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Primary photographs of Gilbert A. Milne & Co. Ltd.

series[ca. 1945-1965]Fonds 1653 > Series 975

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City of Toronto Archives via City of Toronto Archives
Dates
[ca. 1945-1965] (indexed as 1945–1965)
Level
series
Extent
ca. 31,500 photographs : b&w and col. negatives ; 11 x 13 cm or smaller
Scope & content
Series consists of negatives produced by the Toronto based commercial photography firm, Gilbert A. Milne & Co. Ltd. The photographs were commissioned by a diverse clientele including CBC, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, Toronto Telegram, Time Magazine, MacLean-Hunter, McGraw-Hill, the Tea Bureau, Bank of Nova Scotia, City of Toronto, Toronto Harbour Commission, Reynolds Advertising, Page-Hersey, and J. Walter Thompson. Subject matter includes the “Noronic” fire (1949), the opening of Toronto’s subway (1949), the Peace Congress in Toronto (1950), professional and amateur sporting events, the Royal Winter Fair, fashion shows, public school/student events, Billy Graham Crusades at Maple Leaf Gardens, artists A. Y. Jackson and Jack Bush, Toronto mayor Alan A. Lamport, Governor General Vincent Massey, prime ministers MacKenzie King and Louis St. Laurent, Ontario Premier Leslie Frost, Communist Party of Canada leader Tim Buck, Turk Broda, Arthur Hailey, Richard Harrington, and Kate Aitken. There are also portraits of ordinary individuals and business people, aerial photographs, street views, storefronts, and photographs of Toronto's built environment. The negatives are arranged in files, and each file represents a specific photography assignment undertaken by the Gilbert A. Milne & Co. Ltd. studio.
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2026-10-16T05:32:04Z · source datestamp n/a · toronto
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