Aurora

This scene looking south on Yonge at Wellington was taken around 1910, after John Francis Willis purchased Dr. Rutherford's Drug Store.

Yonge Street looking north toward Aurora from Hutchinson's Hill.

Aurora Public School students and teachers posing on the front steps.

A group of men and young boys gather outside of Aurora's "skyscraper" Medical Hall circa 1890. When the drugstore finally opened in 1886 it had transitioned ownership to Dr. John Rutherford and was managed by Charles A. Willis. Impressively, the drugstore business remained in association with the Willis family for over eighty years. In 1910 Charles' son John F. took over the drugstore, and Charles' grandson, also named John F., operated a pharmacy there until 1969. The oriel window on the second floor and the unique brick cornice are just two of the building's distinguishing architectural features.

Boys on Tyler Street. Notice the homes remains the same.

This steel water tower was erected in 1906 and could hold 50,000 gallons of water, which was sourced from two artesian wells. It was replaced in 1931 with a standpipe style water tower.

Entrance to the Aurora Cemetery, which was established in 1869. The building is known as the Dead House and was constructed in 1868.

House and Tailor's shop at 38 Wellington Street.

A family poses in front of their home on Victoria Street.

Group of workers outside of J. Fleury's Sons.