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Eglinton Avenue East widening: existing conditions

30 of 30 descriptions below digitizedFonds 220 > Series 65 > File 131

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Held by
City of Toronto Archives via City of Toronto Archives
Dates
1956 (indexed as 1956)
Level
file
Scope & content
File consists of 30 photographs of existing conditions on a section of Eglinton Avenue East to be widened. Intersections documented include those with Rumsey Road, Sutherland Drive, Laird Drive, and Brentcliffe Road. Some of the photographs document small multi-plex apartment buildings, on the south side, at #747-749 and 755-767. Among the numerous businesses documented, on the north side, are: Leaside Pharmacy, #784; Lowe Brothers Hardware, #796; Mewhort Fine Footwear, #800; Leaside Bible Chapel, #824; Hostess open Kitchen, #834; Leaside Shoe Service, #856; Mel Andrews Mens Wear, #858; and a toronto Dominion bank branch, #876. Also appearing in the photographs are the Rogers- Majestic plant, the Marshall Ventilated Mattress Co., #849, and the Watson-Foster plant, #939.
Location
  • Laird Dr & Brentcliffe Rd · intersection · confidence 80% · intersection · found as “Laird Drive, and Brentcliffe Road.”
  • Toronto Dominion Bank · landmark · confidence 70% · landmark:toronto · found as “toronto dominion bank”
  • Eglinton Ave · street · confidence 50% · street · found as “Eglinton Avenue East”
  • Rumsey Rd · street · confidence 50% · street · found as “Rumsey Road”
  • Sutherland Dr · street · confidence 50% · street · found as “Sutherland Drive”

Where

Laird Dr & Brentcliffe RdCorrect the locationNearby on the big map

More details

Extent
30 photonegatives : b&w ; 10 x 12.5 cm
Harvested
2026-10-21T02:06:05Z · source datestamp n/a · toronto

Original metadata

As harvested (toronto)