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Image shows a library branch interior with some desks, book stacks and a fireplace. There is st…
Toronto Public Library, Earlscourt (later Dufferin/St. Clair) Branch, Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. Interior: Adult Reading Room, north side
Image shows a library branch interior with some desks, book stacks and a fireplace. There is staff at the desk.

Toronto Public Library, Earlscourt (later Dufferin/St. Clair) Branch, Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. Interior: Adult Reading Room, north side

Date1921
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  • Toronto Public Library, Earlscourt (later Dufferin/St. Clair) Branch, Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. Interior: Adult Reading Room, north side
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GeographyCity, town, twpToronto
GeographyNeighbourhoodWychwood-Hillcrest
GeographyNorth-south streetDufferin Street
GeographyEast-west streetSt. Clair Avenue West
GeographyProvince or StateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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Photographs
CollectionToronto Public Library Archives
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderFfoulkes, Muriel Page, 1895-1986
Call Number / Accession NumberTPL-A-0164-P31-I01
A woman stands near a table where children are reading. The surrounding walls are covered with …
Toronto Public Library, Earlscourt Branch (renamed Dufferin/St. Clair Branch in 1973), Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. Interior, Children's area, north wing
Stedman, Ruth Kippax, -2006
1964?
Group of children gathered around a table in the library with adult reading to them
Toronto Public Library, Earlscourt Branch (renamed Dufferin/St. Clair Branch in 1973), Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. Children's Room.
Stedman, Ruth Kippax, -2006
1964?-06-29
Earlscourt Branch, Toronto Public Library, Interior, Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West
Earlscourt Branch, Toronto Public Library, Interior, Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West
Ffoulkes, Muriel Page, 1895-1986
1916-1931
Image shows a person reading at the desk inside the library.
Earlscourt Branch, Toronto Public Library, Interior, (later named Dufferin/St. Clair Branch) Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Ave. and St Clair Avenue West
Toronto Public Library
1921-1925
Three people in a library office
Toronto Public Library, Earlscourt Branch (renamed Dufferin/St. Clair Branch in 1973), Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. Interior. Reference desk, south wing.
Nicholls, Roy
1971
Image shows a person at the desk inside the library taking a phone call.
Earlscourt Branch, Toronto Public Library, Interior, Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario
Ffoulkes, Muriel Page, 1895-1986
1921-1925
Group outside Dufferin St Clair library turning sod for renovation
Toronto Public Library, Dufferin/St. Clair Branch, Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. Exterior. Ground breaking for renovation and expansion.
Byers, Nancy, 1924-
1978-08
A group of children are gathered around a woman seated on a chair facing them. Shelves of books…
Toronto Public Library, Earlscourt Branch (renamed Dufferin/St. Clair Branch in 1973), Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. Interior, Children's Room.
Unknown
1921
Mural painting on upper interior wall of library above book shelves. 
Toronto Public Library, Earlscourt Branch (renamed Dufferin/St. Clair Branch in 1973), Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. Interior. Adult Reading Room, north wing, east wall showing G. A. Reid murals, completed in 1926
Reid, G. A. (George Agnew), 1860-1947
1933
People browse reading material in the children's area of a library.
Toronto Public Library, Earlscourt Branch (renamed Dufferin/St. Clair Branch in 1973), Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. Interior, Children's area, north wing
Unknown
1964?
Readers at tables inside large library room
Toronto Public Library, Earlscourt Branch (renamed Dufferin/St. Clair Branch in 1973), Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. Children's Room, south wing
Unknown
1921
Three rows of empty chairs arranged on a checkerboard pattered floor. A row or artwork hangs on…
Toronto Public Library, Earlscourt Branch (renamed Dufferin/St. Clair Branch in 1973), Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. Interior: community room, north wing.
Unknown
1964?