- City of Toronto Archives
- Strathy Smith fonds
Strathy Smith fonds
fonds1891-1955, predominant 1891-1895 and 1946-1955Fonds 1128
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427 images · showing 1–48 · displayed from City of Toronto Archives's own server
Canada Life Building on University Avenue
Canada Life Building, looking south on University Avenue
St. Michael's College School on Bathurst Street, north of St. Clair Avenue
St. Michael's College School on Bathurst Street, north of St. Clair Avenue
Royal Ontario Museum entrance
Royal Ontario Museum entrance
Royal Ontario Museum entrance
Looking north of Queen's Park Crescent from the Royal Ontario Museum
Peter Pan statue at the north-west corner of St. Clair Avenue and Avenue Road
Peter Pan statue at the north-west corner of St. Clair Avenue and Avenue Road
Sunnybrook Hospital
Sunnybrook Hospital
Sunnybrook Hospital
Sunnybrook Hospital Memorial
Sunnybrook Hospital Memorial
Sunnybrook Hospital
Hart House at the University of Toronto
Soldier's Tower, west of Hart House at the University of Toronto
Malton Airport, DC3 aircraft and other planes
Malton Airport, DC3 aircraft and other planes
Malton Airport, DC3 aircraft and other planes
View across Queen's Park toward the Whitney Block
Ontario Legislature at Queen's Park
Whitney Block at Queen's Park
Osgoode Hall
Osgoode Hall
Osgoode Hall, looking east toward City Hall
South side of the Armoury building
Convocation Hall at the University of Toronto
Entrance to Simcoe Hall, University of Toronto
Entrance to Simcoe Hall, University of Toronto
Toronto skyline
Royal Canadian Yacht Club lagoon
Royal Canadian Yacht Club
Queen Elizabeth Way
Sharp and Dohme Ltd. at 1100 O'Connor Drive
Sharp and Dohme Ltd. at 1100 O'Connor Drive
Peak Frean's at 1200 O'Connor Drive
Entrance to the St. Clair Reservoir in Winston Churchill Park
Fort York
Fort York
Fort York
Fort York
Fort York
Queen's Wharf Lighthouse
Fort York Armouries, Fleet Street
Palm House at Allan Gardens
Palm House at Allan Gardens
Where
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- Held by
- City of Toronto Archives via City of Toronto Archives
- Creator
- Smith, Strathy, 1918-1993
- Dates
- 1891-1955, predominant 1891-1895 and 1946-1955 (indexed as 1891–1955)
- Level
- fonds
- Extent
- 2,993 photographs : negatives; 279 photographs
- Scope & content
- Fonds consists of 2,993 negatives, and some corresponding prints, most of which were taken by Earnest Edgar Strathy Smith and his colleagues at Canada Pictures Ltd. The majority of the images in this fonds document the development of the Yonge Street Subway, from the letting of the contract on July 7, 1949, to 1955 after the project was complete and crowds of people were using the transit system. The images provide views of downtown streets and traffic, the excavation of Yonge Street, the building of the decking at street level, the construction of the stations, and the construction of the underground tunnels and station platforms. They document the workers; the rolling stock; and the heavy equipment required for a project of this scale. There are also photographs of the tours of the subway which were arranged for visiting journalists and dignitaries, and photographs documenting the official opening of the subway on March 30, 1954. The remaining images in the fonds consist of views of Toronto’s built environment in the 1940s and 50s, and a group of images that Smith copied from an unconfirmed source, which document Toronto in the first half of the 1890s. The fonds also contains original prints produced by Smith of most of the latter two groups of negatives, some of which are in albums. The original arrangement of all images (generally chronological and by project number) has been maintained.
- Location
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- Subjects
- Canada Pictures Limited; TTC; Yonge Subway Line (Toronto, Ont.); Gardiner, Frederick G., 1895-1983; Lamport, Allan, 1903-1999; Davisville Subway Station (Toronto, Ont.); Royal York Hotel (Toronto, Ont.); Union Station (Toronto, Ont., 1927-); Government House (Toronto, Ont., 1870-1912); University Avenue Armouries (Toronto, Ont.); City Hall (Toronto, Ont., 1899-1965); University of Toronto; Osgoode Hall (Toronto, Ont.); Queen's Park (Toronto, Ont.); Don Valley Brick Works; York Club (Toronto, Ont.); URBAN LIFE; SUBWAYS; EVENTS
- Harvested
- 2026-10-21T22:03:51Z · source datestamp n/a · toronto