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The Archives may have photographs of your street and your house. Currently, there is no comprehensive subject index to photographs. Try the following:
  • Look up your street name in the black binders labelled 'Series 372 Dept. of Public Works' in the Research Hall under 'Photograph Finding Aids and Reference Copies'. Street names are arranged alphabetically. Look up your street name in the black binders labelled 'Series 372 Dept. of Public Works' in the Research Hall under 'Photograph Finding Aids and Reference Copies'. Street names are arranged alphabetically. Look up your street name in the black binders labelled ' Series 372 Dept. of Public Works' in the Research Hall under 'Photograph Finding Aids and Reference Copies'. Street names are arranged alphabetically.

  • Enter your street name as a keyword in the database Gencat. Reference Desk staff can show you how to use the database.

  • Look up your street name in the Photo Collection Subject Index (the index cards in the small, three-drawer grey metal file) in the Research Hall near 'Photograph Finding Aids and Reference Copies'. Street names are arranged alphabetically. Write down the reference number on the card, and ask at the Reference Desk for further information.

A woman, a girl, and a man stand in front of a semidetached house that appears to be about 10 feet wide and two storeys high.
'Smallest House'
ca. 1913
Photographer: William James
City of Toronto Archives
William James family fonds,
Fonds 1244, Item 82.14


 
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