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Wow! An interior shot of the newly opened Metropolitan Toronto Library in 1977. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library.

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Sheppardson's Queen's Hotel was on the west side of Yonge St. It burned down and was rebuilt.

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A gruesome picture for Hallowe'en. Just off Yonge Street, on Richmond Street between Bay and Yonge was the Toronto School of Medicine.

The first school of medicine in Toronto was established in 1842 and the dissecting rooms were built on the…

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intersection of Yonge st and Bloor st

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Yonge Street looking north from Finch Avenue

Notice the Wash Plaza on the left of the image?
I wonder what is in place of that now!

Courtesy of Toronto Public Library

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Postcard view 1960's Yonge St. showing Sam's, A&A's and the Zanzibar Tavern in the distance.

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Sam's on the east side of Yonge.....before big sign

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Sam's with his new sign

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This is a scene from the 1850s, depicting the Hoggs Hollow toll gate, situated in North Toronto on Yonge Street near York Mills. The neighbourhood itself is named after the Hogg family, who settled the area in the 1820s. They owned a whiskey…
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