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'Great view from one of our oldest houses'
'Great view from one of our oldest houses'

'Great view from one of our oldest houses'

Date11/5/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: 'Great view from one of our oldest houses'. Drumsnab; at 5 Castle Frank Dr.; one of the oldest house still standing in Toronto; was built in 1830 by William Cayley. It was surrounded by wilderness; which has since become Rosedale. Looking over the Castle Frank ridge; the house still boasts a splendid view of the Don Valley-although in Cayley's day the dominating feature of the landscape was not the valley's six-lane expressway but its magnificent river of the same name; then clear; unpolluted and famed for its leaping salmon. [Incomplete]
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0112984F
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