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Image shows the front view of a two storey residential house.
Sculptor's home: Walter Allward was living in this house at 76 Walker Ave. in the mid-1920s when he designed the Vimy Ridge Memorial.
Image shows the front view of a two storey residential house.

Sculptor's home: Walter Allward was living in this house at 76 Walker Ave. in the mid-1920s when he designed the Vimy Ridge Memorial.

Date7/6/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Sculptor's home: Walter Allward was living in this house at 76 Walker Ave. in the mid-1920s when he designed the Vimy Ridge Memorial. Image used to illustrate ''Historical Toronto'' column by Donald Jones: ''Walter Allward's great work is monument to Canadian dead,'' Toronto Star, 11 July 1981, F13.
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodDeer Park
    GeographyNorth-south streetYonge Street
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Photographs
    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0112963F
      Vimy Ridge Memorial, designed by Walter Allward
      Vimy Ridge Memorial, designed by Walter Allward
      Allward, Walter Seymour, 1876-1955
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      Drawings by Georges Plasse of Walter Allward's Canadian Great War Memorial at Vimy Ridge, France
      Drawings by Georges Plasse of Walter Allward's Canadian Great War Memorial at Vimy Ridge, France
      Allward, Walter Seymour, 1876-1955. Canadian War Memorial, Vimy Ridge, France
      1936 circa
      Vimy Ridge Memorial. An aerial view showing early arrivals at the Vimy Memorial, which the King will unveil this afternoon
      Vimy Ridge Memorial. An aerial view showing early arrivals at the Vimy Memorial, which the King will unveil this afternoon
      International Graphic Press, Inc.
      7/26/1936
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      Enjoying their sylvan setting are one of the few husband-and-wife teams in Canada who both make their living as sculptors. Patricia Fulford and Raymon(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      6/8/1967
      Walter Redinger: The sculptor's work gets the thumbs-down from Statistics Canada employees
      Walter Redinger: The sculptor's work gets the thumbs-down from Statistics Canada employees
      Beaty, Keith
      5/30/1973
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      Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948
      8/17/1948
      Canadian Great War memorial Vimy Ridge France
      Canadian Great War memorial Vimy Ridge France
      Allward, Walter Seymour, 1876-1955
      1936 circa
      Concrete statue of cross with engraving of sword on upper portion of shaft. Statue stands on a …
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      n.d.
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      Memories: Sunday was the busiest day of the week at Mei Scott's father's variety store in the 1920s.
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      McConnell, Colin
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      Marathon Prize. Swimmer Vicki Keith, who has conquered three Great Lakes, admires the Wrigley trophy, presented for marathon swimming in the 1920s, at Sports Hall of Fame
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      Eglinton, Rick
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      Toronto Industrialist Roy C. Hill joins the chorus line at Emery Collegiate Institute, where students have been taking part in a course on the 1920s and 30s and donned costumes of the era to show what they learned
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      Geo, Mario
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