Gordon Osborne, ca.1965
Description
- Creator
- Lenscraft Photography, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Black and white portrait photograph of Gordon Osborne.
- Notes
- Gordon Osborne was born at St. Thomas on 2 August 1912. He came to Whitby in 1937 by way of Kingston as the manager of the Agnew Surpass Shoe Store. In 1939, he became Oshawa District Manager of the Empire Life Insurance Company and in 1950 he opened a real estate business in Whitby.
Osborne was a Town Councillor in 1945 and member of the Board of Education in 1946-1947. He acted as secretary for the Whitby Chamber of Commerce in the 1940s and was Whitby's first part-time Industrial Commissioner from 1951 to 1952.
From 1949 to 1953, Osborne was head of the Whitby Swimming Pool Campaign which oversaw the construction of the outdoor pool in Kinsmen Park. He also taught Sunday School at Whitby Baptist Church for more than 20 years. Osborne was very active in community services groups including Whitby Kiwanis Club and the Whitby branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society.
Osborne moved to Oshawa by 1960 and died there on 1 September 2002. He is buried in Mount Lawn Cemetery. - Date of Original
- ca.1965
- Dimensions
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Width: 8 in
Height: 10 in
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Osborne
- Local identifier
- 31-009-585
- Collection
- Carl Mantz fonds
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.88342 Longitude: -78.93287
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- Donor
- Douglas Mantz
- 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.
- Recommended Citation
- Gordon Osborne, ca.1965, Lenscraft Photography. Whitby Archives 31-009-585
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from print.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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