Library building in Whitby, Ontario but with Carnegie funds0
Toronto. The photo you see is from the Whitney Archive courtesy of the Pickering Library. You can see many options here. The grid on the photos may be a newspaper halftone or a means to ‘protect’ these images.
Associated with this photo is the note, “Constructed [in Whitby] with funds supplied by American steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, this building served as a library from 1914 to 1973. It was designated as an historic building in 1985.”
Carnegie funded libraries in many communities in North America. Our local library was a typical example. To me, it was one of the finest buildings in my community, about an hour from Toronto. I spent many happy hours there browsing the stacks.
Image collectors and photo historians can delve into the archives and formulate more details about their community or collection. Our thanks here goes to my good friend George Dunbar for researching this amazing online facility in nearby Pickering.
