Skip to main content
Digital Archive Ontario Homepage
James Foster, optician, mathematical instrument maker, 71 King Street West, Toronto, Ont.
James Foster, optician, mathematical instrument maker, 71 King Street West, Toronto, Ont.

James Foster, optician, mathematical instrument maker, 71 King Street West, Toronto, Ont.

Date1899
Names
FormatEphemera
Subject
    Medium
    Undefined
    Pages1 page
    Dimensions22 x 14.3 cm, 1Pages (8 11/16 x 5 5/8 in.)
    Language
      CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object Number1899-FOSTER-SB
      Catalogue of optical, mathematical and philosophical instruments and school apparatus, imported, manufactured, and sold by A.F. Potter, Toronto C.W., (...)
      Catalogue of optical, mathematical and philosophical instruments and school apparatus, imported, manufactured, and sold by A.F. Potter, Toronto C.W., (...)
      Potter, A. F.
      1861
      Melrose, J. S. (James Smart) Lockie House, Beaty Avenue, west side, between King Street West and Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario
      Melrose, J. S. (James Smart) Lockie House, Beaty Avenue, west side, between King Street West and Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario
      Lockie, J. S. (James Smart), 1841-1903
      1979
      Instrument maker and art restorer Giovanni Orsi, 66, has everything he nneds now to make 50 violins
      Instrument maker and art restorer Giovanni Orsi, 66, has everything he nneds now to make 50 violins
      Anderson, Tyler
      1/12/1980
      A drawing of a church with trees in front of it.
      St. James' Anglican Cathedral (opened 1853), King Street East, northeast corner Church Street; looking west Toronto, Ontario
      McNeely, Tom
      1973
      C. March, No. 29 King Street West, Toronto, house, sign and ornamental painter, glazier, grainer, paper-hanger, frame maker and gilder
      C. March, No. 29 King Street West, Toronto, house, sign and ornamental painter, glazier, grainer, paper-hanger, frame maker and gilder
      Scobie, Hugh, 1811-1853
      1851
      Artform: Alain Mikli, a former optician who turned to design, recently appeared at Karir, Toronto's newest high fashion eyewear boutique, to introduce 500 of his sun and prescription glasses
      Artform: Alain Mikli, a former optician who turned to design, recently appeared at Karir, Toronto's newest high fashion eyewear boutique, to introduce 500 of his sun and prescription glasses
      Faught, Ken
      3/28/1989
      James Foster. : February 29, 1848. Laid upon the table. Mr. Simpson, from the Committee on Commerce, made the following report: on the claim of James (...)
      James Foster. : February 29, 1848. Laid upon the table. Mr. Simpson, from the Committee on Commerce, made the following report: on the claim of James (...)
      United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce
      1848
      Toronto auction mart., King Street : catalogue of medical & miscellaneous books, the library of the late Dr. Widmer, surgical instruments, &c. To be s(...)
      Toronto auction mart., King Street : catalogue of medical & miscellaneous books, the library of the late Dr. Widmer, surgical instruments, &c. To be s(...)
      Henry Rowsell (Firm)
      1866
      Jacques & Hay, cabinet makers, shop, King Street West, southwest corner Jordan St
      Jacques & Hay, cabinet makers, shop, King Street West, southwest corner Jordan St
      Jacques and Hay (Toronto, Ont.)
      187-?
      Robertson, James & Co., lead & shot works, King Street West, southwest corner Dorset St
      Robertson, James & Co., lead & shot works, King Street West, southwest corner Dorset St
      Unknown
      1912 circa
      Robertson, James & Co., lead & shot works, King Street West, southwest corner Dorset St
      Robertson, James & Co., lead & shot works, King Street West, southwest corner Dorset St
      Unknown
      1910 circa
      A photolithograph of a pen-and-ink drawing by Tom McNeely. The cathedral is rendered, with tall…
      St. James Anglican cathedral, on the northeast corner of King Street East and Church, looking west
      McNeely, Tom
      1973