Albert and Ethel Walker Pose with Award-Winning Honey
Description
- Creator
- Marjorie G. Ruddy, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Types
- Photographs
- Negatives
- Description
- Black and white negative of a photograph showing Albert and Ethel Walker with some of the honey that was sent to England for the royal wedding of Elizabeth and Philip. They are standing on the property of their apiary and home.
- Notes
- The Walkers owned and operated an apiary that was located at the north-west corner of Dundas and Raglan Streets from about 1920 until the 1970s.
In 1921 their honey was selected to be shown at the Exhibition of Canadian Food Products in Crystal Palace in London. They shipped 1000 pounds for the occasion. In 1936 the Walker honey was awarded the only prize to an exhibitor from Ontario at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto.
In October 1947 the Walkers shipped a 24 cans of honey to Princess Elizabeth as a wedding present for which they received a note of thanks from now Queen Elizabeth II. - Date of Original
- October 1947
- Dimensions
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Width: 12 cm
Height: 10 cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 20-013-001
- Collection
- Whitby Online Historic Images Collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.8763655410382 Longitude: -78.9590835571289
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
- Recommended Citation
- Whitby Archives
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from copy negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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