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Orange Day parade - Toronto
A photograph of a parade down a city street, with marchers and spectators completely filling the streets and sidewalks at an intersection. There is a streetcar in the middle of the crowd at the right side of the photo and a banner being carried in the middle of the crowd and photo. Many of the people in the photo are wearing flat-topped hats.

Orange Day parade - Toronto

DateApproximately 1912
Names
(photographer)
FormatPicture
Notes
Written on verso: "Right of Way. C.H.B. Johnson, 379 Don Mills Rd., Todmorden / Circa 1912 / Orange Day parade - going west along Adelaide at Yonge St. / "The News" is at S.W. corner. 87-016."
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodFinancial District
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Black-and-white photographs
    DimensionsImage size: 8.3 cm x 14 cm (3 1/4 in. x 5 1/2 in.)
    Language
      ProvenanceGift of Norman Attikin.
      CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object Number2015-2-178
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