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Pictures show a Victorian building and a large fountain with a elaborate formal garden.
In the Horticultural Gardens, Toronto, Canada
Pictures show a Victorian building and a large fountain with a elaborate formal garden.

In the Horticultural Gardens, Toronto, Canada

DateApproximately 1900
Names
FormatPicture
Notes
Jarvis Collegiate is in the background behind the pavilion. The church steeple behind the fountain is Old St. Andrews at the corner of Church  and Carlon Streets.
Subject
    GeographyBuilding Monument ParkAllan Gardens (Toronto, Ontario)
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodDowntown
    GeographyNorth-south streetJarvis Street
    GeographyEast-west streetGerrard Street East
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Stereoscopic photographs
    DimensionsCarrier size: 8.8 cm x 18 cm (3 7/16 in. x 7 1/16 in.)
    Language
      ProvenanceGift of Norman Attikin
      CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object Number2015-2-1-155
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