Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Entrance to the Docks, Toronto, Canada

Description
Creator
Kilburn, B. W., Photographer
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Stereographs
Description
Stereoview of the entrances to the passenger wharves on the Toronto waterfront. A barefoot paper boy poses with a number of other children on the Geddes Wharf include "Richelieu & Ontario Nav. Co. Montreal Quebec Saguenay" "Niagara River Line Chicora - Cibola - Chippewa" "Team Entrance" and "Passenger Entrance". On the Toronto Ferry Co. wharf are signs for "Ticket Office", Island Ferries Double-enders Mayflower Primrose, Island Park, Hanlan's Point" "Island return tickets 5 cts today"
Inscriptions
"9381. Entrance to the Docks, Toronto, Canada"
"James M. Davis,
New York, St. Louis, Liverpool, Toronto, Sydney."
"Copyright 1894, by B. W. Kilburn"
Reverse:
"Photographed and Published by
B. W. Kilburn, Littleton, N. H."
Publisher
B. W. Kilburn
Place of Publication
Littleton, NH
Date of Original
c1894
Dimensions
Width: 17.8 cm
Height: 8.8 cm
Subject(s)
Newspaper carriers
Piers & wharves
Railroad tracks
Local identifier
700
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Toronto
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.6414171429485 Longitude: -79.372615814209
Copyright Statement
Public domain: Copyright has expired according to the applicable Canadian or American laws. No restrictions on use.
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Entrance to the Docks, Toronto, Canada


Stereoview of the entrances to the passenger wharves on the Toronto waterfront. A barefoot paper boy poses with a number of other children on the Geddes Wharf include "Richelieu & Ontario Nav. Co. Montreal Quebec Saguenay" "Niagara River Line Chicora - Cibola - Chippewa" "Team Entrance" and "Passenger Entrance". On the Toronto Ferry Co. wharf are signs for "Ticket Office", Island Ferries Double-enders Mayflower Primrose, Island Park, Hanlan's Point" "Island return tickets 5 cts today"