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Road work, Yonge Street at Queen Street West, north-west corner

itemSeptember 28, 1949Fonds 1567 > Series 577 > Item 3

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Road work, Yonge Street at Queen Street West, north-west corner
City of Toronto Archives · Fonds 1567 > Series 577 > Item 3 · displayed from the archive's own server (7078.sydneyplus.com) · full-size image ↗ · view and cite at source ↗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…

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Road work, Yonge Street at Queen Street West, north-west corner
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City of Toronto Archives via City of Toronto Archives
Dates
September 28, 1949 (indexed as 1949)
Level
item
Extent
1 photograph : b&w negative
Scope & content
Image depicts road work on Yonge Street, with T. Eaton store in background.
Location
  • Yonge St & Queen St · intersection · confidence 65% · intersection · found as “Yonge Street at Queen Street West”
  • Yonge St · street · confidence 35% · street · found as “Yonge Street”
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Subjects
Yonge Subway Line (Toronto, Ont.); TTC; T. Eaton Co. store (Toronto, Ont., 1883-1977); Philip Jamieson Building (Toronto, Ont.); CONSTRUCTION; SUBWAYS
Genre / form
Photographs
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.
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2026-10-20T21:42:16Z · source datestamp n/a · toronto

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