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Wellington Street East, north side, looking east from west of Leader Lane towards Church Street, Toronto, Ontario
Streetscape showing three-storey brick building in the foreground with a sign above the ground floor window reading, Tavern.

Wellington Street East, north side, looking east from west of Leader Lane towards Church Street, Toronto, Ontario

Date1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: Mayor John Hutchison had his office building next to the old stock exchange as shown above in this 1856 photograph. At right, the building today is known as the premises of Graf Bobby's restaurant on the ground floor and Vine's winebar in the basement.

Image published in the Toronto Star, 19 June 1982, page H8, with Historical Toronto column by Donald Jones, "Photographic discovery reveals Mayor Hutchison's building". 
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodFinancial District
    GeographyEast-west streetWellington Street East
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Black-and-white photographs
    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0112852F
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      McKenzie, Walter
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