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Picture of a empty room with telephones on the floor. 
GECO Building, Golden Mile Branch
Picture of a empty room with telephones on the floor. 

GECO Building, Golden Mile Branch

Date1955
Names
FormatPicture
Notes
1st administrative offices of the Library Board. 
Golden Mile Branch opened at 29 Civic Road by the Township of Scarborough Public Library Board in December 1955 ; the branch was formally opened in January 1956 by Angus Mowat, the Ontario Provincial Library Inspector. The library was housed in a 14- x 22-foot room that during the Second World War had been part of a fuse-filling munitions factory known as GECO (General Engineering Company). The library's reserve, overdue and bookmobile departments also were housed at 29 Civic Road.

GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
GeographyNeighbourhoodClairlea-Golden Mile
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
Medium
Black-and-white photographs
DimensionsImage size: 9 cm x 9 cm (3 9/16 in. x 3 9/16 in.)
Language
CollectionToronto Public Library Archives
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Public Library
Call Number / Accession NumberTPL-A-0724