Tug Boat "William Davis", owned by the McNamara Construction Co. Ltd.

Held by

City of Toronto Archives via City of Toronto Archives

Dates

[between 1940? and 1960?] (indexed as 1940–1960)

Level

item

Extent

1 photonegative : b & w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope & content

Item is an image of the tug boat "William Davis" in the Toronto Harbour.

Location

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Subjects

Toronto Harbour (Toronto, Ont.); BOATS

Genre / form

Photographs

What the image shows

A black and white photograph of a small steel tugboat on open harbour water, seen from the side and slightly from the front. The boat has a tall black funnel with a white letter M, a wheelhouse with windows, white life rings on its cabin, and the name WM DAVIS painted on its hull. Smoke rises from the funnel and drifts across the sky, with industrial buildings, cooling towers and a pier or breakwall with a crane in the background.Described automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.

In the picture

BoatChimneyCraneHarbourShipSmokeSteamshipStreet LampWaterWaterfrontTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.

Text in the image

WM DAVISMRead automatically; may contain mistakes.

Access & use

Copyright was transferred to the City of Toronto by the copyright owner. ...Learn more about Copyright Details The negative of this image is not available to request because it has vinegar syndrome, a condition that gradually destroys the negative. It has been stored in a freezer to slow the rate of damage and may not be retrieved. The Archives plans to digitize all vinegar syndrome negatives, and will complete this work as resources permit.

Harvested

2026-10-22T23:33:59Z · source datestamp n/a · toronto

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