Yonge Street near Adelaide Street

Held by

City of Toronto Archives via City of Toronto Archives

Dates

[ca. 1939] (indexed as 1939)

Level

item

Extent

1 photonegative : b & w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope & content

Item is an image of the east side of Yonge Street, looking north east, from south of Adelaide Street in the vicinity of 85-97 Yonge Street with a banner over the road reading Toronto Horse Show Coliseum May 18,19,20,21.

Location

• 85 Yonge St · address · confidence 80% · address:interpolated · found as “85-97 Yonge Street”
• Yonge St & Adelaide St · intersection · confidence 80% · intersection · found as “Yonge Street near Adelaide Street”
• Yonge St · street · confidence 50% · street · found as “Yonge Street”
• Adelaide St · street · confidence 50% · street · found as “Adelaide Street”

Correct the location

Subjects

Queen St E (Toronto, Ont.); Queen St W (Toronto, Ont.); Yonge St (Toronto, Ont.); Lumsden Building (Toronto, Ont.); AUTOMOBILES; CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS; ADVERTISEMENTS

Genre / form

Photographs - streetscapes

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

2026-10-22T05:25:51Z · source datestamp n/a · toronto

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