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Toronto Public Library, Dovercourt Branch (later Bloor/Gladstone Branch), Bloor Street West, southwest corner of Gladstone Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Corner view of one-storey brick building with arched windows and stone entrance steps on two sides; bricks and rubble piled by leftmost entrance.

Toronto Public Library, Dovercourt Branch (later Bloor/Gladstone Branch), Bloor Street West, southwest corner of Gladstone Avenue, Toronto, Ontario

Date9/29/1913
Names
(photographer)
FormatPicture
Notes

Dovercourt Branch was renamed Bloor and Gladstone Branch in December 1938, and later shortened to Bloor/Gladstone Branch.

A related article, with no illustration, was published in the Toronto Star, 18 October 1913, page 23: "New branch library.  Gladstone Avenue Branch will be opened on Thursday, Oct. 23rd. The new public library at the corner of Bloor Street and Gladstone Avenue will be opened on Thursday, Oct. 23rd at formal gathering in the evening.  The building is an exceptionally fine one and will serve a district with a population of about 75,000".


Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodDufferin Grove-Bickford Park
    GeographyNorth-south streetGladstone Avenue
    GeographyEast-west streetBloor Street West
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Black-and-white photographs
    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberTSPA_0113988F
      Toronto Public Library, Bloor & Gladstone Branch, Bloor Street West, southwest corner Gladstone Avenue Toronto, Ontario
      Toronto Public Library, Bloor & Gladstone Branch, Bloor Street West, southwest corner Gladstone Avenue Toronto, Ontario
      Toronto Public Library. Bloor & Gladstone Branch
      1913?
      Toronto Public Library, Bloor & Gladstone Branch, Bloor Street West, southwest corner Gladstone Avenue, INTERIOR, children's room. Toronto, Ontario
      Toronto Public Library, Bloor & Gladstone Branch, Bloor Street West, southwest corner Gladstone Avenue, INTERIOR, children's room. Toronto, Ontario
      Pringle & Booth
      1913
      Toronto Public Library, Bloor & Gladstone Branch, Bloor Street West, southwest corner
      Toronto Public Library, Bloor & Gladstone Branch, Bloor Street West, southwest corner
      Pringle & Booth
      10/16/1912
      Architectural drawing of library building surrounded by trees. 
      Architectural rendering of Dovercourt Branch (later named Bloor Gladstone), proposed but not built
      Toronto Public Library
      approximately 1911
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      Color Your World, Bloor Street West, northwest corner of Gladstone Avenue, Toronto, Ont.
      Unknown
      1980
      Gladstone Avenue, southeast corner of Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ont.
      Gladstone Avenue, southeast corner of Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ont.
      Unknown
      1980
      St. Wenceslaus Roman Catholic Church, Gladstone Avenue, west side, between Dufferin Park Avenue and Bloor Street West (rear view, as seen from Dufferin Street), Toronto, Ont.
      St. Wenceslaus Roman Catholic Church, Gladstone Avenue, west side, between Dufferin Park Avenue and Bloor Street West (rear view, as seen from Dufferin Street), Toronto, Ont.
      Unknown
      1980
      Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce branch, originally Canadian Bank of Commerce branch, Bloor Street West, southwest corner of Lippincott Street, Toronto, Ontario.
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      Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
      1982-08
      Picture of Bloor Gladstone library looking south with 4 lanes of Bloor Street at forefront. 
      Bloor Gladstone Branch
      Toronto Public Library. Bloor & Gladstone Branch
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      Image shows a library branch interior with some desks, book stacks and a fireplace. There is st…
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      1921
      Image shows the front side of the library in winter.
      Toronto Public Library, Earlscourt Branch (later Dufferin/St. Clair Branch) Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West
      Toronto Public Library
      3/8/1925
      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