Black and white photograph of the construction site for the future Whalen Business Block. Photograph shows the progress of the excavation, construction workers and a number men looking at the excavation and the back of the Lyceum building in the left…

Black and white photograph of the construction site for the future Whalen Business Block. Photograph shows water and a wooden track at the foundation level, construction workers and Western Hotel in the background

Black and white photograph of the construction site for the future Whalen Business Block. In the left foreground the photograph shows two building signs - Pool and Lyceum, a number of men looking at the excavation and construction workers

Black and white photograph of the construction site for the future Whalen Business Block. Van Norman St. sign is on wooden post in the left foreground. Two construction workers are on top a pile of excavated rocks and other workers are working on the…

Black and white photograph of the construction site for the future Whalen Business Block. Photograph shows two construction workers on a rock pile and two building signs - the Western Hotel and the London Cafe in the background

Black and white photograph of the construction site for the future Whalen Building. Picture shows the foundation being excavated, rock being removed and construction workers on the site. Buildings are seen in the background of the photograph

Red canvas cover photo album. Imprinted in gold writing: The Whalen Building Port Arthur, Canada reinforced concrete and terra cotta eight story and basement office building constructed for the Commercial Exchange Building co., Port Arthur, Canada by…

Black and white photograph of the completed eight-storey Whalen Business Block in Port Arthur. The building was constructed using reinforced concrete. Terra cotta stone adorned the exterior along with sculptures of early settlers and traders