Harold Boys
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- A black and white photograph of Harold Boys cut out from a newspaper then photographed. It is labeled "Harold Boys". This photograph was on the back of the first leaf of Alex Brown's album and located in the bottom right pocket. This leaf had 4 pockets for photos on each side. In the top left pocket was a photo of Vic Johnston. The top right photo was of "Pte James Palmer". At bottom left is "Bill Brown" and bottom right "Harold Boys".
- Notes
- Alex Brown is a local Whitby area veteran. He is a member of the Royal Canadian Legion.
Harold W. Boys was born at Laskay, Ontario on September 5, 1897. He attended Agricultural College at Guelph and served in the York Rangers during the First World War. He was wounded in 1918 and was sent to the Whitby Military Convalescent Hospital. In the early 1920s he was the proprietor of a garage in Bowmanville and from 1925-1965 he owned a garage in Whitby. As well, from 1931 to 1965 he was the Engineer in charge of maintaining and servicing Whitby's Fire Trucks. He died at Whitby in May 1993 and was buried at Groveside Cemetery, Brooklin. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Whitby Branch.
- Dimensions
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Width: 10 cm
Height: 15 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 10cm
Image Height: 15cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- Alex_Brown_Page_001_Verso_004
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.88342 Longitude: -78.93287
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:405 Dundas Street West, Whitby, Ontario L1N 6A1
For inquires about any newspaper content please contact askreference@whitbylibrary.ca
