- CA BWGPL OS10125
- Item
- c. 1880
A late Victorian c. 1880 side boar with decorative work, produced in Thomas Kilkenny's Furniture factory. It is owned by his great granddaughter Ruth Booth.
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A late Victorian c. 1880 side boar with decorative work, produced in Thomas Kilkenny's Furniture factory. It is owned by his great granddaughter Ruth Booth.
T. Kilkenny & Sons Advertisement
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
Copy of an ad in the Bradford Witness for T. Kilkenny and Sons that appeared in November of 1882.
Bradford Witness
Part of Dorothy Cilipka fonds
The Kilkenny family first opened a furniture and undertaker business at this same location in 1842. Their primary business was in cabinetmaking when it first opened. Thomas Kilkenny is said to have introduced the first hearse to Simcoe County around 1856.
Dorothy Cilipka
Part of Local History Collection
An article about a highly destructive fire that swept through Holland Street, destroying multiple buildings, businesses and homes. The original article appeared in the May 22nd, 1871 edition of the Toronto Daily Telegraph and was reprinted in 1901 as part of the "Looking Backward" series.
Luanne Campbell Edwards