The Picture Gallery of Canadian History Vol. III
Jefferys, Charles W.
The Picture Gallery of Canadian History Vol. III, Toronto, Ryerson, 1950. 243 p. Illus.
The Picture Gallery of Canadian History Vol. 3
Title: The Picture Gallery of Canadian History Vol. 3
Author: C. W. Jefferys
Publisher: Toronto, Ryerson, 1950. 243 p. Illus.
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- Dr C. W. Jefferys was one of Canada's foremost historical artists and his three-volume Picture Gallery of Canadian History is probably his best-known achievement. His hundreds of carefully researched pictures of artefacts, people, places and episodes from Canadian history provide a "treasure house of information about this country's past" (Toronto Star).
Mrs. Clementina Fessenden - Empire Day
Mrs. Adelaide Hoodless - Women's Institutes
Sparks & Elgin Streets, Ottawa, 1865
King & Yonge Streets, Toronto about 1890
Wyndham Street, Guelph, Canada West, 1863
Dominion Building with present Post Office. Built 1937
Former Post Office, on opposite corner, built 1858 - 60
The Royal Canadian Yacht Club of Toronto (originally the Toronto Yacht Club) has had no less than nine "homes" in a period extending from 1852 to 1950.
The building was originally occupied by the Anglo-American Hotel. It contained 170 rooms, much too large for the Hamilton of that day, and consequently proved an unprofitable venture. It became a young ladies' boarding and day school...
Drawn from an old photograph of "Soapy" Smith and some of his gang in one of his hangouts. Left to right: "Nate" Pollock, John Bower, john Clancy, "Soapy Smith", "Sheeney Kid", "Red".