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Pictures show a man in a top hat looking at a large monument with statues on it.
Fenian Raid monument, Toronto
Pictures show a man in a top hat looking at a large monument with statues on it.

Fenian Raid monument, Toronto

DateApproximately 1895
Names
FormatPicture
Notes
Queen's Park Crescent West
Sculpted by Robert Reid and unveiled July 1, 1870. 
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodDowntown
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Stereoscopic photographs
    Language
      ProvenanceGift of Norman Attikin

      CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object Number2015-2-1-48
      Far from the fanfare of the recent centennial parade, this group of Veterans of '66 gathered to decorated the Fenian Raid monument in Queen's Park. Toronto
      Far from the fanfare of the recent centennial parade, this group of Veterans of '66 gathered to decorated the Fenian Raid monument in Queen's Park. Toronto
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/30/1934
      Pictures show an Italian-Renaissance style monument in a park setting.
      Ridgeway (Fenian Raid) Monument
      Oakley, W.
      Approximately 1872
      Sepia-toned photo postcard depicting a statue in a wooded / park area. The caption at the botto…
      Monument erected to those who fell in the Fenian raid of 1866
      Heliotype Co. Ltd., Ottawa
      Approximately 1918
      [Official reports in connection with the Fenian invasion, including the raid on Fort Erie and the battle of Ridgeway, an extract from the Canada gazette for June 23, 1866
      [Official reports in connection with the Fenian invasion, including the raid on Fort Erie and the battle of Ridgeway, an extract from the Canada gazette for June 23, 1866
      Unknown
      1866
      The Fenian raid at Fort Erie, June the first and second, 1866 : with a map of the Niagara Peninsula, shewing the route of the troops, and a plan of the Lime Ridge battle ground
      The Fenian raid at Fort Erie, June the first and second, 1866 : with a map of the Niagara Peninsula, shewing the route of the troops, and a plan of the Lime Ridge battle ground
      Chewett & Co.
      1866
      History of the Fenian raid on Fort Erie, : with an account of the battle of Ridgeway
      History of the Fenian raid on Fort Erie, : with an account of the battle of Ridgeway
      Denison, George T. (George Taylor), 1839-1925
      1866
      History of the Fenian raid on Fort Erie, : with an account of the battle of Ridgeway
      History of the Fenian raid on Fort Erie, : with an account of the battle of Ridgeway
      Denison, George T. (George Taylor), 1839-1925
      1866
      Pictures show two men sitting on steps in front of an Italian Renaissance style monument.
      Monument to the brave who fell fighting the filibustering Fenians at Ridgeway
      Macorquodale Bros.
      Approximately 1883
      Finds Fenian Sword-Russell Teal with the 37-inch sword which he found in the hollow of a tree just outside Ridgeway, Ont. It is believed it may have been hidden by a Fenian raider in 1866
      Finds Fenian Sword-Russell Teal with the 37-inch sword which he found in the hollow of a tree just outside Ridgeway, Ont. It is believed it may have been hidden by a Fenian raider in 1866
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      10/6/1934
      Funeral of Canadian Volunteers Killed in a Skirmish with the Fenians: Scene in the Cemetery at Toronto
      Funeral of Canadian Volunteers Killed in a Skirmish with the Fenians: Scene in the Cemetery at Toronto
      Canada. Canadian Army. Militia District, no. 5
      1866
      Orangeville Volunteers of 1866, Ready to Meet the Fenian Raiders (Orangeville, Ontario)
      Orangeville Volunteers of 1866, Ready to Meet the Fenian Raiders (Orangeville, Ontario)
      Canada. Canadian Army
      1925?
      The Orangmen and Fenians [Poem]
      The Orangmen and Fenians [Poem]
      Loyal Orange Association of British America‏
      1865