- City of Toronto Archives
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- Toronto views, 1950s
Toronto views, 1950s
series[1950?]Fonds 1128 > Series 380
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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
- Dates
- [1950?] (indexed as 1950)
- Level
- series
- Extent
- 433 photographs : b&w negatives ; 10 x 13 cm; 170 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope & content
- Series consists of 433 photographs, and some corresponding prints, documenting Toronto based landmarks, monuments, industrial locations, buildings and sites taken in the late 1940s and early 1950s by Earnest Edgar Strathy Smith and his colleagues at Canada Pictures Ltd. The series encapsulates Toronto's urban landscape through aerial photographs, urban and residential street scenes, skyline photography and detailed photographs of Toronto landmarks and monuments. Specifically, the series depicts such landmarks as Allen Gardens, the Bank of Commerce, Casa Loma, Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) grounds, City Hall, Fort York, Kensington Market, Malton Airport, Queen's Park Legislative Building, Royal York Hotel, University of Toronto campus and Upper Canada College as well as the city's armouries, bridges, churches and synagogues, hospitals, highways, railways, residential homes and waterfront.The creators' numbering scheme for both negatives and prints has been retained.
- Location
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- Subjects
- Chorley Park (Toronto, Ont.); Gooderham Building (Toronto, Ont.); Lester B. Pearson International Airport (Mississauga, Ont.); BUILDINGS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PUBLIC FACILITIES; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; BANK BUILDINGS; ROADS; URBAN FORM
- Harvested
- 2026-10-23T00:33:59Z · source datestamp n/a · toronto