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Above is shown the existing home of the Queen's Own sergeants' mess on University Ave
Above is shown the existing home of the Queen's Own sergeants' mess on University Ave

Above is shown the existing home of the Queen's Own sergeants' mess on University Ave

Date10/29/1928
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  • Above is shown the existing home of the Queen's Own sergeants' mess on University Ave
  • Above is shown the existing home of the Queen's Own sergeants' mess on University Ave.; which has been purchased by the Canada Life Assurance Co.; the deal to be consumated on assumption of the property for $60;000. The building will be eliminated to make way for the splendid new building to be erected for the purchase concern. The other picture shows small the east side of Univ [Incomplete]
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Original Toronto Star caption: Above is shown the existing home of the Queen's Own sergeants' mess on University Ave.; which has been purchased by the Canada Life Assurance Co.; the deal to be consumated on assumption of the property for $60;000. The building will be eliminated to make way for the splendid new building to be erected for the purchase concern. The other picture shows small the east side of Univ [Incomplete]
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0112873F
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      Sergeants' Mess : the Sergeant-Major and sergeants of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
      Sergeants' Mess : the Sergeant-Major and sergeants of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
      Canada. Canadian Army. Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
      1898
      Façade of three-storey brick building with spire above third floor window. 
      Queen's Own Rifles Sergeant's Mess, University Avenue, west side, between Queen Street West and Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      10/29/1928
      Sergeants' mess, Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
      Sergeants' mess, Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
      Canada. Canadian Army. Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
      1896
      Sepia toned picture of men standing in from of a one story commercial building with two planes …
      Cook house and Sergeants' Mess
      Unknown
      1917
      Sepia toned picture of men standing in from of a one story commercial building with two planes …
      Cook house and Sergeants' Mess
      Unknown
      1917
      Mrs. Roland Michener, wife of the Governor-General, is presented with her sergeant's stripes by Regimental Sergeant-Major Hans Busch at a dinner in he(...)
      Mrs. Roland Michener, wife of the Governor-General, is presented with her sergeant's stripes by Regimental Sergeant-Major Hans Busch at a dinner in he(...)
      Michener, Daniel Roland
      1/21/1972
      Tension again runs high in Palestine where these Welsh guardsmen check identity cards of Jews at a road block near Nathanya where two British sergeants were kidnapped
      Tension again runs high in Palestine where these Welsh guardsmen check identity cards of Jews at a road block near Nathanya where two British sergeants were kidnapped
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/18/1947
      Two detective-sergeants, William H, Bolton, left, of headquarters staff
      Two detective-sergeants, William H, Bolton, left, of headquarters staff
      Mackey, James P. (James Page), 1913-
      2/13/1951
      Victims's parents: Wesley Jones and his wife talk to Metro Police Constable Gary Walton (left) and 31 Divison sergeants Gary Greaves and Robert Cowan after their 21-year-old son, Ray, was shot and killed in front of a townhouse in the Jane St
      Victims's parents: Wesley Jones and his wife talk to Metro Police Constable Gary Walton (left) and 31 Divison sergeants Gary Greaves and Robert Cowan after their 21-year-old son, Ray, was shot and killed in front of a townhouse in the Jane St
      Irish, Paul
      11/5/1981
      Eyes... right! Not lacking for admirers, Fred Lewis, 55, is all spit and polish in World War I cavalry sergeant's uniform as he marches on Saturday in the Royal Canadian Legion's walkathon to raise $25,000 for the Metro Toronto Legion Lodge. Lewis, who retired in 1971 after 33 years in the army, acquired the uniform during his travels and wore it to publicize Legion's 50th anniversary. Claire (left) and Lori McMahon were comrades-in-arms.
      Eyes... right! Not lacking for admirers, Fred Lewis, 55, is all spit and polish in World War I cavalry sergeant's uniform as he marches on Saturday in the Royal Canadian Legion's walkathon to raise $25,000 for the Metro Toronto Legion Lodge. Lewis, who retired in 1971 after 33 years in the army, acquired the uniform during his travels and wore it to publicize Legion's 50th anniversary. Claire (left) and Lori McMahon were comrades-in-arms.
      McConnell, Colin
      5/30/1976
      A photograph of a large group of people posing in front of a one-story stone building in a Beau…
      Staff officers and Sergeants of the 75th Battalion, C.E.F.
      Attikin, Norman Sidney, 1946-2010
      Approximately 1915
      Changing the guard. Julie Shafer, 15, of Michigan, eyes the 1860s-style uniform of Sergeant Glenn Norman of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada. Sentries(...)
      Changing the guard. Julie Shafer, 15, of Michigan, eyes the 1860s-style uniform of Sergeant Glenn Norman of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada. Sentries(...)
      Cooper, David
      3/31/1978