Henry George Perry, 1980
Description
- Creator
- Unknown, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Negatives
- Description
- A black and white negative of a portrait of Mr. Henry George Perry.
- Notes
- Henry George Perry was born at Franktown,Ontario on October 31, 1920. He move to the Myrtle district in 1928 and to Port Whitby in 1936 where he remained the rest of his life. He worked for the Whitby Public Utilities Commission and General Motors before becoming Manager of the Whitby Liquor Store which opened in 1954. During the Second World War he served with the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. In the early 1960s Mr. Perry was a member of the Whitby Public School Board. He joined the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 112 in 1959 and became one of its outstanding members, serving as President from 1976-1981. He was named a life member in 1982. He was Legion Zone Commander from 1981-1984 and received the Legion's Meritorious Service Award in 1989. He was one of the founders of the Port Whitby Ratepayers' Association in 1950 and was Chairman of the Centennial Window project at St. John's Anglican Church. He served as Chairman of St.John's Cemetery Board for 25 year, and was a church warden. In 1991 he received the Peter Perry Award as Whitby's Outstanding Citizen.
- Date of Original
- 1980
- Dimensions
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Width: 1 in
Height: 1.5 in
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Perry, Henry George
- Corporate Name(s)
- Royal Canadian Legion ; Whitby Public Utilities
- Local identifier
- A2016_017_044A
- Collection
- Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.8790179254845 Longitude: -78.9428692752075
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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
- 1980
- Copyright Holder
- Photographer Unknown
- Recommended Citation
- Henry George Perry, 1980, Photographer Unknown. Whitby Archives A2016_017_044A.
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from a black and white negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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