Dr. George Alva Carson, 1893
Description
- Creator
- Unknown, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Prints
- Description
- A black and white portrait print of George Alva Carson.
This photo is from "The Canadian Album, Men of Canada, Volume 5" Edited by Rev. William Cochrane. Published by Bradly Garretson & Co. 1896. - Notes
- Dr. George Alva Carson was born in Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, on February 13, 1822. He studied medicine at Central Medical College, Rochester, New York and graduated in 1852. He attended McGill College at Montreal for one year and graduated from Victoria College, Cobourg in 1858. He came to Whitby about 1858 after practicing medicine in Galt and Brantford. He was noted for manufacturing patent medicines, such as "Dr. Carson's Liver Tonic and Blood Purifier". He was coroner for Ontario County in the early 1870s and surgeon for the Grand Trunk Railway. From 1869 to 1879 he was representative on the Medical Council of Physicians and Surgeons. He served on the Town Council of Whitby in 1870 to 1871 and from 1875 to 1894 was collector of Customs for the Port of Whitby. After the death of his second wife in 1900 he moved to Chicago to live with his brother. He died at Chicago on March 11, 1910 and is buried at Union Cemetery, Oshawa.
- Publisher
- Bradley Garretson & Co.
- Date of Original
- 1893
- 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
- 31-009-032
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright may not be held by the Archives at Whitby Public Library. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from a copy negative.
- Contact
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