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Ivy league: Back in the '20s, Brantford's Public Library, a venerable ivy-covered institution on a quiet shady street, was an ideal place to go on a hot summer day - especially if one owned an automobile.
Ivy league: Back in the '20s, Brantford's Public Library, a venerable ivy-covered institution on a quiet shady street, was an ideal place to go on a hot summer day - especially if one owned an automobile.

Ivy league: Back in the '20s, Brantford's Public Library, a venerable ivy-covered institution on a quiet shady street, was an ideal place to go on a hot summer day - especially if one owned an automobile.

Date3/13/1988
Names
(photographer)
FormatPicture
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: But, as this picture shows, a bicycle was just fine, too.
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipBrantford
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Undefined
    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTS-2-124-GO-235
      Sepia toned photograph of crowds of people standing in front of a huge Beaux Arts biding with a…
      Picturesque domes ad ivy covered walls are everywhere
      Unknown
      1925
      Classic style: Above, photographer William Deacon wears traditional brown tortoiseshell frames with an Ivy League style
      Classic style: Above, photographer William Deacon wears traditional brown tortoiseshell frames with an Ivy League style
      Combs, Erin
      12/17/1986
      Heartwarming: Cancer amputee Kevin Snider, 22, was presented with a $750 cheque by Ivy Dawson,77, of Spencer House for senior citizens, to go toward buying an artificial leg
      Heartwarming: Cancer amputee Kevin Snider, 22, was presented with a $750 cheque by Ivy Dawson,77, of Spencer House for senior citizens, to go toward buying an artificial leg
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      10/4/1980
      Examining ivy on the walls of Queen's Park, Public Works Minister James Auld says it will have to be cut down this fall so the 83-year-old building can be cleaned
      Examining ivy on the walls of Queen's Park, Public Works Minister James Auld says it will have to be cut down this fall so the 83-year-old building can be cleaned
      Beaty, Keith
      7/21/1971
      Ivy Bassett, Blind in one eye
      Ivy Bassett, Blind in one eye
      Spremo, Boris
      5/30/1978
      In Nightclubs . . . She's Claudette, in her early 20s and already a show business veteran of sorts-as one of the first go-go dancers in Toronto. Tall (...)
      In Nightclubs . . . She's Claudette, in her early 20s and already a show business veteran of sorts-as one of the first go-go dancers in Toronto. Tall (...)
      Claudette
      10/23/1966
      House, Ivy Avenue, north side, between Leslie St
      House, Ivy Avenue, north side, between Leslie St
      Unknown
      1913-01
      Image shows two residential houses and the front lawns.
      88 & 90 Ivy Avenue, July 1986
      Unknown
      1986-07
      Ash-blonde Julia Steel, shares an apartment with her mother, singer Ivy Steel, but she's going to Paris in June to work for a model agency
      Ash-blonde Julia Steel, shares an apartment with her mother, singer Ivy Steel, but she's going to Paris in June to work for a model agency
      Beaty, Keith
      3/12/1980
      The Height of Haute Couture, Toronto actor Joel Michaels is here perfectly dressed in Jivey Ivy style, including high-crowned hat with narrow brim, pa(...)
      The Height of Haute Couture, Toronto actor Joel Michaels is here perfectly dressed in Jivey Ivy style, including high-crowned hat with narrow brim, pa(...)
      Geo, Mario
      1/5/1983
      Evicted from home, Mrs. Mabel Driver and her children, stand looking at their furniture piled in a neighbor's yard. With Mrs. Driver are daughter Ivy (...)
      Evicted from home, Mrs. Mabel Driver and her children, stand looking at their furniture piled in a neighbor's yard. With Mrs. Driver are daughter Ivy (...)
      Feeny, Edwin
      2/20/1969
      Above, Indian maiden upstairs at Ivy Lodge is the lone survivor of several painted in the '30s by W
      Above, Indian maiden upstairs at Ivy Lodge is the lone survivor of several painted in the '30s by W
      Dunlop, Al
      10/27/1987