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Colorized photograph of a very large, three tiered commercial building.
Ford Hotel, Toronto, Canada
Colorized photograph of a very large, three tiered commercial building.

Ford Hotel, Toronto, Canada

DateApproximately 1940
Names
(publisher)
FormatPicture
Notes
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodDowntown
    GeographyNorth-south streetBay Street
    GeographyEast-west streetDundas Street West
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Postcards
    DimensionsImage size: 14 cm x 8.7 cm (5 1/2 in. x 3 7/16 in.)
    ProvenanceGift of Norman Attikin.
    CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
    Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
    Object NumberPC_5302
    Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Hotels and Motels - Ford Hotel
    Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Hotels and Motels - Ford Hotel
    Toronto Star (Firm)
    n.d.
    Colorized photograph of a multi story building with three towers.
    Ford Hotel, Toronto, Canada
    Valentine-Black Co.
    1931
    Ford Hotel
    Ford Hotel
    Toronto Star (Firm)
    12/31/1928
    The Ford Hotel, soon to close. The manager doesn't know if it will be torn down
    The Ford Hotel, soon to close. The manager doesn't know if it will be torn down
    Combs, Erin
    9/28/1973
    Smoke pours from window of the Ford Hotel yesterday as fireman on hydraulic ladder leans forward to rescue guest perched on seventh-floor window ledge(...)
    Smoke pours from window of the Ford Hotel yesterday as fireman on hydraulic ladder leans forward to rescue guest perched on seventh-floor window ledge(...)
    Norris, Dave
    5/11/1969
    Up 'n' Atrium. Construction is well along on the Atrium on Bay, on the site of the old Ford HOtel and adjoining property. the office-tower and retail (...)
    Up 'n' Atrium. Construction is well along on the Atrium on Bay, on the site of the old Ford HOtel and adjoining property. the office-tower and retail (...)
    Spremo, Boris
    3/4/1981
    Ford Vice-President. Henry Ford II who was elected a vice-president of Ford Motor Co. of Canada, Ltd., at a recent directors' meeting
    Ford Vice-President. Henry Ford II who was elected a vice-president of Ford Motor Co. of Canada, Ltd., at a recent directors' meeting
    Ford Motor Company
    7/20/1944
    T'ing off, Ron Simon of Waterford cranks up the oldest running Model T Ford in Canada, a 1909 touring car, at Ford Canada 75th anniversary celebrations in Oakville yesterday
    T'ing off, Ron Simon of Waterford cranks up the oldest running Model T Ford in Canada, a 1909 touring car, at Ford Canada 75th anniversary celebrations in Oakville yesterday
    Dinsmore, Ted
    8/19/1979
    Executives assembled in Toronto for Conference Board seminar (from left) Ford of Canada president Roy Bennett, Bell Canada chairman Robert Scrivener, (...)
    Executives assembled in Toronto for Conference Board seminar (from left) Ford of Canada president Roy Bennett, Bell Canada chairman Robert Scrivener, (...)
    Lennon, Frank
    4/3/1973
    A Lincoln Continental, used by royalty yesterday carried 84-year-old Ethel Shepherd, who has driven Ford products for 66 years, to Ford of Canada plan(...)
    A Lincoln Continental, used by royalty yesterday carried 84-year-old Ethel Shepherd, who has driven Ford products for 66 years, to Ford of Canada plan(...)
    Bennett, Roy F
    12/4/1974
    Fords for the U.S. market. For the first time since it began operations in the 1950s, Ford Motor Co. of Canada's Oakville car assembly plant is turnin(...)
    Fords for the U.S. market. For the first time since it began operations in the 1950s, Ford Motor Co. of Canada's Oakville car assembly plant is turnin(...)
    Dinsmore, Ted
    8/25/1977
    Ready to roll: Ford of Canada boss Kenneth Harrigan displays keys yesterday to 125 Lincoln and Sable cars Ford is providing to transport delegates at the Economic Summit
    Ready to roll: Ford of Canada boss Kenneth Harrigan displays keys yesterday to 125 Lincoln and Sable cars Ford is providing to transport delegates at the Economic Summit
    Ford Motor Company of Canada
    6/9/1988