Carnegie commemorative tablet, Toronto Reference Library, Toronto Public Library, College Street, northwest corner of St. George Street.
Image reproduced in Toronto Public
Library Annual Report for 1912, with caption, "CARNEGIE COMMEMORATIVE
TABLET. The report also included a description of the plaque unveiling, page
10: "a handsome bronze tablet commemorating the gift of Andrew Carnegie,
Esq., to the City of Toronto was unveiled by the Honourable Mr. Justice Kelly
in the absence of the Honourable Chief Justice Sir Glenholme Falconbridge, who
had been announced to perform this ceremony."
Plaque text: "This
building was erected/through the generosity/of Andrew Carnegie Esq/The
cornerstone was laid/on November 27th 1906 by/Chief Justice Sir
Glenholme/Falconbridge and the building/was opened for/service on October
28th/1909 by H. T. Kelly Esq. K.C./The members of the Library Board during/this
period were Sir/Glenholme Falconbridge/Messrs H. T. Kelly K.C./W. T. J. Lee,
Thomas W. Banton/A. E. Huestis, John Turnbull, A. B. Gash, K. C. Thomas, W. Self/and
the Mayor of Toronto.” Note: original text was in block capitals.