Brunton Lumber Yard Fire, 1951
- Publication
- Daily Times-Gazette (Whitby edition) (Whitby, ON), 8 February 1951
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Negatives
- Description
- Black and white negative showing the fire at the Brunton Lumberyard at Port Whitby. Members of the Whitby Fire Department are attempting to put out the fire.
- Notes
- The Brunton Lumber Company was built at Whitby Harbor in 1941. The company manufactured ammunition boxes for Defense Industries Limited in Ajax during the Second World War. The company was later sold to General Mills and was destroyed by fire on February 8, 1951.
- Date of Original
- 8 February 1951
- Dimensions
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Width: 10 cm
Height: 13 cm
- Subject(s)
- Corporate Name(s)
- Daily Times-Gazette
- Local identifier
- 08-005-015
- Collection
- Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.8561942299248 Longitude: -78.9262610369873
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- Donor
- Whitby Fire Department
- Copyright Statement
- This item is protected by the Canadian Copyright Act and is intended for one-time use only. Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). It is your responsibility for obtaining these permissions.
- Copyright Date
- 1951
- Copyright Holder
- Daily Times-Gazette
- Recommended Citation
- Brunton Lumber yard Fire, 1951, Daily Times-Gazette, Whitby Archives, 08-005-015.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
Website:
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