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Muir, Alexander, tree (in front of 62 Laing St

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Muir, Alexander, tree (in front of 62 Laing St

Date1954

Names

Muir, Alexander, 1830-1906 (subject)

Salmon, James V. (James Victor) (photographer)

Notes

Muir, Alexander, tree (in front of 62 Laing St.) from which a leaf falling is reputed to have inspired ''The Maple Leaf Forever'' in 1867.

Subject

GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto

GeographyNeighbourhoodLeslieville

GeographyProvince stateOntario

GeographyCountryCanada

Medium

Negatives (photographs)

DimensionsUnknown

Language

English

CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana

Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)

Object NumberPICTURES-R-4211

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Laing St., west side, looking north to Queen Street East

Laing St., west side, looking north to Queen Street East

1954

Image shows a plaque for Alexander Muir in front of the tree and above the fence.

Plaque, Muir Tree 62 Laing St. July 1986

1986-07

Image shows a tree in front of the residential house that is double the size of the house.

Muir Tree, 62 Laing, looking south 1986

July 1986

Alexander Muir Memorial Gardens at Yonge Street, south of Chatsworth Drive. Image shows Alexand…

Alexander Muir memorial, Alexander Muir Memorial Gardens, east side, Yonge Street between Alexander Muir Drive and Chatsworth Drive, Toronto, Ontario

5/4/1957

Alexander Muir Memorial Gardens at Yonge St., south of Chatsworth Drive. Image shows a walking …

Alexander Muir Memorial Gardens, looking northwest towards Yonge Street, near Alexander Muir Road. Toronto, Ontario

5/4/1957

Image shows a gravestone in the cemetery.

Muir, Alexander, gravestone, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario

1920

Scottish Poet Robert Burns. He has problems with Allan Gardens tree

Scottish Poet Robert Burns. He has problems with Allan Gardens tree

10/13/1972

J. Hooper, Manufacturer of monuments, gravestones, mantles worker in all kinds of marble

J. Hooper, Manufacturer of monuments, gravestones, mantles worker in all kinds of marble

Approximately 1885

Image shows a tombstone-tire that reads: CHALMERS.

Wallace G. Chalmers gravestone, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario.

8/11/1986

Image shows a gravestone in the cemetery.

Sir Oliver Mowat gravestone, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario.

5/26/1927

Image shows a statue holding a cross.

Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario.

8/20/1986

Image shows a car parked on the road by the tombstone.

Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario.

8/14/1986