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Side view of a two-storey building in state of disrepair with large Penman's Hosiery billboard …

Order Reproduction

Rooks Electric Co., Adelaide Street West, northeast corner of Duncan Street, Toronto, Ontario

Date10/1/1924

Names

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Unknown (photographer)

Notes

Subject

Billboards

GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto

GeographyNeighbourhoodKing-Spadina

GeographyEast-west streetAdelaide Street West

GeographyProvince stateOntario

GeographyCountryCanada

Medium

Black-and-white photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)

Object NumberTSPA_0112903F

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