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      Edwin Walter Evans was born in Pickering Township in 1859 and was a manufacturer and dealer in wood and iron pumps, wind mills and cisterns. He operated this business in Whitby from about 1900 after coming from Claremont. He was the leader of the Claremont Band and after coming to …

      This building was located at 101 Brock Street North. It was built in 1866 and demolished in 1964. It was built for Lowes and Powell, a dry goods company, and called the "Dominion Warerooms." In 1914,the Standard Bank refinished the outside of the building and moved in. The Standard Bank …

      This library was created through a Carnegie grant and was known as a Carnegie Library. Construction for the Carnegie Library began in early 1913 and the building was opened in 1914 at the north east corner of Dundas and Byron Streets. The building housed approximately 5,000 books and served as …

      This library was created through a Carnegie grant and was known as a Carnegie Library. Construction for the Carnegie Library began in early 1913 and the building was opened in 1914 at the north east corner of Dundas and Byron Streets. The building housed approximately 5,000 books and served as …

 Unknown, Whitby, The Best Residential Town near Toronto (1914), 1914     This house is located at the north-east corner of Mary and Pine Streets (at 201 Pine Street). It was built in the 1850s and demolished in 1976. Owners of this house were the Armstrong family, W.H. Higgins, C.F. Stewart, J.B. Laidlaw, and Frank Lloyd Beecroft. The home was called "The …

      A postcard sent from Hugh home to his camily.

      This is a photographic postcard sent by Harris Featherston to his family in Onondaga during World War I. It is possible that the man on the left is Harris Featherston. The original document was provided by Barbara Plant during a Scan & Share Day event held at the Onondaga Hall …

      Three ladies and two children chat in front of the Acton Post Office (built 1913) at 28 Mill Street East.

      This is funeral card of James Norman Hamilton who died on March 21, 1914 at the age of 39 years and 7 months. The original document was provided by Tom and Mary Lu Featherston during a Scan & Share Day event held at the Onondaga Hall on January 14, 2012.

 Unknown, Whitby, The Best Residential Town near Toronto (1914), 1914     St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church was built in 1859 at 508 Byron Street South. It served as a Presbyterian church until 1968.

 Unknown, Whitby, The Best Residential Town near Toronto (1914), 1914     This brick house was located on the block bounded by Centre, James, King and Burns Streets (at 918 Centre Street South). It was built in the 1850s by James Wallace and in the 1860s and 70s was the residence of Chester Draper, owner of Whitby Harbour. The verandah around the …

 Unknown, Whitby, The Best Residential Town near Toronto (1914), 1914     This house was located in the block bounded by Byron, Dundas, and Centre Streets (at 114 Byron Street North). It was built before 1850 and is believed to have been the residence of Peter Perry. It was later the residence of his son Robert Perry who added an Italianate brick …

      The letterhead on the paper which Hugh Calverley used to write home to his mother on January 16, 1914. The ship depicted is the RMS Franconia.

      Mary (Currie) Hume, wife of John Hume and Elsie (Chisholm) Hume, wife of Alex Hume, watch over young Chisholm Hume and Douglas Hume (1913-1929).

 Whitby, The Best Residential Town near Toronto (1914), 1914     The first Whitby Horse Show was held in the Town Park on 15-16 July 1913. The president was Fred Hatch, the vice president was Thomas Cussion, and the secretary was Albert W. Jackson. One other horse show was held in Whitby in 1914 but after that the events were discontinued …

 Rous & Mann, Whitby, The Best Residential Town near Toronto (1914), 1914     Black and white negative of a photograph of an image of Byron Street that was printed in Whitby, the Best Residential Town near Toronto in 1914. View looking north toward John Street shows a tree-lined Byron Street with a house visible at left.

 Rous & Mann, Whitby, The Best Residential Town near Toronto (1914), 1914     This image appeared in the 1914 publication, Whitby, The Best Residential Town Near Toronto.

      Held in February, Conversazione, was a social event held at various schools. It was held at Ontario Ladies' College until the First World War. During the evening, couples would promenade around a hall to the music of an orchestra. This image appeared in the school magazine, Vox Collegii. Ontario Ladies' …

 Whitby, The Best Residential Town near Toronto (1914), 1914     Between 1913-1914, the first docks and piers of concrete were built at Whitby harbour.

 Unknown, Whitby, The Best Residential Town near Toronto (1914), 1914     Heydenshore Park was a summer resort established around 1900 east of Whitby Harbour. A number of cottages were built there starting in 1900 and 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 of …