405 Dundas Street West, c.1970

Publication: Oshawa Times (Whitby edition) (Whitby, ON), 1970

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Creator

The Oshawa Times

Media Type

Image

Newspaper

Item Type

Photographs

Description

A black and white photograph of 405 Dundas Street West.

Notes

This building was built in 1959-60 and officially opened on November 4, 1960 by William K. Warrender, Ontario's Minister of Municipal Affairs. It was partially vacated by the Town of Whitby in 1973 and the upper floor was used by the Whitby Public Library. The Library took over the entire building in 1977 when the new Municipal Office was opened at 575 Rossland Road East. The building was demolished in the summer of 2005 and the site is now the Celebration Square in front of the new Library which opened in May, 2005.

The portraits of the Prime Ministers on the front of the building were painted by two Henry Street High School students, Ruth Read and Rebecca Ryland for Canada's Centennial in 1967. The portrait of Pierre Trudeau was added in 1968.

Date of Original

1970

Dimensions

Width: 10 in
Height: 8 in

Subject(s)

Administrative agencies
Libraries
Municipal government

Personal Name(s)

William K. Warrender ; Ruth Read ; Rebecca Ryland ; Pierre Trudeau

Corporate Name(s)

Town of Whitby ; Whitby Public Library

Local identifier

03-000-040

Collection

Whitby Online Historic Photographs

Geographic Coverage

Whitby

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.8785635865854 Longitude: -78.9462756806564

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