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Water overflowing upstairs made the hole in the ceiling 6-year-old Donald Moore points to while his little brother, Stephen, 5, plays on the cockroach(...)
Water overflowing upstairs made the hole in the ceiling 6-year-old Donald Moore points to while his little brother, Stephen, 5, plays on the cockroach(...)

Water overflowing upstairs made the hole in the ceiling 6-year-old Donald Moore points to while his little brother, Stephen, 5, plays on the cockroach(...)

Date3/12/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Water overflowing upstairs made the hole in the ceiling 6-year-old Donald Moore points to while his little brother; Stephen; 5; plays on the cockroach-infested floor. Their mother's rent for the ramshackle flat on Rose Ave.; near St. James Town; is going up $20 on April 1; to $170. It has four rooms and a shared bath.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0113693F
Water overflowing upstairs made the hole in the ceiling 6-year-old Donald Moore points to while his little brother, Stephen, 5, plays on the cockroach(...)
Water overflowing upstairs made the hole in the ceiling 6-year-old Donald Moore points to while his little brother, Stephen, 5, plays on the cockroach(...)
3/12/1974
A Cockroach is impaled on a pin after 6-year-old Donald Moore caght it in the rundown flat his welfar mother rents in Toronto's most-rundown rooming h(...)
A Cockroach is impaled on a pin after 6-year-old Donald Moore caght it in the rundown flat his welfar mother rents in Toronto's most-rundown rooming h(...)
3/12/1971
A winding staircase leads from cavern-like front hallway to bedrooms upstairs
A winding staircase leads from cavern-like front hallway to bedrooms upstairs
n.d.
Above, Indian maiden upstairs at Ivy Lodge is the lone survivor of several painted in the '30s by W
Above, Indian maiden upstairs at Ivy Lodge is the lone survivor of several painted in the '30s by W
10/27/1987
What happened when you kissed your first girl, Michael Caine? Her father opened a window upstairs and dumped a jug of cold water on me
What happened when you kissed your first girl, Michael Caine? Her father opened a window upstairs and dumped a jug of cold water on me
1/25/1973
Queen's Hotel, Front Street West, north side, between Bay & York Streets, INTERIOR, an upstairs parlour
Queen's Hotel, Front Street West, north side, between Bay & York Streets, INTERIOR, an upstairs parlour
1927
Mason, John Herbert, 'Ermeleigh', Sherbourne Street, southeast corner Wellesley Street East; Interior, Sitting room (upstairs)
Mason, John Herbert, 'Ermeleigh', Sherbourne Street, southeast corner Wellesley Street East; Interior, Sitting room (upstairs)
1900
Image shows an interior of the hall inside the house.
Janes, Simeon H., 'Benvenuto', Avenue Road., west side, south of Edmund Avenue, interior, hall (upstairs?), Toronto, Ontario
1890
Queen's Hotel, Front Street West, north side, between Bay & York Streets, Interior, an upstairs parlour
Queen's Hotel, Front Street West, north side, between Bay & York Streets, Interior, an upstairs parlour
1927
Queen's Hotel, Front Street West, north side, between Bay & York Streets, Interior, an upstairs parlour
Queen's Hotel, Front Street West, north side, between Bay & York Streets, Interior, an upstairs parlour
1927
Bolton Councillor Richard Whitehead points to the underground concrete wall that joins these houses, making them "semi-detached" under Caledon bylaws. Humberview Hills Phase Two in northeast Bolton. Bolton, Ontario
Bolton Councillor Richard Whitehead points to the underground concrete wall that joins these houses, making them "semi-detached" under Caledon bylaws. Humberview Hills Phase Two in northeast Bolton. Bolton, Ontario
1/20/1975
Charlotte Whitton and her longtime friend Lotta dempsey of The Star, relax in upstairs study of her delightful home in an old section of Ottawa. Charl(...)
Charlotte Whitton and her longtime friend Lotta dempsey of The Star, relax in upstairs study of her delightful home in an old section of Ottawa. Charl(...)
3/22/1968