Mark John Adam Duff, c.1913
Description
- Creator
- George I. Wilson, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- A black and white portrait photograph of Mark John Adam Duff (1894-1936).
- Notes
- Mark Duff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Duff, was born on Fairview Farm (8th concession, Whitby Township) on July 8, 1894. He was one of the best known stock breeders, importers and exhibitors in Ontario, and was particularly known for his prize winning Clydesdale horses. As well, he bred sheep and shorthorn cattle. He was a director of the Brooklin Spring Fair and South Ontario Agricultural Society and was president of the Clydesdale Horse Breeders Association of Canada. He won many prizes and awards at the Canadian National Exhibition, the Royal Winter Fair and the Guelph Winter Fair. He was a bachelor and a Mason, being a member of the Mount Zion Lodge, Brooklin. He died at Oshawa General Hospital on June 23, 1936 of blood poisoning contracted when he was carrying a calf over his neck into the barn. The calf touched a boil (skin abscess) on his neck and became infected. Mark Duff is buried at Burns' Presbyterian Cemetery, Ashburn.
- Date of Original
- c.1913
- Dimensions
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Width: 10 cm
Height: 12 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 10cm
Image Height: 12cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 31-009-255
- 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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