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City Dairy - Toronto

DateApproximately 1910

Names

City Dairy Co. (Toronto, Ont.) (subject)

Notes

Colour folded postcard that opens up to depict a panoramic photo of three brown buildings and 86 horse-drawn wagons. The caption at the bottom of the side of the card states, "These 86 wagons (count them) serve 25,000 homes of particular people every morning. CITY DAIRY - TORONTO." The back of the card is formatted in the style of a postcard and is blank.

Subject

GeographyBuilding Monument ParkCity Dairy Company, Ltd.

GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto

GeographyNorth-south streetSpadina Avenue

GeographyProvince stateOntario

GeographyCountryCanada

Medium

Dimensions8.8cm H x 13.8cm W (folded) x 27.5cm W (open)

Language

English

ProvenanceGift of Norman Attikin

CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana

Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)

Object NumberPC_5886

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