Ontario County Jail Interior, 1960
Description
- Creator
- Unknown
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Black and white photograph of a room inside the Ontario County Jail. The room has a large table in it and a window with bars on it. This room was used for the last hanging in Ontario County. In 1946, George Bilton was hanged in this room.
- Notes
- The Ontario County Jail was built in 1853 at the south-east corner of King and Gilbert Streets and demolished in February 1960. It was replaced by the jail on Victoria Street in 1958.
- Date of Original
- January 1960
- Dimensions
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Width: 10 px
Height: 8 px
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 07-002-031
- Collection
- Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.8755612263551 Longitude: -78.943977355957
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- Copyright Statement
- This item is protected by the Canadian Copyright Act and is intended for one-time use only. Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). It is your responsibility for obtaining these permissions.
- Recommended Citation
- Ontario County Jail Interior, 1960, unknown photographer, Whitby Archives, 07-002-031.
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from copy photograph.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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