George Y. Smith, 1892
Description
- Creator
- O'Brien, W.E., Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- A black and white portrait photograph of George Young Smith.
- Notes
- George Young Smith was born in Nova Scotia on July 26, 1833 and came to Whitby in 1849. He started in life as a teacher and taught in a number of Whitby's Public Schools. He graduated in law from the University of Toronto in 1864 and was a partner for three years with Samuel Cochrane, Ontario County's Crown Attorney. He was Deputy Reeve of Whitby in 1886, Reeve from 1887-1889 and May from 1876-1877. He was also President of the Ontario Ladies' College for a number of years. He became a judge of the Ontario County Courts in 1889. He died in Oshawa on September 2, 1920 and is buried at St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Port Whitby.
This photo is from a frame of portraits of members of Composite Lodge No. 30 AF & AM. - Date of Original
- 1892
- Dimensions
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Width: 3.5 cm
Height: 4 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 3.5cm
Image Height: 4cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 31-002-049
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from a copy negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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