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Vandals broke into the inuseum buildings at Old Fort York last night and stole old muskets, swords, and smashed doors, windows and a plate glass showc(...)
Vandals broke into the inuseum buildings at Old Fort York last night and stole old muskets, swords, and smashed doors, windows and a plate glass showc(...)

Vandals broke into the inuseum buildings at Old Fort York last night and stole old muskets, swords, and smashed doors, windows and a plate glass showc(...)

Date6/20/1942
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Original Toronto Star caption: Vandals broke into the inuseum buildings at Old Fort York last night and stole old muskets; swords; and smashed doors; windows and a plate glass showcase. A year and a half ago; a similar attack on the old fort was marked by a German flag found the next morning hoisted on the flag pole. The main damage in the latest raid was in the old north barracks where two large showcases contain life-size plaster figures in the unithieves tried to gain entrance through two of the old windows. They [Incomplete]
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0112624F
A helping hand. Zorro Zonnekeyn gets a private lesson in handling a Brown Bess Musket from Private Malcolm Wootton at Toronto's Historic Fort York yes(...)
A helping hand. Zorro Zonnekeyn gets a private lesson in handling a Brown Bess Musket from Private Malcolm Wootton at Toronto's Historic Fort York yes(...)
4/26/1992
Spending a week at Fort York, the restored buildings more than 150 years old near Bathurst and Front Sts
Spending a week at Fort York, the restored buildings more than 150 years old near Bathurst and Front Sts
1/15/1975
This photograph, snapped through a crack in the fence, shows the dilapidated condition into which the historic old buildings of Fort York have fallen
This photograph, snapped through a crack in the fence, shows the dilapidated condition into which the historic old buildings of Fort York have fallen
5/28/1932
A student of gun control. In the eight-week militia training course for students at Fort York Armory 16-year-old Farida Jones carries a rifle with her(...)
A student of gun control. In the eight-week militia training course for students at Fort York Armory 16-year-old Farida Jones carries a rifle with her(...)
7/10/1975
One of the old houses on the site of Fort York-this one, now used as a home by John Dutton and his family, was once the residence of Governor Simcoe
One of the old houses on the site of Fort York-this one, now used as a home by John Dutton and his family, was once the residence of Governor Simcoe
5/28/1932
Old Fort York, Toronto International Airport and the farm at Centre Island are some children's summer favorites
Old Fort York, Toronto International Airport and the farm at Centre Island are some children's summer favorites
5/6/1967
International goodwill was the keynote of the annual ceremony arranged by the United Empire Loyalists at Old Fort York Sunday. Wreaths were placed by (...)
International goodwill was the keynote of the annual ceremony arranged by the United Empire Loyalists at Old Fort York Sunday. Wreaths were placed by (...)
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An illustration of a settlement with a number of log cabin buildings, including one with a sign ...
Old Fort Macleod (Fort Macleod, Alberta), ca 1876
approximately 1913
Old-time mortar, cast in 1856, on the site of old Fort Rouille, Exhibition Park, Toronto
Old-time mortar, cast in 1856, on the site of old Fort Rouille, Exhibition Park, Toronto
1/6/1921
Poor old homeless Cannon. Lying prostrate in a basement in he Old Fort on the waterfront, midst a lot of undistinguished fowling pieces that never hit(...)
Poor old homeless Cannon. Lying prostrate in a basement in he Old Fort on the waterfront, midst a lot of undistinguished fowling pieces that never hit(...)
9/8/1934
Old-time mortar, cast in 1856, on the site of old Fort Rouille, Exhibition Park, Toronto
Old-time mortar, cast in 1856, on the site of old Fort Rouille, Exhibition Park, Toronto
1/6/1921
Today, guarding the old fort erected in 1816 is a summer job for high-school student slike Jeremy Byatt
Today, guarding the old fort erected in 1816 is a summer job for high-school student slike Jeremy Byatt
7/28/1976