs. Following workups in Bermuda in September she sailed direct to St. John's, …
    Image     The Corvette H.M.C.S. Whitby was launched at Midland, Ontario on September 18, 1943 and commissioned on June 6, 1944. She did not arrive at Halifax until August 16 owing to …
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  • H.M.C.S. Whitby at Midland, Ontario, 1944
    H.M.C.S. Whitby at Midland, Ontario, 1944
    Imagemystery       The Corvette H.M.C.S. Whitby was launched at Midland, Ontario on September 18, 1943 and commissioned on June 6, 1944. She did not arrive at Halifax until August 16 owing to a layover en route at Shelburne for repairs. Following workups in Bermuda in September she sailed direct to St. John's, …
    Imagemystery     The Corvette H.M.C.S. Whitby was launched at Midland, Ontario on September 18, 1943 and commissioned on June 6, 1944. She did not arrive at Halifax until August 16 owing to …
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  • H.M.C.S. Whitby at Midland, Ontario, 1944
    H.M.C.S. Whitby at Midland, Ontario, 1944
    Imagemystery       The Corvette H.M.C.S. Whitby was launched at Midland, Ontario on September 18, 1943 and commissioned on June 6, 1944. She did not arrive at Halifax until August 16 owing to a layover en route at Shelburne for repairs. Following workups in Bermuda in September she sailed direct to St. John's, …
    Imagemystery     The Corvette H.M.C.S. Whitby was launched at Midland, Ontario on September 18, 1943 and commissioned on June 6, 1944. She did not arrive at Halifax until August 16 owing to …
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