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- Notman and Fraser photographs of Toronto
Notman and Fraser photographs of Toronto
fonds1872Fonds 1662
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Canada Granite Marble Works, 80 King Street West
Metropolitan Wesleyan Church
P.C. Close and Co., 59-63 Front Street East
23-27 King Street West
Albion Hotel Block, East Market Square
Toronto Safe Works, J and J Taylor Manufacturers, 117-119 Front Street East
King Street East
King Street West looking west from Yonge Street
The London House, Page's Block, 194-196 Yonge Street
Montreal Telegraph Co., corner of Scott and Wellington streets
The Rankin Block, Colborne Street
The Normal School
Wellington Street looking west
Stores at 31-37 King Street West
Interior of Lash and Co.'s jewelry store
Ontario Chambers, corner of Church and Front streets
Yonge Street, looking north from Front Street
Vicker's Express Office and Thomas Russell, watch manufacturers, 55 Yonge Street
W.E. Cornell, Watch Importer, 83 King Street East
78-90 York Street
Yonge Street, looking south from King Street
Royal Canadian Bank
Joseph Wey and Co., 37 Yonge Street
3-7 Front Street East
King Street East, looking east from Toronto Street
Golden Griffin clothing and dry goods, 128-132 King Street
Toronto Tea Company, St. Lawrence Hall
Front and Wellington streets looking east
Rankin Block, Scott and Colborne streets
Metropolitan Wesleyan Church
Willing and Williamson, booksellers and stationers, 10-12 King Street East
King Street East looking, east from Church Street
Where
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- Held by
- City of Toronto Archives via City of Toronto Archives
- Creator
- Notman & Fraser
- Dates
- 1872 (indexed as 1872)
- Level
- fonds
- Extent
- 1 photograph album ; 35 x 49 cm containing 33 leaves
- Scope & content
- Collection consists of an album of photographs taken in 1872 by Notman and Fraser to advertise many of Toronto's prominent businesses (stores, factories, hotels, etc.), institutions (such as churches), architectural highlights, and downtown streets. The album was originally titled "Commercial Houses of Toronto." Most pages of the album contain a single albumen photograph surrounded by textual advertisements for businesses featured in the photograph or located nearby. The advertisements detail what the stores sold or the factories manufactured.The photographs document fashionable King Street East (where the Notman and Fraser studio was located); Toronto Safe Works; P.G. Close and Company Importers; Joseph Wey and Co.; Wm. Wharin Watches Jewellery, Clocks &c; The Golden Lion; Robert Walker & Sons; W. & R. Griffith Importers; American Express Co.; Canadian Express Co.; Vickers Express; Thos. Russell and Son Watch Manufacturers; W. E. Cornell Watch Importer; Toronto Tea Co.; Samson, Kennedy & Gemmel Importers; Willing & Williamson Importers; David Wilson Boot and Shoe Manufacturer; Hampton's New Drug Store; Lash & Co.; Canada Hydraulic Marble Works; Albion Hotel; Montreal Telegraph Co.; Golden Griffin Great Silk and Clothing House; Metropolitan Wesleyan Church; Normal School; Ontario Chambers; Pages Block; Rankin Block; St. Lawrence Hall; King Street East; King Street West; Scott Street; Church Street; Front Street East; Wellington Street; Yonge Street; York Street; and East Market Square.
- Location
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- Subjects
- Yonge St (Toronto, Ont.); Normal School; St. Lawrence Hall (Toronto, Ont.); King St E (Toronto, Ont.); King St W (Toronto, Ont.); Church St (Toronto, Ont.); Front St E (Toronto, Ont.); Wellington St E (Toronto, Ont.); ADVERTISING
- Harvested
- 2026-10-18T13:21:03Z · source datestamp n/a · toronto