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      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 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 was a lawyer in Whitby and became clerk of the County Court in 1881. In 1882 he married Mary Stockton McDonald …

      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.

      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.

      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.

      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.

      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.

      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 …

      Three black and white photographic postcards of Brooklin. The picture to the left is the Canadian Northern Railway Station and water tower south of Brooklin. At centre is a post card of the St. Thomas Anglican Church. At right is Baldwin Street looking north from Roebuck Street.

      This house was located at 110 Baldwin Street. It was built in 1892 by Fred Holliday on Lot 58, Perry's Plan for Mrs. Thomas Jackson Holliday. It was the residence of Brooklin poet David Burns from 1910 to 1922.

      The mill was built in 1848. The Masonic Hall was built in 1871 on the north side of Mill Street (Cassels Road). The Methodist Church was built in 1867 at the south east corner of Mill and Princess Streets.

      The Brooklin Mill Pond Dam was located near the site of Meadowcrest subdivision.

      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 is a black and white photograph of the May Court on the steps of the Loggia of Frances Hall.