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      This house was located at 510 Palace Street. Whitby’s house numbering system was provided by Rev. Dr. James Roy Van Wyck (1877-1941), a retired Presbyterian minister. Van Wyck provided this service to the town, free of charge, during the Great Depression. By the summer of 1935, Whitby had a population …

      Theodore Augustus McGillivray was born on Lot 32, Concession 3, Whitby Township on July 12, 1862. After graduating from Osgoode Hall Law School, he had a law practice in Whitby with John Ball Dow until Mr. Dow died in 1910. He was also Registrar of the Ontario County Court. Theodore …

      This house was located on the east side of Brock Street north, between the Royal Hotel and the Hewis block, and was the residence of the Pringle and later the Heard family. In 1928 it moved to the southwest corner of Brock and Mary Streets.

      This brick house was built at the north-west corner of King and Trent Streets (at 616 King Street) in 1876 for William Green who died in 1884. From 1905 to 1934, it was the home of the family of Arthur Thomas Lawler, a Whitby grocer. The Lawler's delivery wagon is …

      This building was located at 240 Brock Street South (on the west side of Brock Street north of Dunlop Street). Over the years the building was owned by a series of blacksmiths including W.M. Hurlbert. The front wall of the building collapsed after Hurricane Hazel hit on October 15, 1954 …

      The view in this photograph is of Brock Street north of Dundas Street. William Burns' Shoe Store, 113 Brock Street, and George Rice's Hardware store were both located on the east side of Brock Street, north of Dundas Street.

      This photograph shows the Annual Buckle Factory Picnic Parade to Heydenshore Park. The view from this photograph was taken from the Queen's Hotel, looking north on Brock Street from Colborne Street.

      This photograph was taken looking east from the roof of the Gazette and Chronicle building, at the south-west corner of Dundas and Byron Streets.

      The blanket factory was one of three main industries in Whitby during the early 20th century. Whitby’s main industries at this time were a buckle factory; blanket factory and tannery. The blanket factory, as it was locally known, was in operation from 1910 to 1958. Located at 211 Brock Street …

      The blanket factory was one of three main industries in Whitby during the early 20th century. Whitby’s main industries at this time were a buckle factory; blanket factory and tannery. The blanket factory, as it was locally known, was in operation from 1910 to 1958. Located at 211 Brock Street …

      This is a black and white photograph of the Senior Class at the Conversazione.

      Hamar Greenwood was born at Whitby on February 7, 1870 and left Canada for England in 1895. He was chief secretary for Ireland from 1920-1922 and died at London, England on September 10, 1948.

      The residence of Dr. Frank Warren was built in 1847 by Robert Perry on the north side of Dundas Street between Centre and Byron Streets. The tower was removed about 1960 and the house was demolished in 1987. The house in this picture is obscured by trees, with only the …

      The buckle factory was one of three main industries in Whitby during the early 20th century. Whitby’s main industries at this time were a buckle factory; blanket factory and tannery. The Buckle Factory, as it was locally known, was in operation from 1888 to 1964. Located at 300 Brock Street …

      The blanket factory was one of three main industries in Whitby during the early 20th century. Whitby’s main industries at this time were a buckle factory; blanket factory and tannery. The blanket factory, as it was locally known, was in operation from 1910 to 1958. Located at 211 Brock Street …

      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.