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- Desmond E. Wainright photograph collection
Desmond E. Wainright photograph collection
fonds1953-1962Fonds 536
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760 images · showing 1–48 · displayed from City of Toronto Archives's own server
Oakes Gardens in Niagara Falls
Clifton Gate in Niagara Falls
Shakespearean Gardens in Niagara Falls
Shakespearean Gardens with carillon in Niagara Falls
Rose garden in Niagara Falls
Mrs. Elsie E. Wainwright at Niagara Falls
Whirlpool Rapids bridge
Niagara River gorge
American power plant, Niagara Falls, NY
Rainbow Bridge over Niagara
Rainbow Bridge over Niagara
Niagara Park in autumn
Niagara Park pool at dusk
Niagara Park, canna lilies at dusk
American Falls
American Falls
American Falls
Horseshoe Falls
Horseshoe Falls
Horseshoe Falls
Horseshoe Falls at night
Horseshoe Falls at night
American Falls at night
American Falls at night
American Falls at night
Casa Loma
Casa Loma
Casa Loma
Casa Loma Scottish Tower
Casa Loma west side
Toronto from top of Norman Tower
Pine River, Camp Borden
Pine River, Camp Borden
Married quarters, Camp Borden
Chapel, Camp Borden
Garrison Theatre, Camp Borden
Front of Camp Borden headquarters
Rear of Camp Borden headquarters
Bank of Commerce, Camp Borden
Fire Hall, Camp Borden
Fire Hall, Camp Borden
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps dry canteen, Camp Borden
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps School, Camp Borden
#205 base workshop and 43 COR, Camp Borden
Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers flower bed
Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers flower bed
New type of single-person quarters, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps School
German panther tank
Where
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- Held by
- City of Toronto Archives via City of Toronto Archives
- Dates
- 1953-1962 (indexed as 1953–1962)
- Level
- fonds
- Extent
- 761 transparencies : col. ; 35 mm
- Scope & content
- Collection consists of colour slides taken or collected by Desmond Edward Wainright (1925-2012), the youngest child of Gerald Desmond Wainright (1892-1958) and Elsie Louise Wainright (nee Craxton, 1884-1981), who married in 1913. His older sister was named Elsie Evaline (1914-1984). Wainright's father was a carpenter with the TTC, while his mother is sometimes listed in city directories as an employee at Brighton Laundry. Wainright never married and lived with his parents and sister for most of his life, except for a brief period in the late 1960s when he lived with four other people in a rooming house. From 1925 until 1958 or 1959, the family lived at 596 Delaware Ave., moving to 460 Durie Ave. after Gerald's death. By 1965, the family had moved to 137 Priscilla Ave. in York, where Wainright stayed until at least 2001 -- the final year city directories were published. Wainright served in the army for nearly 20 years, earning the Canadian Forces Decoration for his service in 1959. His occupation was listed as "retired" in the 1972 census; however, in later years he is listed in city directories as a bank guard or security guard. Wainrights's photographs are a mixture of family pictures, images taken at various sites in Toronto, travel pictures of Niagara Falls and New Brunswick, and shots taken at Camp Borden in Ontario and at CFB Gagetown in New Brunswick.
- Location
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- Subjects
- Toronto Island (Ont.); High Park (Toronto, Ont.); Canadian National Exhibition; Humber River Valley (Ont.); Scarborough Bluffs (Toronto, Ont.); Allan Gardens (Toronto, Ont.); Royal Agricultural Winter Fair; Christmas; ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL; FAMILIES; BOTANICAL GARDENS; PARKS; VESSELS
- Harvested
- 2026-10-22T01:42:00Z · source datestamp n/a · toronto