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Men with shovels stand near mounds of dirt; beyond is a two-storey brick building.
Plains Road Public School, Plains Road, southwest corner of Durant Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Men with shovels stand near mounds of dirt; beyond is a two-storey brick building.

Plains Road Public School, Plains Road, southwest corner of Durant Avenue, Toronto, Ontario

Date2/14/1927
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Original Toronto Star caption: Plains road public school. Which has been ordered closed by Provincial Board of Health; on the suggestion of school trustees. Approximately four hundred pupils attended the school. It was closed owing to the unsatisfactory condition of the conveniences. The school may be opened next week.

Plains Road Public School, also known as School Section No. 7, York Township, opened in 1891 and the original building was demolished in 1964. The school was renamed Diefenbaker Public School in 1976.
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyHistorical locationEast York (Ont.)
    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_0114921F
      Image shows a three storey house on the hill.
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      Saunders, Dyce W.
      1910
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      Plains Road Public School
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      5/21/1941
      Plains Road Public School
      Plains Road Public School
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      5/21/1941
      Image shows a few houses along the street.
      Tattle, George, house, St. Clair Avenue, south side, between Avenue & Poplar Plains Roads, Toronto, Ontario
      Tattle, George
      1880 circa
      Image shows a water pond with a few houses in the background.
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      Salmon, James V. (James Victor)
      5/12/1955
      Colour postcard of a stream with footbridge over it surrounded by forest. The caption on the bo…
      Near Poplar Plains Road
      Pugh Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
      Approximately 1905
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      Bull, Ron
      6/30/1974
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      Model printing co.
      1893
      Image shows the front of a two storey house in winter.
      Nordheimer, SamueL, "Glenedyth", Davenport Rd., n. side, at present Glen Edyth Place; lodge, in intersection of present Macpherson Ave. & Poplar Plains Rd., Toronto, Ontario
      Nordheimer, Samuel
      1910 circa
      Image shows a limited view of a two storey house. 
      Nordheimer, Samuel, 'Glenedyth', Davenport Rd., n. side (at present Glen Edyth Place); lodge, n. side of intersection of Davenport & Poplar Plains Rds., Toronto, Ontario
      Nordheimer, Samuel
      189-?
      Image shows some waterworks.
      Waterworks, Poplar Plains Rd., east side, between Macpherson Ave. & Cottingham St., Toronto, Ontario
      Judd, William Wallace, 1883-
      1900 circa
      The line of tepees, the traditional house of the Plains Indians, in this case they Stoney tribe, make a pleasing sight at the foot of an Alberta mount(...)
      The line of tepees, the traditional house of the Plains Indians, in this case they Stoney tribe, make a pleasing sight at the foot of an Alberta mount(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      10/23/1948