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A familiar neighbourhood - Toronto City Hall from Bay Street
Black and white photograph of a large Richardsonian Romanesque building with a central clock tower at the top of a street.

A familiar neighbourhood - Toronto City Hall from Bay Street

DateApproximately 1955
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(publisher)
FormatPicture
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Laura Secord Store on the northeast corner of Bay Street and Adelaide Street
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodFinancial District
    GeographyNorth-south streetBay Street
    GeographyEast-west streetAdelaide Street West
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Postcards
    DimensionsImage size: 8.6 cm x 13.8 cm (3 3/8 in. x 5 7/16 in.)
    Language
      ProvenanceGift of Norman Attikin
      CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberPC_3895
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