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Photo Montage: George and Susan White and Sons

Date1912
Credit LineGift of Peter White, 2009.
Object number2009.023.001
Label TextEnglish immigrant George White (1834-1913) established a machine works in London in 1857. In the late 1870s, he began to produce steam engines. By the 1880s, White had the capacity to meet the new demand for steam-driven threshing machines. With the railroad, he opened a branch in Manitoba. George and Susan White were married in England in 1857. They had 12 children, six boys and six girls.
NamePhotograph