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Toronto's pride - City Hall, Toronto, Canada
Pictures show a huge Victorian building with a central clock tower.

Toronto's pride - City Hall, Toronto, Canada

DateApproximately 1899
Names
FormatPicture
Notes
City Hall tower has no clock or bell yet. Gothic tower in the foreground it the Knox church. To the right of that is the Shaftsbury Hall.
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodDowntown
    GeographyNorth-south streetBay Street
    GeographyEast-west streetQueen Street West
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Stereoscopic photographs
    DimensionsCarrier size: 8.5 cm x 18.8 cm (3 3/8 in. x 7 3/8 in.)
    Language
      ProvenanceGift of Norman Attikin
      CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object Number2015-2-1-154
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      Goode, Jeff
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      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
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      Puntous, Patricia
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      Spremo, Boris
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      Holiday Inn
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