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Jail farm at Langstaff (Toronto, Ont.)

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Jail farm at Langstaff (Toronto, Ont.)

Date3/22/1960

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Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Unknown (author)

Format

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Subject

Correctional institutions

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No linguistic content

ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTS-2-125-GO-453

Country:Canada

City, town or township:Toronto

Neighbourhood:Langstaff

Province or state:Ontario

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Bell tower at Langstaff jail farm may ring out for York University classes. Officials believe farm would be good site for the new university.

Bell tower at Langstaff jail farm may ring out for York University classes. Officials believe farm would be good site for the new university.

3/22/1960

Façade of a three-storey brick building with small barred windows on either side of a protrudin ...

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Prisoner hands in meat cleaver to guard

Prisoner hands in meat cleaver to guard

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Guelph Reformatory riot

Guelph Reformatory riot

1952-08

Hold-outs after riot was quelled after closely watched by guards armed with shotguns threatening the 200 if they again became unruly, violent after others surrendered

Hold-outs after riot was quelled after closely watched by guards armed with shotguns threatening the 200 if they again became unruly, violent after others surrendered

7/7/1952

Guelph Reformatory guards watch over inmates herded into the exercise quadrangle

Guelph Reformatory guards watch over inmates herded into the exercise quadrangle

7/7/1952

Guelph Reformatory riots

Guelph Reformatory riots

1952-08

Windows at the reformatory were smashed during the rioting and glass littered the floors inside the building and out in the courtyard

Windows at the reformatory were smashed during the rioting and glass littered the floors inside the building and out in the courtyard

7/7/1952

Sodden debris in the courtyard of the reformatory is cleaned up by prisoners after the surrender

Sodden debris in the courtyard of the reformatory is cleaned up by prisoners after the surrender

7/7/1952

Guelph Reformatory riot

Guelph Reformatory riot

1952-08

Quelled convicts are shown above standing in courtyard of Guelph Reformatory today after three outbreaks of rioting in three days

Quelled convicts are shown above standing in courtyard of Guelph Reformatory today after three outbreaks of rioting in three days

8/22/1959

On verge of collapse, two prisoners get a drink of water

On verge of collapse, two prisoners get a drink of water

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