Toronto from the top of the Rossin House Hotel: looking north-east

Held by

City of Toronto Archives via City of Toronto Archives

Dates

1856 (indexed as 1856)

Level

item

Extent

1 photoprint : b&w ; 21 x 28 cm on paper

Scope & content

Item is a photograph looking north-east from the top of the Rossin House Hotel, which was located on the south-east corner of King and York streets. It is the third image of a five-part panorama, that provides an eastern view of the city, from the top of York Street to Lake Ontario. There are two additional multi-part panoramas in this fonds, and together the three panoramas, (with the addition of one single print), provide a 300 degree vista of Toronto. The followng images make up the 300 degree view: Fonds 1498, items 13 to 25.

Location

• King St & York St · intersection · confidence 80% · intersection · found as “corner of King and York streets. It is the third image of a five-part panorama,”
• York St · street · confidence 50% · street · found as “York Street”

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Genre / form

Photographs - aerial photographs - oblique; Photographs - buildings - exterior views

Access & use

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Harvested

2026-10-18T07:11:14Z · source datestamp n/a · toronto

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