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Illustration of men and women dressed in elegant early 1900s attire seated at tables in a fancy restaurant; some are seated at a coffee bar area and some are walking about the restaurant. On verso is a portrait photo of Albert Williams.

Albert Williams Restaurant

DateApproximately 1910
FormatEphemera
Notes
This card advertising the restaurant and cafe is also a postcard.  
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNorth-south streetYonge Street
    GeographyEast-west streetKing Street East
    King Street West
    Queen Street East
    Queen Street West
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Postcards
    Medium
    Advertising cards
    Dimensions8.5 cm x 14.2 cm (3 3/8 in. x 5 9/16 in.)
    Language
      CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberCA-1910-WILLIAMS-VS
      Grieving family: Widow Lemonica Johnson, holding her 4-year-old son, Lindon, is comforted by sister Bevolyn Williams during memorial service for police shooting victim Albert Johnson
      Grieving family: Widow Lemonica Johnson, holding her 4-year-old son, Lindon, is comforted by sister Bevolyn Williams during memorial service for police shooting victim Albert Johnson
      Brazao, Dale
      9/9/1979
      Colorized photograph of a restaurant interior.
      The dining hall of Albert Williams' popular restatunrt, cor. King and Yonge Sts., Toronto
      Warwick Bros. & Rutter‏
      Approximately 1910
      Colorized photograph of a restaurant interior.
      The buffet and quick lunch department of Albert Williams' popular cafe, cor. King and Yonge Sts. Toronto
      Warwick Bros. & Rutter‏
      Approximately 1910
      Lunch special: Sunshine Williams entertains diners at Oshawa restaurant
      Lunch special: Sunshine Williams entertains diners at Oshawa restaurant
      Dunlop, Al
      3/27/1981
      Abducted Girl Reunited with Parents, Samantha Williams, 3 1/2, who was abducted from Chuck E Cheese's restaurant in North York Saturday, was back with(...)
      Abducted Girl Reunited with Parents, Samantha Williams, 3 1/2, who was abducted from Chuck E Cheese's restaurant in North York Saturday, was back with(...)
      Russell, Jim
      3/11/1990
      Wayne Williams Parents Marjorie and Winston Williams
      Wayne Williams Parents Marjorie and Winston Williams
      Power, Peter
      6/11/1997
      Tom Williams. Fort Erie, Feb. 20 - A guy with the sky for his laboratory is Tom Williams. Up there he's tested more than a thousand planes and heaven knows how many parachutes
      Tom Williams. Fort Erie, Feb. 20 - A guy with the sky for his laboratory is Tom Williams. Up there he's tested more than a thousand planes and heaven knows how many parachutes
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      2/20/1943
      H. H. Williams Building. International Business Machines Co. Ltd. purchased this week, through W. H. Bosley and Co., realtors, the H. H. Williams buil(...)
      H. H. Williams Building. International Business Machines Co. Ltd. purchased this week, through W. H. Bosley and Co., realtors, the H. H. Williams buil(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      1/14/1938
      Billy Dee Williams visits Garbo's Jackie Richardson, star of Madame Gertrude, shook her feathers and tassles as she hugged actor Billy Dee Williams wh(...)
      Billy Dee Williams visits Garbo's Jackie Richardson, star of Madame Gertrude, shook her feathers and tassles as she hugged actor Billy Dee Williams wh(...)
      Brazao, Dale
      10/18/1985
      Happy threesome: Hamilton Tiger-Cats' coach Jerry Williams gets hugs from John Williams (left), Gary Inskeep in final seconds of Eastern Conference game at Hamilton yesterday
      Happy threesome: Hamilton Tiger-Cats' coach Jerry Williams gets hugs from John Williams (left), Gary Inskeep in final seconds of Eastern Conference game at Hamilton yesterday
      Spremo, Boris
      11/26/1972
      The only cottage left when the city built a park on Toronto's eastern beach was the home of Kew Williams, son of Joseph Williams who created Kew Gardens. Park superintendent now lives in it
      The only cottage left when the city built a park on Toronto's eastern beach was the home of Kew Williams, son of Joseph Williams who created Kew Gardens. Park superintendent now lives in it
      Lennon, Frank
      8/1/1975
      And he lived. William Williams, 32, was washing the windows of the Western Assurance Co., Wellington St. E., today. He fell 45 feet from the third sto(...)
      And he lived. William Williams, 32, was washing the windows of the Western Assurance Co., Wellington St. E., today. He fell 45 feet from the third sto(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      2/22/1939