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Toronto Public Library

Albion Branch

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Arthur Conan Doyle Room

This reading room is styled after Sherlock Holmes' study. It houses part of our Arthur Conan Doyle Collection, one of the world's largest research collections devoted to the creator of Sherlock Holmes.

Beaches Branch

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Fort York Branch

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Scarborough Civic Centre

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Toronto Reference Library

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Toronto Public Library… vintage edition!

Toronto Mechanics' Institute

Library at Church and Adelaide streets, 1900. Toronto Mechanics' Institute was the forerunner of Toronto Public Library. It educated workers ("mechanics") by providing a library and classes ranging from philosophy and music to science, electricity and architectural drawing.  (View on our Digital Archive.)

Dufferin/St. Clair Branch

Dufferin/St. Clair branch, 1920s. The branch's present site opened its doors in 1921. Murals painted by George A. Reid, principal of the Ontario College of Art, and by two of his former students, Lorna Claire and Doris McCarthy. (View on our Digital Archive.)

Bookmobile

York Township Public Library's bookmobile, 1948. This bookmobile started its service in 1946. In 1998, York Township Public Library Board was one of seven library boards that united to form a newly-amalgamated Toronto Public Library. (View on our Digital Archive.)

Toronto Reference Library

Atrium of Toronto Reference Library, 1979.  Architect Raymond Moriyama described the library's atrium as an empty cup, a container to be filled with knowledge. (View on our Digital Archive.)

Historic Toronto interiors

Parliament Buildings

Reception room of Ontario's Legislative Building, 1893. A derailed international competition was held in 1880 for the design of this building located on Queen's Park, part of University of Toronto at the time. (View on our Digital Archive.)

Toronto City Hall

Inside the council chamber of City Hall, 1898. This building predates Old City Hall — it is the really old city hall (incorporated into what is now St. Lawrence Market South). (View on our Digital Archive.)

Toronto Telegram

Office of John Ross Robertson, 1904. Robertson published the Toronto Evening Telegram, a conservative newspaper that ran from 1876 to 1971. (View on our Digital Archive.)

Drug store

Cut Rate Drug Store, 1910s. It was located at Spadina Avenue and Nassau Street. The storefront was in both English and Yiddish — in its early days, Kensington Market was know as "the Jewish market" because many of its residents were European Jewish immigrants. (View on our Digital Archive.)

[Refer to Digital Archive and online programs.]