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Mercer Reformatory
Mercer Reformatory

Mercer Reformatory

Date4/7/1914
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Original Toronto Star caption: Mercer Reformatory for women
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0106231F
Lane, west of Abell Street, looking south across CN - CP railway tracks. Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women is visible in the background. Toronto, Ont.
Lane, west of Abell Street, looking south across CN - CP railway tracks. Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women is visible in the background. Toronto, Ont.
1967
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Institutions - Mercer Reformatory
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Institutions - Mercer Reformatory
2/12/1969
Mercer Reformatory, Toronto
Mercer Reformatory, Toronto
11/1/1948
Dentention cells in the basement of Mercer Reformatory are toured by government officials and members of the press
Dentention cells in the basement of Mercer Reformatory are toured by government officials and members of the press
11/6/1964
Mike Byrd, 34, is deputy superintendent at Vanier Centre. The centre, which was opened in 1969, to replace the old Mercer Reformatory in Toronto, is a therapeutic community, Byrd explains. The residents, 75 per cent of whom are under 25 years of age, live in cottage-style buldings, where each spends leisure time in her own room.
Mike Byrd, 34, is deputy superintendent at Vanier Centre. The centre, which was opened in 1969, to replace the old Mercer Reformatory in Toronto, is a therapeutic community, Byrd explains. The residents, 75 per cent of whom are under 25 years of age, live in cottage-style buldings, where each spends leisure time in her own room.
2/15/1973
Stark, cramped cell is all too typical of the living quarters provided for inmates at Mercer Reformatory in Toronto
Stark, cramped cell is all too typical of the living quarters provided for inmates at Mercer Reformatory in Toronto
11/6/1964
Degrading and inhuman were two of the descriptions used to describe the Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women on King near Dufferin St. Wreckers are tea(...)
Degrading and inhuman were two of the descriptions used to describe the Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women on King near Dufferin St. Wreckers are tea(...)
12/4/1969
All's quiet at the tent city on the site of the old Mercer reformatory for women yesterday afternoon
All's quiet at the tent city on the site of the old Mercer reformatory for women yesterday afternoon
7/27/1971
Pictures show a four story building with a central tower and steeple surrounded by a picket fen ...
Mercer Reformatory
Approximately 1890
Tent city dwellers voted today not to move from the University of Toronto campus to the site of the old Mercer reformatory until they get enough money(...)
Tent city dwellers voted today not to move from the University of Toronto campus to the site of the old Mercer reformatory until they get enough money(...)
7/16/1971
Folding their tent, some of the last 70 residents Wacheea, the tent city on the grounds of the old Mercer Reformatory, prepare to move out yesterday o(...)
Folding their tent, some of the last 70 residents Wacheea, the tent city on the grounds of the old Mercer Reformatory, prepare to move out yesterday o(...)
9/9/1971
Alexander Mercer Living at Currie, Claiming to be a decadant of Andrew Mercer
Alexander Mercer Living at Currie, Claiming to be a decadant of Andrew Mercer
n.d.