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Log Cabins of the York Pioneers, Exhibition Grounds, Toronto, 1880

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Date:

1880

Reference:

R13133-379-3-E, Volume number: 42

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2938006

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Canadian Historical Prints and Watercolours Collection

Log Cabins of the York Pioneers, Exhibition Grounds, Toronto, 1880
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Date(s):

1880

Place of creation:

Canada

Place of printing:

Toronto

Extent:

1 print / estampe : lithograph ; 34.8 x 48.4 cm (sheet).

Language of material:

English

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Image depicts the log cabins of the York Pioneers at the Exhibition Grounds in Toronto, 1880. There is a crowd of people milling about outside the two cabins, which are marked "Erected by Simcoe, 1794" and "York Pioneers, Lorne, 1879". On the left, next to an inscribed cairn, is the flag of the York Pioneers.
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Artist: Rolph, Smith & Co

Printer: Rolph, Smith & Co
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General note:

Copy negative number: C-121144

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Recto, l.c.: LOG CABINS OF THE YORK PIONEERS / EXHIBITION GROUNDS TORONTO 1880 / LITHOGRAPHED, AND PRINTED AT THE EXHIBITION BUILDING. BY ROLPH, SMITH & COO. TORONTO.
Recto, l.l. within image, on monument: THIS CAIRN / MARKS THE EXACT SITE OF / FORT ROUILLE / COMMONLY KNOWN AS / FORT TORONTO / AN INDIAN TRADING POST AND / STOCKADE / ESTABLISHED A.D. 1749 / BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT / OF LOUIS XV / IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE / RECOMMENDATION OF / THE COUNT DE LA GALISSONIÈRE / ADMINISTRATOR OF NEW FRANCE / 1747-1749 / ERECTED BY THE CORPORATION / OF THE CITY OF TORONTO / A.D. 1878.

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For another copy of this print, see acc. no. 1970-188-2089.
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SUBJ - PIONEER LIFE

Ont., Toronto : Parts of City - Exhibition Grounds

Ont., Toronto : Monuments, Ft. Rouille Cairn

SUBJ - EXHIBITIONS - TORONTO - 1880

SUBJ - COSTUMES, REGIONS - CENTRAL CANADA - 1880
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[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R13133]

[Consultation 90 Open]

42 Item no. assigned by LAC 365

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [R13133] C-121144

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, acc. no. R13133-365

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