Leonard Carol Racher, 1948
Description
- Creator
- Marjorie Ruddy, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Types
- Photographs
- Negatives
- Description
- Black and white negative showing Leonard Racher surveying the site for the Whitby Community Swimming Pool in Kinsmen Park.
- Notes
- Leonard Carol Racher was born at Utopia in Simcoe County in 1909. He came to Whitby in 1937 to work as a building contractor. He was a great supporter of youth and sports and used his grading equipment to improve town parks.
He suffered a heart attack and died at Oshawa General Hospital at the age of 42 on 20 May 1951. He is buried at Groveside Cemetery, Brooklin. - Inscriptions
- Date of Original
- August 13, 1948
- Date Of Event
- August 13, 1948
- Dimensions
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Width: 11 in
Height: 8 in
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 11in
Image Height: 8in
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 31-009-530
- Collection
- Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.8841297129538 Longitude: -78.9460372924805
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- Creative Commons licence
[more details]- 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
- 1948
- Copyright Holder
- Marjorie Ruddy
- Recommended Citation
- Leonard Carol Racher, 1948, Marjorie Ruddy, Whitby Archives. 31-009-530.
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from copy negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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