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Creator: Unidentified Location: Brisbane, Queensland Description: Queen Street in Brisbane, looking north. View this image at the State Library of Queensland: http://ift.tt/1FNyeN3 Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: http://ift.tt/1iX4KPi You are free to use this image without permission. Please attribute State Library of Queensland. via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/ewgcDs
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The new airport express is "full steam ahead" and will open, they say, on June 6. All this talk of trains made me think of all the wonderful shots of trains we have in our Digital Archive (http://ift.tt/1Dn4XI8). This one is a steam locomotive photographed by James Victor Salmon near Strachan Avenue in 1955. Creator:…
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File name: 08_06_037083 Title: New York City views Creator/Contributor: Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967 (photographer) Date created: 1917 – 1934 (approximate) Physical description: 1 negative : film, black & white ; image 6 x 6 cm. Genre: Photographs; Film negatives Subject: Buildings Notes: Title from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the…
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The Williams Omnibus (in use 1850-1862) was the first mass-transportation system in Toronto. Here, it’s shown in front the northern terminus of the line — the Red Lion Hotel, which stood on the east side of Yonge St., just north of Bloor St. The southern terminus was the St. Lawrence Market. Creator: Staples, Owen (1866-1949),…
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Another snowy Thursday long ago… This week, a newspaper photo of Yonge Street, south of Temperance. The caption reads “REMOVING THE "BEAUTIFUL: Carting Thursday’s snow from downtown Toronto streets” (December 30, 1922). How à propos! Creator: Unknown Date: 1922 Identifier: X 65-97 Format: Ephemera Rights: Public domain Courtesy: Toronto Public Library. More information: (view details…
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Persistent URL: http://ift.tt/1Ibmm8e Local call number: sp01913 Title: Duval Motor Company – Jacksonville Date: 1930 Physical descrip: 1 photograph – b&w – 8 x 10 in. Series Title: Jack Spottswood Collection Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL, 32399-0250 USA, Contact: 850.245.6700, Archives@dos.myflorida.com via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/st8A4T
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This picture, showing the construction of the Union Bank at the south east corner of Bay and King, appeared in the Toronto Evening Telegram on April 4, 1910. It was drawn by the celebrated Canadian artist Owen Staples. Creator: Staples, Owen, Canadian, 1866-1949 Date: 1910 Identifier: B 9-33a Format: Ephemera Rights: Public domain Courtesy: Toronto…
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Taken one short year before the opening of the Yonge-University-Spadina subway line, this picture looks north along Yonge St. from Bloor St. West. James Victor Salmon took it in May, 1953: the day looks less warm than the weather we are currently experiencing, and the street looks much less congested. Creator: Salmon, James Victor (Canadian,…
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In the mid 19th-Century, Rossin House Hotel was one of the most prestigious hotels in Toronto and one of the early city’s tallest structure. Located at the southeast corner of King and York Streets in Toronto, it was originally built in 1856. As this picture shows, it was destroyed by a fire in 1862 and…
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