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Tight view of utility sink affixed to wall above collection of empty cans and bucket on ground …
Kitchen in a slum dwelling, Walton Street, Toronto, Ontario
Tight view of utility sink affixed to wall above collection of empty cans and bucket on ground below. Adjacent, right, are exposed, mottled pipes. A peeling ceiling is visible above narrow shelves fixed to wall over sink, displaying jars and wash brush. Left, enameled pots, colanders and sieves hang from wall, below a grime-streaked window.

Kitchen in a slum dwelling, Walton Street, Toronto, Ontario

Date9/7/1963
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Original Toronto Star caption: Shoddy Kitchen is just one of the drawbacks of the slum homes on Walton St. in which 35 people-20 of them on welfare or old age pensions live in six tattered houses. The dwellers fight to stay clean in their difficult surroundings; but naked plumbing and peeling walls add to squalor.
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodDowntown
    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_0114995F
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