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Black and white photograph of the front of a neo-classical public building.
Public Reference Library, Toronto, Canada
Black and white photograph of the front of a neo-classical public building.

Public Reference Library, Toronto, Canada

DateApproximately 1910
Names
Format
Notes
Carnegie Public Library
Medium
DimensionsImage size: 13.7 cm x 9 cm (5 3/8 in. x 3 9/16 in.)
Language
ProvenanceGift of Norman Attikin
CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberPC_3520
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
East-west street:College Street
Neighbourhood:University
Province or state:Ontario
Picture of a large library building on street corner.
Public Reference Library, corner College and St. George Streets, Toronto, Canada
Approximately 1913
Carnegie commemorative tablet, Toronto Reference Library, Toronto Public Library, College Street, northwest corner of St. George Street.
Carnegie commemorative tablet, Toronto Reference Library, Toronto Public Library, College Street, northwest corner of St. George Street.
n.d.
Picture of librarians at a reference desk. 
MTLB's Municipal Reference Library in the City Hall, Toronto
November 1972
Board member Thomas Goudge, architect Raymond Moriyama and Paul Gosgrove, Mayor of Scarborough at the official opening of Toronto Reference LIbrary
Board member Thomas Goudge, architect Raymond Moriyama and Paul Gosgrove, Mayor of Scarborough at the official opening of Toronto Reference LIbrary
2 November 1977
Woman and man look at a map and man points to a location. 
Looking at Ward 5 map during renovations of the Eastern Branch, Toronto Public Library
approximately 1976
Corner view of one-storey brick building with arched windows and stone entrance steps on two si ...
Toronto Public Library, Dovercourt Branch (later Bloor/Gladstone Branch), Bloor Street West, southwest corner of Gladstone Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
9/29/1913
Toronto Public Library, Boys and Girls House (1922-1963), St. George Street, west side, between College Street and Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario.
Toronto Public Library, Boys and Girls House (1922-1963), St. George Street, west side, between College Street and Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario.
Approximately 1922
Toronto Public Library. Boys and Girls House and Branches Division headquarters (opened 1964) with entrance and owl sculpture from 1951, St. George Street, west side, between College & Russell Streets.
Toronto Public Library. Boys and Girls House and Branches Division headquarters (opened 1964) with entrance and owl sculpture from 1951, St. George Street, west side, between College & Russell Streets.
1985?
The chairman and members of the Toronto Public Library board request the pleasure of your company at the laying of the corner stone of the Public Reference Library building
The chairman and members of the Toronto Public Library board request the pleasure of your company at the laying of the corner stone of the Public Reference Library building
1906
Public Library and Park Baptist Church from Victoria Park, Brantford, Canada
Public Library and Park Baptist Church from Victoria Park, Brantford, Canada
1910
Picture of street with library on the corner, streetcar and car. 
Public Library, corner of Broadview and Gerrard Street East, Toronto, Ont., Canada
Approximately 1911
Colorized photograph of a red brick public building with two columns surrounding the front entr ...
Public Library, West Toronto, Ont. Canada
Approximately 1911