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      Dundas Street School, also known as the model school, was built in 1875 on the north side of Dundas Street west of Garden Street. It was demolished in the early 1960s but additions from the 1950s were renamed Florence Heard Public School in 1974.

      Dundas Street School, also known as the model school, was built in 1875 on the north side of Dundas Street west of Garden Street. It was demolished in the early 1960s but additions from the 1950s remained and were renamed Florence Heard Public School in 1974.

      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.

      The Whitby junction Station was built at the foot of Byron Street on the Grand Trunk Railway in 1903. It closed in 1969 and in 1970 it was moved to the north-east corner of Victoria and Henry Streets for use as an art gallery. In 2004 the Station Gallery was …

      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.

      Black and white negative depicting a photograph of the locomotive of the Grand Trunk train that went between Port Perry and Port Whitby. There are three men standing in front of the train. The coal car is visible. In this picture, the train is located near the uptown station on …

      Dryden School, so called because it was on the James Dryden farm, was officially known as Union School Section No.6 and it combined Whitby and East Whitby Townships. The school house was built in 1880 on the north-east corner of Concession 7 and Thickson Road. It was closed by the …

      The Richard Beckley home was on the north side of the tracks west of Garden Street. It was destroyed by fire about 1942.

      The Merryweather Steam Fire Engine, manufactured in England, served the Town of Whitby from November 1872 to 1926 when it was replaced by two motorized fire trucks. The engine saved downtown Oshawa from destruction by fire on the night of December 8, 1872. In 1934 the Town of Whitby gave …

      The waterworks pumphouse was built in 1904 on the shore of Lake Ontario, east of the harbour. The chimney was removed in the early 1960s.

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

      Black and white negative of a photograph showing an image of a coal carrier being unloaded at the coal sheds east of the slip at the Whitby harbour.

      Joseph Stevens (1881-1963) was a commercial fisherman who operated a family fishing business at Port Whitby from 1917 until the early 1960s.

      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 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.

      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 Wilson family owned and operated a slaughterhouse beside the railway tracks between Dundas and Dunlop Streets.

      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 …