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      Jeffrey Flats was the land south of Highway 2 (Kingston Road) through which runs Lynde Creek. The land was settled by William Jeffrey in 1834. The picture is a detail in the lower centre of a photo of the business and professional men of Whitby in 1895.

 W.E. O'Brien, The Globe and Mail (Toronto) ( CTVglobemedia), 17 February 1894     The Brooklin Football Club won many trophies and were champions of the Ontario County League for 1893 with a record of seven victories and two draws. The league consisted of teams from Oshawa, Manchester, Port Perry, Uxbridge, and Brooklin. John Dryden, Ontario Minister of Agriculture, was the Honorary President of …

      Burr Lodge was located at 918 Centre Street South on the block bounded by Centre, James, King and Burns Streets. It was built in the 1850s by James Wallace and in the 1860s and 1870s was the residence of Chester Draper, owner of Whitby Harbour. The verandah around the front …

      May Irwin was a Canadian singer, songwriter, and comic performer who enjoyed popularity and prestige on the American stage from the late 1890s until the end of the 1910s. Key to Irwin’s popularity was her role as a “coon-shouter” and a performer of “coon songs,” deeply racist forms that emerge …

      The original photo is in a large wooden frame and is badly water damaged.

      This was one of three single portraits in a frame with a composite picture of student body in 1894. Katherine Isabella McDowell, daughter of Rev. D.C. McDowell, was born in 1854, and was married to Rev. John James Hare, Principal of the Ontario Ladies' College, on September 28, 1874, at …