Embedded Files
The Weaver Collection of Thornhill is a remarkable collection of photographs, research notes and copied / transcribed primary sources on buildings, sites and people of Thornhill. The collection, which is arranged by street or subject. Alf Weaver photographed local buildings, people, and events from the 1940's to the 1990's, and the collection includes many historical photographs collected or copied by the Weavers. The collection is particularly valuable in its documentation of Thornhill's transition from a rural to sub-urban community.
The Weaver Collection of Thornhill was donated to the Thornhill Archives through the Estate of the Alf and Laura Weaver in 2003.
Much of the Weaver Collection of Thornhill is available online:
Albums by Street or by Subject
Yonge Street (East Side)
- Gallery (scanned images), PDF Part 1 (55MB) - Part 2 (70MB)
Yonge Street (West Side)
- Gallery (scanned images), PDF Part 1 (59MB) - Part 2 (89MB)
Center Street
- Gallery (scanned images), PDF (70MB)
Colborne Street and Church Lane
- Gallery (scanned images), PDF (50MB)
- Gallery (scanned images), PDF (60MB)
Brooke St., Elizabeth St., Mill St., Sumner Ln., Eliza St., Jane St.
- Gallery (scanned images), PDF (42MB)
Thornhill houses and buildings
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